(Almost) All Signs Point Towards Go!

I met with our caseworker today and it turned into a mini-counseling session as well. She told me point blank: Just do it. It really isn't fair to be on the domestic path if my heart isn't into it. This really is the best time to do it for a lot of reasons. Financially, it appears God will provide the funds. Timing, this year really is kind of a "holding" year in that we don't really want a child this year, but would love to be pregnant. Physically, I ain't gettin' any younger, so mind as well try now. And legally, it looks like with embryo adoption and getting the tax credit, the sooner you can do it, the better. Plus, there will be no lingering regrets or doubts in my head if we at least attempt it.

I plan to send the payment for our final Bethany application tomorrow, and our caseworker said she will switch us over to the embryo adoption path (yikes!). Then we wait for our homestudy packet to be sent to us. It apparently is much more simple this time around. Then our caseworker thinks we should be able to have a homestudy visit mid-February.

Pending a final talk with the hubby tonight, I think I'll also submit our application to the Tennessee donation center to get the paperwork started there. Hopefully if we get into their system now we can avoid some additional fees that they plan to implement.

I feel the roller coaster coming!

BUT the COOLEST thing that happened today is that Brae said "agua" and pointed to his sippy cup!