First Time Blogger

I have never written a blog before. When I was thinking of creating a blog, I felt like I had so much to say, but when it comes to sitting here and writing it all down, I am finding it difficult. Perhaps it will become easier as I get more used to it.

Our family is standing at the beginning of an extrememly exciting new year. We are about a month away from closing on our new-build house. Picking out the colors and designs of the house has been so much fun and surprisingly easy for Dave and I to agree on:)

 

 

 

New home in progress

We chose to build a larger house to have plenty of room for our two boys, Aidan and Riley, and anyone else who may come along.

At the moment Dave and I are both struggling to figure out the next step in our journey to complete our family. The choice between embryo adoption and SN Chinese adoption is proving to be very difficult. There are pros and cons to both options and we are just using this time until the beginning of the new year when we are in our new home to educate ourselves and choose the best avenue for our family.

I read an article last week about the corruption in the Chinese adoption system that has really scared me no end. I understand that it is a very small number of older children that seem to be involved. There are so many people that we will have to trust to do the right thing and guide us to the child that was meant to be ours. We will be making a lot of sacrifices financially and emotionally along the way and we just have to trust that our agency, our government, the Chinese government, our child's orphanage or foster parents and all the other many people that will be involved in our adoption. The trust bit is the hardest.