Back on the road to adoption!

Decided to start a blog instead of keeping a diary as we start on another adventure of adopting again!

Where to start? We had lots of feelings, discussions etc. leading up to this point over the last several months. We were both getting more and more excited and ready to dive into this whole process again, so I headed for the computer and started researching. Russia put the ban on U.S. adoptions in December so we knew that wasn't an option! So much has changed in the last 3 years! :( We briefly considered several different countries, but none of them seemed like a good fit. I called Andrea Jacobs from Little Miracles one day because I had heard Kaz had recently re-opened. Yes it had, and she was very optimistic and enthused about it! We liked everything about the program except how expensive it was!:(( It was our country of choice last time and then when it showed signs of closing we had switched to Bulgaria,and of course, ultimately ended up in Russia, so Kaz has always been close to our hearts. Now with Peyton's mother being from Kyrgyztan we have the extra tug, beings the children would favor a lot. So... we decided on Kazakhstan.
Bill wanted to wait a few months to see how this batch of chickens were going to do before we started any paperwork. Well in our months of waiting we started to question our decision because of how expensive it was and wondered if maybe there would be another country just as good that we had overlooked somehow! Went back to the computer and did MORE research trying to keep a very open mind to any possibilities! Called...e-mailed...researched...inquired about a waiting child from South Korea...joined adoption groups...prayed...prayed...prayed. Finally decided our hearts were in Kaz and everything else seemed second best!!! I remember coming to a peace about it one day and it just feeling SO right :) If God is leading us to Kaz he will surely have a way for us to pay for it...easier to write than to believe :-/
So...now we are setting our faces towards Kaz and praying for patience during the long process and also for our little boy that is most likely already born and living thousands of miles away...
Hold on little one, we will come for you just as soon as we possibly can!!!! Love you already!!! xoxoxo

3-21-13