Paper Pregnant

I found this expression to describe the situation we are in, paper pregnant, and that really does describe it.

Our Dossier is now official, and in ET waiting for the referral of a child.

We are...expecting!

Yup.

We really hustled to get to this point so quickly--2.5 months from intake mtg to ET ain't bad. It may not be long from this point on, it could be as short as four months or as long as a year.

The hard part of being paper pregnant, as opposed to physically pregnant, is that you do not know how long it will take, what age your child will be, what size your child will be, or what season she will come home. You can't really do all of the fun stuff yet, like buying outfits and such. Crib or bed? Baby swing or tot-jumper? Turtlenecks or T-shirts? Bottles or sippy cups?

Now on the other hand--my bladder is not the size of a squashed ball, I don't have sciatica, and thank goodness espresso is still on the menu.

What we can do and need to do is get her room painted and ready!

L