I'm starting a blog with hope that it will help me chronicle the crooked, curvy, topsy-turvy road my husband, Tim, and I are taking to become a mommy and daddy!  This is us...

Kinda cute, huh?! 

We've been married for almost two years, together for four.  We've been trying to conceive pretty much since getting married, but due to some complications on my end, we haven't been able to.  I've always wanted to adopt, though!  My brother and sister are adopted and I am incredibly close to them.  I couldn't imagine them not being in my family!  So now Tim and I have decided to adopt from foster care!  Exciting and terrifying all in one....but I feel like this is the path we are supposed to take.  I know our little one is out there somewhere waiting as impatiently for us as we are for them!

My sister, brother, and me

We registered for our MAPP classes, which is the first step in foster care adoption.  We registered about three weeks ago and our classes don't start until October 17.  I'm already on pins and needles and am composing a mental list of questions for our poor teacher!  I think I'm going to be that annoying person who raises her hand every two minutes!

I've been reading up on message boards and things about the process, and am getting kind of discouraged.  It seems like it takes longer than I thought!  I wasn't expecting to just take a class and then get handed a baby....I'm a social worker myself and I know better than that!  But I didn't realize it would take as long as some people say it does! 

I'm going to try to stay positive, though.  But patience is not a virtue I was blessed with!