phone rings....we have a possible match, but......

Wow! So, what now?

Now, I am a mother of 4, and Crick has a beautiful ballad of what that is like [url="http://http://forums.adoption.com/showthread.php?t=242055"]on this post.[/url] I love it, and to be honest, we have adopted 2 times, first was a single, and the second was sibling set of 3. Maybe we were mentally more prepared on the second adoption, but it sure seemed easier than one!

We had said we wanted a sibling group of 2. I had visions of a boy and a girl.:) Our agency's director at the time sent us some ppwk to finish and in that envelope she included a picture of 4 beautiful kids along with a sticky note..."Just thought I'd see if you were interested". OMY! I put the picture on the table for dh to see when he came home from work. He picked it up, looked up at me in shock and said "4???" "4???" "Are you crazy???" :p He walked around for days muttering "4" but kept looking at that picture and I knew they got to him. So no...we hadn't planned on it at all, but our director sure knew it was the right match, eh? :D Roon - thanks for the compliment. it is true though, eh? ;)

We had started out thinking about a group of 3 that didn't work out. After that we decided that 3 was insane anyway! Then we were referred a group of two but lost the referral after about 6 weeks. We really questioned if we should keep thinking about siblings, especially because Guatemala is so expensive to start with! So, we told our agency that we'd wait for siblings up until we were officially paper ready (Homeland Security was being pokey) and then would accept a referral of a singleton. That day she asked if we would consider a one year old girl instead. We discussed and said that yes, we would consider, so to send her information. With the email with her picture came a note saying that mom was pregnant again! Siblings, yet again! Except, the first group had been 2 and 3 years old, now we're talking 1 and newborn!! Holy Cow!! I thought I might fall over. We did say yes and I felt like I was in a fog. I mean, when we decided to go international, we expected to only be matched with a child. But here we were waiting for a mom to give birth, something I never expected to happen in this process. She went about 3 days past her due date which had me on pins and needles but luckily had a safe delivery. Now, it's so weird because while it's still siblings, it's completely different from a 2 and 3 year old. Daycare is going to cost us a fortune! And diapers! And formula! We're picking out furniture right now, which is loads of fun. The one year old will be about 18 months old when she comes home and she doesn't sleep in a crib right now so it's weird trying to come up with the best solution for her room. Luckily, we were nesting before we started the adoption journey, so we have a bigger house and will hopefully sell our old house next week. At least by making two house payments for awhile we know that we can pay for daycare!

Sydney....I am learning here now! I was unaware that sibling groups were able to be adopted in Guat. I think I might have to peruse the international boards and chat a bit with some folks adopting from there...great to hear! I love that siblings are together...my opinion, but how special to sit with your children as you tell of the adoption journey, and they know that they are siblings, and you were able to take them both. I will follow your post excited to hear about them coming home! Good luck on selling your house..hope it goes quick!