Let's Do It!

Hiya! The Brant house is all abuzz! After careful consideration, Regan and I have decided that instead of starting the process for our Russian adoption in January of 2011, we will instead be starting it NOW! This does, of course, raise some minor issues, not least of which will be coming up with the cash. I'm trying to get some things made that I can sell on Etsy to raise money, and Regan and I have been throwing around some other fundraising activities. I'll keep you posted (said as if anyone reads this haha).

Right now we're working on the home study! So far, we've got the 30+ page initial paperwork filled out (still needs a final run-through, though). It only took us 3-4 days! Regan worked on it pretty much non-stop over the weekend. He's so good! We're going to try to get our physicals done this week, and then it's just a matter of gathering a TON of other paperwork and documents, getting some background checks done, and having a home inspection. Hopefully we'll be pretty much done by the end of this month! That would be great.

Our goal is to have the child by the end of this year. That's pretty ambitious, though. Everything would have to go like clockwork...and since this is an adoption...yeah. We'll see. But that's our goal anyway!

We're so excited!!! I've already been thinking about all of the toys and clothes I want to make for the baby - when I say baby, I mean *around 12-14 month old* because that's how old the children coming out of Russia are on average. It's VERY rare to get a child less than a year old. That's fine with us, though! I also daydream about taking family photos when we're on vacation, reading books with them, playing at the park, going to the zoo, making crafts together...aah I'm so excited!!!

Last week I finished working at the CDC. I just hated it and couldn't take it anymore...so I'm back on the job hunt! I've put in some applications already, so hopefully by the end of the month I'll be working at a new job. Without a little more money coming in, Regan and I won't be able to have any kind of luxury or fun until we've paid for the adoption - so yeah, I want a job haha.