In The Beginning...

there was John and Susan...after 15 years there still was just John and Susan. We've always wanted children and after a few years without "results" we went to see a fertility specialist. That was as far as it went, obviously! Susan did not want to go through the hormone treatments and possible multiple births (octomom would be years later)! So we just waited. After the years passed we settled for a comfortable, carefree, quiet life together but something just didn't feel right!?!
We looked into adoption about 7 years ago but for whatever reason we never pursued it.
There is alittle sadness in accepting the loss of not having biological children. It was hard not to let our thoughts go to the "maybe we weren't meant to be parents" logic. While we wallowed in that for awhile, Susan decided to go back to work part-time for a tutoring center. Being surrounded by children and nurturing women everyday, it didn't take long for the adoption question to appear again. Of course we weren't too old to adopt children, right?
This time when we searched for answers, we found a local agency, met with them, attended an orientation class and signed up! Obviously this wasn't dance lessons we were giving a go at! We are going to be parents to a little boy or girl or both, only God knows! It was scary, exciting, and amazing. Our heads were swirling, it was like finding out we were pregnant.
We were surprised at how quickly things were going. In 2 weeks time we completed the home study paperwork and finished our Parenting classes in March.
Now it was time to tell family & friends....