Moving on up...slowly

I just got off the phone with our adoption specialist. She emailed me this morning to find out if we're switching to adopting 2 rather than 1, as we had discussed this with her a couple weeks ago. I know we're crazy, but also in love with parenting and so touched by the number of orphans out there. As of now, we're sticking with 1. She gave me the news that a referral for a baby girl went out yesterday, so the list should be moving up sometime soon (not officially until the family accepts the referral, which they have 2 weeks to do). I'll post when we're officially moved up. Exciting, but everytime we rejoice in being 1 step closer to our baby, a birthmother and whole birth family mourn the loss of their little angel to a country and a family unknown. What a world and what a process! A part of me has wondered (probably the impatient part of me who's excited to see my new baby) if we should have stayed on the baby boy list, as we would be like #1 on that list now and I LOVE BOYS! The boy list is 9 long right now but typically moves faster, so I talked to our agency about adding us to that list too. I told her I would let her know next week, but she reminded me to really search my soul if I'm set on parenting a daughter next. I do think little Issa is already a part of our family, so we will probably just stay on the girl list. But oh how I love boys too! In this waiting time, we are getting new carpet and prepping the boys to move rooms. We were going to have them share a room, but after some additional research and talking to others, I think we'll wait until Kendall (our daughter from China) gets here to let them share. I'm not up for sleepless nights or nap times with them waking each other, so hopefully that won't happen so much if they're older. We're learning about Issa's culture, Melissa Fay Greene's There Is No Me Without You is great if you want to join in learning about Ethiopia with us. We have a cute book about China Adoption for children called I Love You Like Crazy Cakes which prompted Dylan to ask if we could bring Kendall's nannies home from China with us so she won't miss them. His empathy is touching and could also be the root of much anxiety in his future...another psychologist? :) Hope all of you are well and looking forward to the holidays.