Baby Debacle of 2011

Yes, my friends, it's just another Monday. A man named Monday to be exact. I don't like this man. He doesn't treat me well - ever. Well, maybe if I'm on vacation and I wake up and realize I have a week left of said vacation. But otherwise, he's no friend of mine.
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Happy Fall Y'all! I'm so excited about my upcoming trip to the 'mountings' to see two of my closest friends on the planet. I'm hoping this weekend will be filled with lots of laughter, rest, and good food. I need it. Like whoa.

As for an update on the Baby Debacle of 2011, here goes: I'm supposed to start the 2nd round of Clomid, which will be a double dose of what I took last time. We'll see how this goes. I'm not really holding out much hope that it's going to work anymore. Now, before you go all 'shake it off Kippy' on me, I want you to know that I'm ok with it. I started talking with a friend from work last week about how she adopted her son from Vietnam and it really got me thinking about how that may be the path that God has for us.

We are both totally down with the idea of adoption. In fact, as a little girl, I cried for my very own Chinese child. When my mom got me a doll (that she ordered from China I believe), I cried because I wanted a REAL child from China. A child of my very own. So yeah, you could say that adoption has been on my heart for a long time now. I made sure that Chase was also on board with adoption before I married him. I guess it goes without saying that he too has a heart for adoption. Duh - I married him!

SO, through my conversation with Lisa, she hooked me up with several very informative sites about domestic and international adoption. Chase and I both agree that domestic adoption isn't the way for us. We don't feel called to that area and I'm glad. It seems like there's more room for heartache when dealing with a domestic adoption. I truly admire the families who are willing to put their hearts out there for domestic adoptions.

Knowing that international adoption was the way to go for us, we started really digging in and soaking up as much information as we could about the process and timelines. We registered for a seminar on November 8th that will be discussing international adoption. It's held at the agency that we've chosen to work with (pending a visit and checking them out as much as possible). They're a Christian organization and we're excited to get started with them.

Now, I guess you're wondering why I'd still take Clomid or why we'd get so involved in this adoption process right now... My best explanation is this: We've both prayed and agreed together that if the Clomid doesn't work for us in the next two months, we'll start agressively pursuing international adoption. Oh and as for the country we've chosen, we'll leave that a surprise. But I guarantee we'll end up with the cutest little Todd-lers on the planet!