First of many updates

We'll be updating a lot more frequently over the coming weeks. A lot is happening in our adoption, and it's finally good news. In a day or two, I'll post a "flashback" blog post that April wrote a few days before we got our travel date. We never posted it because I was trying to make it sound a little less sad. I think blogging is like emotional photoshopping. You pretend you're sharing raw thoughts and feelings, but really they're touched up for public consumption.

So where are we? In Virginia, with a flight to Ukraine on Dec 9th. We go to the adoption services department on Dec 13th and choose a child from among a folder of files. Then, after about a month of meetings, court hearings, and paperwork, we'll return to the States with our daughter. Once we get her a passport and visa, we'll then take her back to East Asia.

So much is happening so fast. It's good to have a couple of weeks in Virginia to reconnect with a few people, see family, and get stuff together for the adoption trip.

Side note. By the time baby #2 is born in April 2011, we estimate that he will have been on 15 plane rides...