Sunday, September 23, 2007

Anyway, we always hear of the "surprise" or "oops" pregnancies.
Imagine an "oops, I guess we're adopting again!" Here's how it would go:

Honey, sit down. I have some news for you.
What is it?

Well, I don't know how to say this, so I'll just come out with it. I went to the mailbox today and... well, we got a 171-H.
A what?!? A 171-H? As in, we're going to have a(nother) baby?!?

It looks that way.
But how? We've been so careful! I put away all the blank I-600A forms. Didn't you hide our homestudy update?

Of course I did, but don't forget, there was that one night..
What night? (pauses) Ohhh, that night, But it was only once. We were just messing around. I didn't print clearly. I didn't even use ink! (pauses again) But it was kind of fun. (giggles).
It was, wasn't it?

I'll never forget how cute you looked getting your fingerprints.
So now we've got our 171-H, eh? But that doesn't always mean we'll adopt, does it? I mean, shouldn't you see the agency or something, make sure everything's okay?

I already did.
And?

I'm five documents along.
Five documents! And they're all okay... notarized, certified and authenticated correctly?

Just great. There was one small scare when the agency couldn't see the Notary's middle initial but it showed up just fine under the magnifying glass. Thankfully.
And you, honey? Are you feeling okay?

I'm feeling fine. As long as I know you're happy about this.
Happy? I'm thrilled! It's always a shock at first when something like this happens, but of course I'm happy.

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3 comments:

Dawn said...

LOL! That was cute! Good luck with Carlow. I'll keep you in my prayers! He's a cutie-pie! And it sounds like Katie's quite the little antagonist! I've got a couple of those myself. ;)
You have a beautiful family!
God bless!

TN said...

Hi Bekah Mommy,
I saw one of your comments on the Borchert blog, and I saw you were from Madisonville. We live in Hopkinsville! We are on the waiting list to adopt a little girl or two from Liberia through Acres of Hope. Anyway, just wanted to say hello since we live so close to one another! Your children are beautiful.

Blessings to you!
Tina
www.pursuingmicah68.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

TOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!! we adopted through acres of hope as well. im josie's mom. rachel

Carlow

Katie

Cordie