*Day 1: Finally...

A fresh start.  A blank slate.  A new blog.

Where to start.  What to say. 

I suppose this is the place where I could be explaining what you will find in this blog, but I think it's pretty spelled out in the blog header.  Maybe it would be nice to let you know who we are and how we got here, but I've already done a good portion of that here.  An explanation of the blog title might be helpful so I did my best to explain that too.  What's left?

How about that we are adopting!!  Domestic newborn open adoption. 

I am reeling in an I-cannot-believe-we-are-finally-here-bubbling-over-with-excited-tears-at-random-inappropriate-moments-my heart-is-bursting-out-of-my-chest-good-things-like-this-do-not-happen-to-people-like-me-OMG-we're-really-adopting kind of way!  Lather.  Rinse.  Repeat.

So far we have:

• contacted the adoption lawyer we met back in January 2010
• filled out the paperwork we received at that time
• found out they do not take the one and only credit card we own and use
• waited 8 days for our bank to process and send a card they do accept (but not like I continually called them or obsessively checked the mail everyday or anything) 
• talked about nursery-den room arranging
• as well as about buying a crib (a real crib here people!)
• started actually telling a few people (which will be a post all it's own)
• faxed in the paperwork and 1/2 of the Phase I fees (*this is Day 1 for all official blog title-like purposes)
• and a whole bunch of other foreign stuff that I don't yet feel I have any business even thinking about

I can't remember the last time I was this happy or felt more at peace.

And for those of you who have been listening to me whine about infertility and such for what likely seems to have gone on forever, I want to say "thank you" for sticking with me while we figured things out and also give you permission to breathe a quiet sigh of relief while thinking

Fucking FINALLY (or something less vulgar if you are so inclined).

I know I am.