I, Pilgrim

Well, the application is ready to mail. We just have to wait until Thursday for my doctor's appointment for a letter from the doc and then we shall mail! From what I've heard, most people with our agency hear in about two or three weeks whether or not they are accepted. If we are, then we will phone the home study agency in Philadelphia and get the ball rolling. I know we have a long wait ahead of us, but we have been talking about this adoption, planning it, attending conferences, etc. for so long that it really does feel like now we FINALLY starting. It feels like it will really be a reality!

Okay, I probably shouldn't have...BUT...the other day I was out shopping and I walked past the children's section. There it was- this little dress staring at me. STARING at me, I tell you! Lime green in color with little reddish pink ladybugs all over it...and two ladybug buttons. Well, I picked it up, looked at it...imagined what our little girl might look like in it.

So I bought it. Our first outfit for her. We haven't even sent in the application! I thought for sure my husband would think I'd gone off the shopping deep end (which I am quite close to on a regular basis), but he thought the dress was lovely.

We hung it in her closet. I visit the dress regularly. Little pilgrimages to the dress. It's a sign that one day she will be here.