An Interview

((asked by me, answered by me))
please note: Q = question
A = answer

Q: Where are you in the adoption process right now?
A: Well, on Saturday we sent our dossier to our agency, who will in turn check and see if every document is present and correct, and they will send it to Ethiopia.

Q: What happens next?
A: Once our dossier arrives in Ethiopia, we begin the several month wait to be matched with a child (our referral). Typically the wait is between 3-4 months. We are soooo looking forward to this day!

Q: Do I wish time would go faster so that we could get a referral sooner?
A: Yes! But, then I think of the huge amount of money that is due upon accepting the referral, and it makes me a little bit more happy for some time (not alot!) that we have to recover from what was already spent.

Q: Do you know who your baby is yet?
A: No, but our agency has a 'shared' photo album on snapfish which allows us to view the babies that are in the AAI Ethiopian orphanages, and the pictures make my heart melt. I can actually only log on once or twice a week because it makes me really anxious to wonder if any of those babies might be ours!

Q: Can you post pictures of these babies for everyone to see?
A: No. I really wish that I was able to post pictures and add specific information only privvy to adopting families, but it's not allowed. There are privacy rules, and for good reason, but I would love it if everyone could these darling faces, and get a sense of where our hearts are! It's hard for some people to be as interested in our new addition because they do not see me pregnant, and so it's not an obvious thing, but we LOVE to talk about our adoption and welcome any questions.

Q: Do you ever feel like some people don't support your decision to adopt?
A: Maybe, but you never know. It could be that, or it could be the fact that they don't understand why we would want to adopt. I'm trying not to take things personally. It's a work-in-progress. :)

Q: Are you adopting because you cannot have more biological children?
A: No! We are adopting because we want to add to our family. There are so many children in the world that don't have families...and that breaks my heart. God has blessed us with a son and we will plan to have more biological children down the road. But for now, we are just as excited to be adopting as I was when I was pregnant! We're so pumped to be able to bring a child that has a different story, with a different culture to our family.

Q: Why Ethiopia?
A: Well, we knew we wanted a healthy young baby, but we didn't really feel a strong need to be matched by race. As we researched more about adoption and countries, we found Ethiopia to be of the highest need...which pulled at our hearts and as we persued it, things just fell into place and we haven't changed our minds. We know with God's help we can be good parents to this baby and we know we can love in any color.

Q: You say you will probably have more biological children; what about a second adoption? Have you considered adopting again in the future?
A: Actually, yes. Lord willing we would love to have another biological child and another adopted child. We have no "magic" number, and we could very well be one of those families that have a bunch of kids. Our plan, once this baby is home and settled (which could be over a year from now) is to try to have another biological child.

Q: Will you adopt again from Ethiopia?
A: That remains up in the air. Of course with it being several years down the road that this may take place, it could change. We don't have any strong feelings against it, but we may decide to add another culture to our family at that point. Again, we'll see where the Lord leads us. As a child, Tim was a missionary in Hungary and still feels a tie to Eastern-European culture, so perhaps we may choose a country that reflects that part of his heart.

Interviewer: Okay, well thanks so much for your time. I hope this enlightens our readers a little bit. It was wonderful to get an update from you. We look forward to hearing from you in the future! Congratulations and good luck.
Interviewee: Thanks so much for having me. I'd love to update again sometime. This was fun!



Alright, so perhaps it's a little weird that I interviewed myself. But since I've been hearing that alot of different people having been reading our blog...(WHICH I LOVE)...it makes me want to share EVERYTHING so they can be apart of it! Those were just a few questions that I get on a regular basis. If anyone has any more...bring them on! I can't promise great answers, but they are truthful. :)