I don't recall exactly when or how David and I decided it was time to give adoption a shot. It's been his goal in life to be a dad since forever. For me, it's something I grew into over time.
Usually with us something is an idea for a while, then the idea comes up more and more, and then we pause for a moment and go "we could actually do this..." There's a distinct lack of explicit planning towards our big goals, we just go with when we "feel" ready and then make sure the logistics work.
That's where we were at in the summer of 2015. I'm a man of practical information to help make decisions, so we started gathering information from various agencies. We were looking around websites at pricing, feasibility, resources, etc.
All of this resulted in David attending an information seminar with Boys & Girls Aid in July 2015. I was at a conference unfortunately.
We decided to pursue foster care adoption, and table any form of infant adoption in our first dive into starting a family. Boys & Girls Aid can and does facilitate both, which is part of the reason we selected them as an agency.
So since July 2015 we've been on the track for adopting out of the foster care system. It's now February 2016 and it feels like we're starting to get close. Our home study is hopefully around the corner, but we have a lot of narrative catching up to do first.
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