Hello from the Masters! (Us, not Augusta National)

Well, we finally decided to start a blog (how far behind ARE we?) We primarily wanted to start this to help keep friends and family up-to-date on our adoption plans. So, here goes:

We started the adoption journey about 18 months ago. Initially, we decided to adopt domestically, and half way through, we felt uneasy about it and changed our minds to adopt internationally. After discussing it with our pediatrician (who has about 60 internationally adopted patients) he helped us narrow down the viable options for us to China,Vietnam and Korea. We were approved for China in May of 2007.

In an odd twist, Janet heard about a friend of a friend that just picked up their adopted boy from Korea. We were a little confused, as they live in TN and our adoption agency told us that, since there were no agencies in TN approved for Korea, that Korean adoption was not possible. Well, after a little investigation, we found out that there are agencies that team up with out of state agencies to allow Tennesseans to adopt from Korea. This was appealing to us as China's wait was getting longer and longer, and we both want a boy. China adopts out about 95% girls, while Korea adopts out about 95% boys and the Korean wait is about 6-9 months, while China is about 2 1/2 years.

So, earlier this year, we finished our Korean paperwork and in late May, our paperwork arrived in Korea. We are now officially waiting on a boy from Korea. We have been told it could be 3 weeks to 9 months, but that recently the wait has been much less than the 9 months.