We did it!

This week I had thought many many times about doing it, and today we did it! Mark and I sent a mass email to friends from his office, my office and other close friends and made the announcement: We are expecting a baby, a Russian baby boy!! Well, we did not specify the gender, but we will probably have a boy!

Also, even I am not going full purple, I wanted to aknowledge that November is National Adoption Awareness Month! Adopting is a wonderfull thing that more and more people need to be aware of and become more sensitive about it; it is not a "second choice", it is GREAT choice!

Now, some friends may wonder why Russia? We considered a lot of factors: time lenth of process, number of trips, requirements, and affinity with culture. This last one was important, because with Mark being half Lithuanian, Russia's culture appealed to us a lot! Also the age, how old will be our boy when he comes home? We are asking for a baby 18 months of younger, so he will be less than 2 years old when he comes home.

I got several responses and congratulations, which felt great! Thank you, my friends (and readers) for your support and kind words!