And it all begins again...

I'm still trying to catch my breath after opening an e-mail earlier this afternoon from Adoption Network saying that our profiles are live!!  WHAT?!?!?  I know it's a good thing that our profiles went up so quickly...but, to be honest, I was counting on a few more weeks of calm before I started jumping every time the phone rang! 

Last time, it took them about 2 weeks to get our profiles up once we had all our "Dear Birthmother" letters and pictures sent into them.  Dave & I mailed a CD of all our pictures to Adoption Network last Monday and then spent the rest of the week finishing up our Dear Birthmother letters, which we sent in on Friday (yes, just 4 days ago).

After I e-mailed our "Dear Birthmother" letters last Friday, I spent a little while browsing around their site, where I noticed that they had over 50 couples "in progress"--meaning, over 50 couples waiting for their profiles to go live.  With that many couples waiting for their profiles to go live, I figured that we'd have at least a few more weeks before ours went up. 

So, I was SHOCKED when they e-mailed us today saying that our profiles are live on 2 websites!  Of course, this is a very, very good thing!  We are thrilled that birthmothers are now able to view our family...but it also means that any day now we could have a call!  Last time, our first call came just 4 days after our profiles went live. 

I try to remind myself that the unknowns of adoption are just one of the many things that make adoption so fun....but, it can also be very stressful.  This is just another step in the journey where we need to trust God...He already knows where our next birthmother is, when she's due, and when we will get a call! 

"You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You."

Isaiah 26:3