The "Other" List...

So, by now everyone knows we're on the infant girl list...that's the list we talk about, blog about and think about daily.  What you may or may not know is that we're also on another waitlist.  The sibling list.  That's right, there is a possibility that we could be bringing not 1, but 2 beautiful kids home from Ethiopia!  Is that thought making you hyperventilate and causing your hands to shake uncontrollably?  Probably not, but it did have that effect on us and that's why we've kind of swept it under the rug and put it way in the back of our minds.

At the beginning of this journey we struggled with wondering if our daughter would feel connected living here in a primarily white city, as part of a very white family.  We thought that possibly having a sibling with the same background would help with that feeling of "belonging" as they grow older.  So, we also joined the sibling list, requesting infant twins...not because we thought it was something we realistically wanted, but because we couldn't ignore that Whisper in our ears.

Now, as the sibling list moves closer and closer, we've had to do some soul searching and think about if we could really handle 4 kids and what effect that would have on our family unit (besides the obvious of needing a bigger house and car!).  In the end, we both came to the same conclusion that having 2 birth and 2 adopted kids would be amazing and challenging and fun and insane and ultimately sooooo worth it!  I'm not sure what changed in us, or why...but now (most days!) I think we're secretly rooting for the siblings list...so much so that we changed our request to any siblings under 36 months.  It's important to us that Colby stays the oldest sibling, but otherwise we're wide open!

Obviously, young siblings don't come along all that often so it's still a toss up on which waitlist we'll get our referral from...but as of today we're #30 on infant girl and excited to say we're #8 on siblings!!  We can't wait to see God's plan unveil!