Who and Why?

Many who blog about their adoption experience, which we call our adventure, typically start at the commencement of the paperwork process. Sorry we are skipping that part in this blog as it really was a very boring arduous task that involved a ton of fingerprints and fees and I figured it wouldn't be too exciting. So I am starting from the week before we travel to China toward the  big day when we become parents of a little four year old girl we have nicked named princess lulu. Her real new name is actually Ella.

But before we get into all the travel fun. Who are we and why are we setting out on this adventure? Looking back the seed of adoption was actually planted way back when attempting to start a family and we had a few stumbles. That all worked itself out and we managed to produce two awesome boys the way nature lets it. The boys were so much fun and easy we found ourselves chatting, likely over good wine, about adding one more to our family. Not an easy discussion as everything in our world was going perfect and smooth, my initial thought why complicate it with another. That argument didn't hold to strongly and we agreed that one more child in the house would be additive fun.
Having had two kids the good old fashioned way had been done so what fun would that be. We tend to lean toward trying new things. True trier's not criers.  That's when the thought of adoption really surfaced again and we decided that we had the means and desire so why not. And once we had the initial meetings with the Barker Foundation we were sold. Our eyes were opened to so much and the drive to provide a home for just one child seemed so little but a great step forward.  For an added twist we went with the China waiting child program.
To say there is just one reason for the why would be impossible as the decision to adopt is complex and runs the gambit of wanting a bigger family, maybe a little girl, take one less child from a orphanage situation, to boosting my karma. In the end it's the right thing to do in my mind no matter how challenging it may be at times going forward. www.barkerfoundation.org  
So follow along as we venture out this week, I'll try my best to keep updates rolling.