Ben and I are attending a fostering/adoption orientation next Tuesday, and since we feel God has been leading us in that direction for years, we've been talking to the boys about it. We've talked about why we would adopt, what it means to adopt, etc.
Last night we watched a story on the Olympics about an Olympian who had been adopted from Russia as a baby. When they showed the orphanage I said, "Maybe we need to adopt a Russian baby." James was not interested in that- he said we need to adopt a baby from America. We told him we'll look at our options and see what direction God wants us to take in adding a brother or sister to our family.
Then after church today we asked Ben's mom to watch the boys while we go to the orientation next week. James was excited, "So, you're going to go to that meeting next week and come home with a baby?" If only it were that easy!!
Of course it came up again this evening when The Proposal came on TV. I loved the movie and when walking out of the theater while pregnant with Cameron, I said I wanted to name the baby Andrew. Ben said we were not naming a baby after a Ryan Reynold's character. Ben brought that up again tonight, and James decided we needed to name our next baby Andrew. I told him sometimes when you foster and adopt a baby he already has a name, and he said, "That's ok, we can change it!"
I'm glad James has been so much a part of this conversation lately and look forward to Cameron better understanding what's going on, too. It'll be a journey but I look forward to what God has in store for us and to the future growth of our family.
