So, remember all that bellyaching about how boring our lives were but how much I dislike change? Yeah, that. And, then, just about everything in our lives changed in the course of year--some things twice? Yep. Guess we learned our lesson! Well, maybe not. Because... Well... change is in the air again, folks. I know, you think we're nuts. So do I!

Thank the LORD, we are not moving again! And, we're happy with our job situations just the way they are now. And, I've got a pretty good thing going with my current hairstyle.

So, what could it be? What else could we possibly want to change? Here's a hint: I've been thinking about this post for several months now (it's true!) and one of the titles I considered was "And Baby Makes Three!!!"

Drum roll please... Yes, we're adopting again! We just scheduled our home study visit for next Wednesday evening and for whatever strange reason, that is the trigger that somehow makes it real for me. We've considered many options, but for a heap of reasons, we are going with the brand, spankin new Acres of Hope Ghana program.

We're requesting a boy born at least a year after Pea (we're also open to boy-girl sibs in the same age range). We're also requesting that he be HIV+. We started our adoption journey hoping to be a drop in the ocean of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa particularly through our adoption as well as advocacy. For many reasons, it just didn't happen the first time around. But, the burden hasn't left us. We wrestled quite a bit with the issues of openness on this subject and drew the conclusion that, for our family, openness is better. So, I will be sharing about HIV issues and adopting an HIV+ child rather openly on this blog, in the hopes of shining one more light on the topic. So, if you have questions, I'm more than happy to answer them. :)

Now, I've got to go wash the windows--the home study lady is coming!!!! (I'm only half-kidding!)