Well, I had to go renew my FBI fingerprinting and criminal background check.  I swear, this is the least “romantic” part of the adoption process.  Even with the anxiety around a homestudy and the emotional labor involved in the letters and profiles, there’s also a wonderful feeling in presenting yourself as a future parent.  But the trip to the basement of the courthouse?  Less glamorous.

I have to keep telling myself it hasn’t really been a whole year!  It was a year ago that I started all the paperwork, yes, but I’ve only been officially on the books for a few months…  And hopefully, oh so hopefully, by this time next year I’ll be dealing with those tiny little hand and foot -prints on glad announcements, and after that, I’m sure fingerprints will be a very big part of my life in all kinds of ways.  :)