I haven\u2019t mentioned it on the blog yet, but we\u2019re in the process of adoption a second (and final!) child. From South Korea, like Tru. We indicated no preference with respect to gender. Even though we opted for no preference, we\u2019re pretty likely to get another boy. Out of country adoptions from South Korea are mostly boys. That\u2019s probably due to a few cultural reason, one being that in-country adoptions tend to favor girls because male bloodlines are so important. Anyway, we\u2019re going for it one more time.<\/p>\n
This time it\u2019s going to be more of a stretch, financially, than it was last time, since I\u2019m in a different job and Amy\u2019s only been working half-time. Amy\u2019s going back full-time this year, to help with the savings and we\u2019re probably going to have to liquidate one retirement savings account early next year. So it was with interest that I learned about this new DropCash thingy that a couple of guys put together. I posted it on the Link Harvest a while ago and today I created a \u201ccampaign\u201d for our adoption expenses. You can see the link in the upper left corner of this page. I don\u2019t expect that we\u2019ll actually generate much funding that way, but it\u2019s an interesting experiment in any case. So, if you\u2019re inclined, throw a couple of bucks our way via the campaign. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
An interesting side note\u2026Amy\u2019s been busy this weekend, making new photo albums of Tru\u2019s early years. Tru loves looking through them and this morning he started asking about where he came from\u2026 He asked if we got him at the hospital and if God made him. We\u2019ve been a little nervous about this day. We\u2019ve never tried to hide or mask the fact that he\u2019s adopted. We\u2019ve been pretty open about talking about Korea with him. But he\u2019s just beginning to question things on his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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