The Dirty Thirty

Well, I'm officially no longer in my 20's. Today I made it to the big 3-0! I know I'm supposed to be feeling all depressed and sadly introspective but on the contrary I'm feeling rather incredible. I had a few moments of quiet reflection this morning at the U.S Department of Homeland Security while waiting to get our biometrics taken for immigration services. (Yeah, not your average start to a milestone birthday.) Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined, 10 years ago,  for myself the life I'm living now. What a trip it has all been.  Our dossier is 100% complete and will be mailed to Russia next week. We can officially say we're on the wait list for a child! Words can't even express what it feels like to finally be able to say that. And on my birthday no less. Technically we mailed our dossier in on Wednesday (D-day.....so symbolic of us!) but got the confirmation that everything was accurate and ready to go last night. So, today was really the first day that we were able to truly bask in the glow of this significant event. Now we wait. Could be 6 months, could be longer. All I know is we're closer today than ever before to having the family we've longed to have for so long. So far 30 is feelin real good!! In fact, I'd be so bold as to say that this will be one of the most memorable birthdays of my life. Cheers to 30!! I almost added a "shout out" paragraph to this post but went ahead and deleted it. I feel like its a bit preemptive to be delivering thanks as if I've won an academy award when we're only half way there. If I give you a shout out too early you might think that I don't need your help anymore........ and we wouldn't want that. I have to say though, what a lucky girl I am to have the raddest people in my life. Much love y'all! (hmmm....as it turns out, I've been quite introspective after all)