Adopting from El Salvador is going to be a long process, but I figure it’s never too soon to get buy-in from the sons we have.  They love little kids and babies, but it is going to come as a shock when they realize they have to split our attention even further.  And we have no idea how well or how quickly the new members will adjust to joining us.

So I decided I’d have H & J “adopt” the kids with us.  I’m usually the one to run the paperwork around and schedule appointments, so rather than drop them off at Mom-Mom’s house, I always take them with me.

And at every stop, I’ve told them, “and when we were adopting YOU, we did this too!”  Which they know, ’cause they have pictures in their adoption albums of Fred and me doing the paperwork rounds. 

But when our next kids flip through their albums, this is what they’ll see:

adopt-a-sibling

Dunno where Mamá is; looks like the big brothers are doing all the work!   (If only I could actually delegate!  sigh…)

I hope the twins remember this, how excited they are right now to be getting little siblings.  And I hope their siblings realize that they were wanted by all four of us long before we even knew their names.