Baby Expo

Sunday Rob and I went to the Baby expo. One of our friends was an exhibitor and she encouraged us to go. It was actually kind of comical. We kept getting asked when we were due or how far along we were. Rob just said things like oh, in about a year and a half, we have a baby on order. It was just funny because of the looks and responses we got. So, this was actually kind of an ice breaker to the "we are adopting" conversation. We were surprised at all of the positive reactions we got and the questions. We met one lady who was in the process of getting together the paperwork for a domestic adoption, another lady who was thinking about adopting and a couple who had adopted. My husband was so excited to see a couple with an Asian baby that was clearly adopted that before he even thought about it, he asked what country the baby was from. This opened up what was a little bit of a strange conversation at first but turned into a wonderful new contact. The cute little boy was 5 months old, a domestic adoption, he is part Thai, Japanese and Mexican, He was just plain gorgeous. We, of course, talked with the couple for quite a while and have plans to stay in touch in the future. We are actually thinking of trying to put together an adoption themed type expo. Believe it or not, we were the only ones there that were not exhibitors that were adopting. We were amazed at how warm of a reception we got. The best part, we won a raffle prize and it was Tupperware, who knew they still existed??? Anyway, one of the items is the ball thing that you out the different shapes in through the holes. Our first toy for Ethan!!! It was a nice day!