adoption is like planning a wedding

I told someone recently that adoption is like planning a wedding.

You are so excited and so ready for the wedding that you do not enjoy the planning. It's all this build up for the "big day". Sure dress shopping, cake tasting, picture taking - that's all fun- but it's all build up to the DAY! It's the wedding day that is important. After the fact it doesn't matter if the table linens match the bridesmaids dresses exactly. It just matters you are married! It's this entire year (sometimes longer) process for one day.

Adoption is much like that, the paperwork, the pictures, the payments- it's all build up to the day we get our son in our arms.

At the beginning of the journey, I told my friend I wanted to enjoy the journey, enjoy the ride, enjoy the wait. I wanted to remember the moments of waiting and longing for our son. I didn't want to fly through this season without enjoying it. I wanted this to be about the entire journey, not just the day. I didn't want to miss the days of "dress shopping", "cake tasting", or "table linen matching".

Well, I'm over it.

I'm to the point that I'm over the "wedding planning" and just want to be "married"!
I just want my son. I'm over the planning and the process.