Top 10 List Why the Additional Months of Waiting are a Good Thing

There was a post on the August DTC list of a top 10 list she and her husband created over the Holiday weekend. I thought it was cute and had to come up with my own except mine is a little more serious b/c some of hers really only applied to first time parents. We don't have the extra time to go out on dates/movies or the extra money to travel.

10. More time to shop for a little girl. I want her to only have the best of everything. I've got more stuff for her nursery now than I think I ever did for Logan's. (well, maybe not yet but I'm getting there.)

9. More time to get our house ready once we move to make it more childproof. Madelyn may be walking when she comes to live with us and we'll need to childproof the cabinets, stairs and other places in our new home before she arrives.

8. More time to get used to going from one kid to three before going to four. We'll have more time with just the newest Hooker's arriving and getting Logan used to being a big brother before he becomes a brother again for the 3rd time in one year.

7. Plenty of time for well meaning friends and relatives to ask "So what's new with the adoption?" again...and again...and again... (I had to steal this one from the list I saw on August DTC group. This is almost an everyday question we get asked.)

6. More time to hear more rumors going on in the chat rooms and yahoo groups. (I stole this one too)

5. Possibly more time to continue the secret pal swaps.

4. More time to lose baby weight gained in case I do decide to travel with Tony to China.

3. More time to get our new house in order before calling a social worker over to evaluate our new living arrangement. We have to take an updated homestudy with us to China since we have moved to another home. It will also mention changing of jobs (income mainly) and also will mention the twins if they are born by then).

2. (I'm going to leave this one blank in case Tony wants to fill in one here.) - Edit By Tony: Perhaps we will actually be able to sleep through the night a couple times before we go through the half day jetlag included with the trip to China.

1. More time for the idea of being parents to four kids to sink in. Not many people go from one to four kids in one year.