Once we settled on international adoption, Rob was settled on China. He pretended to consider other countries, but his heart was always set on China. Why? Because years ago he came to the birthday party of Evie, the little girl I used to nanny. Evie had a classmate at the party who just happened to be the adopted Chinese daughter of a certain actress from a certain movie where Kevin Kline plays a French conman (I prefer that movie over all the others that she is more famous for). Rob fell in love with that little girl that day and declared on the the ride home that he wanted a Chinese daughter one day.
I did my duty and researched every other possible country. The reality is that China has one of the easiest and least expensive programs. I also read somewhere that you should choose a country based on your interest in learning more about that country because it's going to become a part of the rest of your life. We were definitely fascinated with the Chinese culture and could see ourselves celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival (Shouldn't there be more holidays associated with dragons?)
In the end, Rob won, not because I gave in but because I agreed with him. China was the best choice for our family. Now, we knew which direction to go.
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