I'm a blogger, you're a blogger, he's a blogger, she's a blogger, wouldn't you like to be a blogger too?

Man oh man everybody is blogging these days! I am fortunate enough to have a little job blogging, but since I started blogging for adoption.com I've thought of at least 3 other blogs I'd like to do...for fun, of course (IF I had the time). And you can bet that if I knew blogging existed when we were adopting Little J he would've had his own blog. I made him a website...but I've since lost it. Maybe it got deleted when we switched computers?

Anyway...

Here are some blogs by people who are in the process of adopting from Russia or who have already adopted from Russia. I've chosen ones I think are fun and well-written and useful for someone in process. Here are a couple I've looked at recently.

A Dad's Journey Through International Adoption. These people are very early on the process - they've only just finished their homestudy - but if this guy keeps his blog up I have no doubt it will be an excellent resource for anyone adopting from Russia right now. He's learning Russia, he's going to be the stay-at-home parent, and he's retired...at age 39. Oh, my husband willbe jealous (about the retirement part, not the staying-at-home part). What's very cute is that most of the comments on his blog are from his mom, and she sounds just like my mom! I will be checking back in with this guy in the future.

From Russia, With Love, is the blog of Kate, a 2nd grade teacher living in Saint Petersburg who is in the process of adopting from Russia. This blog is excellent for the cultural references as well as her journey of adopting within Russia as a single woman. She doesn't blog a lot, but when she does it's really interesting. It actually is inspiring me to look into working at a school in Russia. In my pre-child life I was a high school librarian. I could do that there as well. How wonderful would it be to take my kids to Russia for a couple of years!

Still Waiting is Rhonda's blog. She and her husband are adopting two children from Khabarovsk. They are in between trips right now - a hard place but also a good place to be. They also live in Alaska, which I think is very cool. My husband and I had our honeymoon in Alaska so I am jealous.

Here's wishing smooth and wonderful adoptions for these friends!