Here We Are (Our Story)

Maybe you're curious how we got to be here
at this point
ready to adopt again.
I'll try to make a 7 year story 300 words or less.
Here it goes.
(Including details you may or may not be so interested to hear).
Before we got married we thought really hard
about when the right time would be to start our family.
We were both really young
(me 19, E 21)
and in the middle of college,
so it was a really hard decision for us,
but we felt we should try to start our family right away.
We got married
and each month we got so excited and hopeful
that we would be expecting a little baby to our family.
Six months went by,
and we were still not pregnant.
We started to feel frustrated and sad.
We didn't understand.
After a year of trying,
we went to an infertility Dr.
We were poked and prodded and tested
and tried different medical treatments.
Eventually, I was diagnosed with Endometriosis.
By this time, we had been married about three years.
We started researching adoption.
And then Eric's graduation led to our move to Utah.
He accepted a job in American Fork.
Once we were settled in Utah,
we got licensed to adopt through LDS Family Services.
About the same time,
we talked to someone who told us a little about foster care.
We felt that since we didn't know how long the adoption process would be,
we should also get licensed as foster parents.
We thought if we had the opportunity to adopt, great.
If not, at least we could be helping to strengthen another family.
A few weeks after becoming fully licensed as foster parents,
we were called for the first time about a placement--
two cute little boys ages 3 and 4.
They needed an adoptive family.
We accepted and met the boys.
Our little insta-family of four
had its challenges,
but Eric and I worked hard
at making the best transition possible for all of us.
It was a happy day when our adoption was finalized
about 8 months after they joined our family.
Now two years later,
we are in Washington.
We feel settled and are all doing well.
But we feel like someones are still missing from our family.
We had a positive experience with foster care,
and we'd love to be foster parents again someday,
but today
we feel like we need to be licensed as adoptive parents
through LDS Family Services.
So here we are.
And please forgive me,
it actually took me 379 words.