The Five of Us, Spring 2014

The Five of Us, Spring 2014

Disloyal (and a Round Two Update)

Oh, my dear faithful blog readers. I have a confession to make. I've been cheating on you. With Facebook. It's so much easier. So much quicker. I can easily just throw one random thought (and I have a ton of them!) at it and it doesn't beg for more. Not that you beg. No, you've never been overly demanding or anything like that. You've taken good care of me. Which only adds to my guilt. But, I can't exactly ask for forgiveness or even say that I'm sorry. Because both of those imply that I will change my ways. Which I won't. Sigh. So, that sort of leaves us at an impasse. But, know this--when I do have something that will take more than three sentences to say, I'll return to you, my faithful blog readers. So, (dare I ask it?) hang in there with me and I'll throw you a bone from time to time.

Like this one. WE'RE ON THE LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, look! That only took one sentence!

Yes, we're on the list of potential adoptive families. I created a 13-page, scrapbook-like introduction of our family which will now be shown to birthmothers (and possibly other family members) throughout the state of Georgia (USA) who are at least 7 months along in their pregnancies. Pretty much everything from here on out is something of a mystery. There's no way to predict the timeline (other than the fact that, at most, there will be 2 months between mom choosing us and delivery!) and most of the other things I want to know depend a lot on mom and her situation and her decisions. So, we wait, but this is an exciting wait. A wait full of possibilities. A wait full of jumping every time the phone rings. A wait that will end in a scramble! A wait that will end in a baby!!! :)

2 comments:

Tarah said...

congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Grateful said...

Just wanted to say hello. Like you blog blatherings!
Blessings,
Tami :)

My Man and Me

My Man and Me
married 7/7/2001

Punk

Punk
ours through biology, born 7/25/2004, home 8/1/2004

Pea

Pea
ours through adoption from Liberia, West Africa, born 7/15/2005, home 10/25/2007

Pup

Pup
ours through domestic adoption, born 1/15/2011, home 2/10/2011, final 8/3/2011

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Round Two Timeline

  • 9/24/08 Home study update home visit for Ghana adoption
  • 10/15/08 Dossier sent to AOHG
  • 10/15/08 I600A application sent to USCIS
  • 10/30/08 First heard about possible domestic private adoption
  • 11/18/08 Last spoke with contact about possible domestic adoption; expected to hear back about meeting with birthmother
  • 12/3/08 Withdrew application from AOHG
  • 1/6/09 Found out another family had been chosen for possible domestic adoption
  • 1/21/09 USCIS fingerprinting appointment
  • 1/8/09 Received USCIS fingerprinting appointment notice
  • 4/11/09 Sent Pre-Application to Covenant Care Adoptions for Domestic Infant Adoption program
  • 6/8/09 Social worker visit to update home study from International to Domestic
  • 7/24/09 Received completed home study update
  • 8/25/09 Went "on the list" for birthfamilies to choose from
  • 4/28/10 Found out a birth mom had chosen us
  • 5/8/10 Met the birth mom
  • 5/11/10 Got the call that birth mom changed her mind
  • 5/19/10 Birth mom's scheduled c-section
  • 11/30/10 Visit from DSS sw about foster parenting
  • 11/30/10 Got the call that another birth mom had chosen us
  • 12/21/10 Met with the birth mom
  • 1/15/11 @1:42 PM BB was born!
  • 1/19/11 ICPC (interstate) paperwork sent to GA for approval
  • 1/31/11 ICPC Clearance Approved
  • 2/10/11 Placement Ceremony and Pup comes home!!!!
  • 8/3/11 It's Official! Pup's Adoption Decree was issued