Sunday, June 5, 2011

Changes

There never seems to be enough time in the day to do everything I want to do.  I have a moment to muse today, so I am going to give an update to the journey.

We were matched with our little girl on the very day that we planned to put our application for adoption locally.  We had been doing research galore, redoing applications, getting birth certificates, marriage certificates, and had everything ready to go.  It was definitely kismet. Our little girl, let's call her Sofie, is from China, is 2 years old and has a level 3 cleft palate on her left side.  She is small, energetic, musical, stubborn, and potty trained. The hubby and I are going through a range of emotions (me joy & fear of rejection; he just fears change).  We haven't started the baby's room yet because the Norwegian invasion starts tomorrow and ends at the end of July.

We received Pre-Approval from China that she will be ours.  Now comes the paperwork.  We are waiting for something called the Letter Seeking Confirmation (LSC) from China which basically says that she is ours.  We also have to update our registration with the USCIS that we are approved for a Special Needs (SN) baby.  It also turns out that our approval expires in August anyway, so we need to renew and the timing is right.  We are working with our social worker to get our homestudy updated which will in turn allow us to submit the update paperwork and get moving with the US govt at the same time we wait for China.  Once we get the LSC from China, then we will have to file more forms with the US govt confirming that yes, this is the child we plan on bringing home, and yes, this is ok.  Once we get all the approvals, then we get moving on the travel plans.  Timing is 4-6 months from May 31st (the day we got preapproved)... I want to count the week before that because that is when we were matched.

I also have been practicing the guitar like crazy and have yet to get a nice "F" chord out consistently.  It will happen.

So, we are still waiting, but changes are afoot.

Oh, and we got a nice backyard patio that is a pleasure to sit out on when it is less than 98 degrees outside.

So there you go.  This is where I am today.

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