Friday, July 31, 2009
Social Worker Assigned!!
We are so excited because we have been assigned a social worker!!!! Mark and I will have individual appointments in a couple of weeks and then the home study. If all goes well, we will be able to send of documents to India.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Smiles and Tears
Two videos brought opposite emotions this week. If you didn't catch either, take a few moments...
This video brought a smile and laughter to my day, what a way to start a morning!
Dancing is so beautiful and this one brought tears to my eyes. My family has been touched by breast cancer and this was just amazing....
This video brought a smile and laughter to my day, what a way to start a morning!
Dancing is so beautiful and this one brought tears to my eyes. My family has been touched by breast cancer and this was just amazing....
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Fingerprints
The only thing we are waiting for is my fingerprint clearance from Dept. of Justice. Odd that it is taking so long since I am in the system as an educator. We were told it could take up to two months...time we just don't want to waste. Our home study agency has allowed us permission to move forward while we wait for the clearance. This way we have a social worker assigned to us and can begin the home study process. If my prints do not clear, we may have gone through the home study for nothing. I would have definitely fingerprinted much earlier on if I knew about the delay. We submit our form tomorrow to give the approval to move forward. I am hoping we will soon be announcing we have a social worker!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Bringing ???? Home
Our buddy family shared the title of this book so of course I purchased it (thank you one-click Amazon)!
The plot warmed my heart and am hoping we will soon be saying we are bringing our little one home.
The plot warmed my heart and am hoping we will soon be saying we are bringing our little one home.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Buddy Family & 4th of July Aftermath
Today we met our assigned buddy family. Kathy and Graham Master adopted a little girl from India 8 years ago. A prerequisite to the home study process is to meet with our assigned buddy family and ask them any questions we have.
Our visit included information of what to prepare, adjustment periods and support groups. We both felt the visit made everything a bit more real for us. Kathy has lots of cultural groups she belongs to and I was impressed since I am Indian and had no idea! We are looking forward to keeping in touch with them and asking questions along the way.
Now that we've made our buddy family visit, we are officially done with the prerequisite items. We wait for my fingerprints to clear and then our social worker is assigned! We are anxious and wish there was a way to speed up those fingerprints. But, if there is anything we've learned from the process, other people do not work on our time.
So, since we were so excited to have met our buddy family, it was very disappointing when we came home only to have our neighbor tell us at 6:45 pm that the fence between our two homes had caught on fire at 1 this morning. The tree above it is completely burned. Thank goodness it did not catch the roof which was just seconds away. They decided to put it out themselves and tell us 17 hours later. Did I mention that Mark and I were sleeping down the way of the fire. They did not call the fire department or come knock on our door. Instead, they fought hard to put the fire out and had their area completely cleaned when we went to take pictures. Hmmmm, detective Shana is already on it!
Our visit included information of what to prepare, adjustment periods and support groups. We both felt the visit made everything a bit more real for us. Kathy has lots of cultural groups she belongs to and I was impressed since I am Indian and had no idea! We are looking forward to keeping in touch with them and asking questions along the way.
Now that we've made our buddy family visit, we are officially done with the prerequisite items. We wait for my fingerprints to clear and then our social worker is assigned! We are anxious and wish there was a way to speed up those fingerprints. But, if there is anything we've learned from the process, other people do not work on our time.
So, since we were so excited to have met our buddy family, it was very disappointing when we came home only to have our neighbor tell us at 6:45 pm that the fence between our two homes had caught on fire at 1 this morning. The tree above it is completely burned. Thank goodness it did not catch the roof which was just seconds away. They decided to put it out themselves and tell us 17 hours later. Did I mention that Mark and I were sleeping down the way of the fire. They did not call the fire department or come knock on our door. Instead, they fought hard to put the fire out and had their area completely cleaned when we went to take pictures. Hmmmm, detective Shana is already on it!
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