Thursday, June 10, 2010
Maybe I'll just get a puppy..........
In other news, I called our social worker that is doing our home study today. I still had not received my FBI fingerprint clearances, it dawned on me that perhaps they were sent to her, rather than to me and sure enough that is exactly what happened! Everyone is happy that they are back. They should have been sent to me but I don't care about incidentals right now. Just glad we have another small thing accomplished.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Down
I warned you it could come, and I can feel it is almost here. I am fighting against it, but getting really tired and not sure how much longer I can hang on. I'm gonna lose it. I don't know if its because my birthday is coming up soon or that now that there is no school, gymnastics, MOPS and things like that that I just have more free time to dwell on things or what it is, but I want to scream, cry, kick yell and ask WHY GOD WHY and beg him to hurry up, I can't do it anymore, I can't wait any longer. Clearly God's timing can't be right, he has no idea what he is doing. I want my child and I want him/her NOW.
Notice I said I want to, not that I am going to. I know better. I know he does know what he is doing, I know that he brought us to this agency, I know he knows the child he has for us already. I may not like it at the moment and that even though I may lose it soon, he'll be there to pick me up.
Notice I said I want to, not that I am going to. I know better. I know he does know what he is doing, I know that he brought us to this agency, I know he knows the child he has for us already. I may not like it at the moment and that even though I may lose it soon, he'll be there to pick me up.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Cute
Not adoption related, but too funny not to share.
On the way home from school today Rachel talked my ear off with constant questions, which is what she does every time we are in the car. Non-stop questions! (or non stop joke telling as written about on my other blog about her)
Today her questions were about fleas. Why do they bite, what do they eat, what is their reason for being and on and on and on......*exhausted sigh from Mommy*
My answer was that although God made everything for a reason, I had absolutely no idea what the purpose of a flea was, they must have been good for something at some point, but I don't know what their point is now.
She very matter of fact-ly states that fleas exist because God's Mommy told Him NO FLEAS ALLOWED but that God forgot His Mommy told Him that so he made fleas anyway.
;-)
On the way home from school today Rachel talked my ear off with constant questions, which is what she does every time we are in the car. Non-stop questions! (or non stop joke telling as written about on my other blog about her)
Today her questions were about fleas. Why do they bite, what do they eat, what is their reason for being and on and on and on......*exhausted sigh from Mommy*
My answer was that although God made everything for a reason, I had absolutely no idea what the purpose of a flea was, they must have been good for something at some point, but I don't know what their point is now.
She very matter of fact-ly states that fleas exist because God's Mommy told Him NO FLEAS ALLOWED but that God forgot His Mommy told Him that so he made fleas anyway.
;-)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Checking in
Today I called our agency just to check in. It's been awhile since I last spoke to them when comparing it to our other adoption agency that called or emailed us once a week. Today my case worker told me that they leave all the contact up to the adoptive couple because for some of them, a weekly call with "sorry, we have nothing for you." is hard. Fair enough, makes sense. She also told me that it has been unusually slow with only 1 African American situation in the past few months. Ok, WHAT? Its NOT A SITUATION is a birth mother and her child! I was a little shocked by that statement.
We are still waiting for our fingerprints to come back. Tomorrow it will be one month. It is only supposed to take about 2 weeks. There is speculation that fingerprints are being held up due to the fact that all the Census workers have to be cleared first. Unlike our previous adoption, waiting on the fingerprints to be back does nothing to hold up our adoption process. We can still be profiled to potential birth mother's while we wait on the fingerprints. So that is a huge load off our shoulders!
We are still waiting for our fingerprints to come back. Tomorrow it will be one month. It is only supposed to take about 2 weeks. There is speculation that fingerprints are being held up due to the fact that all the Census workers have to be cleared first. Unlike our previous adoption, waiting on the fingerprints to be back does nothing to hold up our adoption process. We can still be profiled to potential birth mother's while we wait on the fingerprints. So that is a huge load off our shoulders!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Sill slow
Everything is really s.l.o.w!!
I am not getting discouraged, but I feel it trying to creep on me hard.
The coffee sales started off OK when I 1st posted about it and now it has come to a complete stop. We have sold a total of 17 bags. I can never stop saying how thankful we are to have found this organization because of how it benefits the children in Ethiopia as well as our domestic adoption and I can never stop being thankful for the sales we have made. Humbled.
I am not a pushy person when it comes to this type of thing, and don't know what else to do to promote Just Love Coffee. I have told everyone I know to tell everyone they know. That's as far as I can go comfortably. Nothing much else I can do anyway ;)
As for the adoption process itself. Still, nothing. Just waiting. I wish I had more of an update for you.
In other news. I had not heard from they agency we are Foster Parents through for a few months. That is odd to say the least don't you think!? I called CYS upset we were treated that way and asked them if they knew anything about our agency. They did. They told me THEY CLOSED!!!!!!
They shut down due to lack of funds and never told us!!! WHAT!??!!?!??!?!?!?!
CYS apologized profusely and could only assume we were not told because we had no foster children at the time that we fell through the cracks. CYS also told me that because we are in the process of adopting, it is a conflict of interest and we can't do fostering either. Soo here we are with a lonely and BORED 4 year old, a home with an empty bedroom waiting for a child, and hearts with room for another child..and we can't.
Hoping for some progress to share with you soon, but for now, we wait.
Don't worry, we are good at it. Rachel's adoption took 2.5 years. This couple of months stuff is nothin! ;)
Remind me of that later.........
ha ha
I am not getting discouraged, but I feel it trying to creep on me hard.
The coffee sales started off OK when I 1st posted about it and now it has come to a complete stop. We have sold a total of 17 bags. I can never stop saying how thankful we are to have found this organization because of how it benefits the children in Ethiopia as well as our domestic adoption and I can never stop being thankful for the sales we have made. Humbled.
I am not a pushy person when it comes to this type of thing, and don't know what else to do to promote Just Love Coffee. I have told everyone I know to tell everyone they know. That's as far as I can go comfortably. Nothing much else I can do anyway ;)
As for the adoption process itself. Still, nothing. Just waiting. I wish I had more of an update for you.
In other news. I had not heard from they agency we are Foster Parents through for a few months. That is odd to say the least don't you think!? I called CYS upset we were treated that way and asked them if they knew anything about our agency. They did. They told me THEY CLOSED!!!!!!
They shut down due to lack of funds and never told us!!! WHAT!??!!?!??!?!?!?!
CYS apologized profusely and could only assume we were not told because we had no foster children at the time that we fell through the cracks. CYS also told me that because we are in the process of adopting, it is a conflict of interest and we can't do fostering either. Soo here we are with a lonely and BORED 4 year old, a home with an empty bedroom waiting for a child, and hearts with room for another child..and we can't.
Hoping for some progress to share with you soon, but for now, we wait.
Don't worry, we are good at it. Rachel's adoption took 2.5 years. This couple of months stuff is nothin! ;)
Remind me of that later.........
ha ha
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Hurry up and wait
Sorry it has been a little while since the last post. There just is not much to say right now. The adoption process involves alot of hurrying up and then waiting. You have to get things going as soon as you possibly can because each paper you need takes weeks or months to get competed or mailed back to you, whatever the case may be. I was very efficient in the beginning and got most things finished right away, so now.................we wait :)
I had my fingerprinting appointment today and Kevin will go for his tomorrow. We each still have to write a statement of faith, do a financial worksheet and get the medical papers filled out. There is not a specific time line to get these completed because as I mentioned before we can be shown to birth mothers without these, we just have to have them in once we are chosen by a birth mother so that the adoption can be finalized. What a nice change from our previous adoption this is!!!!
We just plan to keep a steady pace, get the rest of the things finished as we can, but not stress about it.
I had my fingerprinting appointment today and Kevin will go for his tomorrow. We each still have to write a statement of faith, do a financial worksheet and get the medical papers filled out. There is not a specific time line to get these completed because as I mentioned before we can be shown to birth mothers without these, we just have to have them in once we are chosen by a birth mother so that the adoption can be finalized. What a nice change from our previous adoption this is!!!!
We just plan to keep a steady pace, get the rest of the things finished as we can, but not stress about it.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Insanity
Monday. House is ''friend clean" [ I have different tiers of cleanliness ;-) ]
While Rachel and I are at the gym, the social worker calls and leaves a message saying she has to re-schedule and she doesn't know when she will be able to come again with Easter coming etc. *bangs head against wall* I take it alot better than I would have in the past, but I have been through this before. It isn't a matter of if something will go wrong, it's when. So, I was upset, but pretty much just let it roll off me. Nothing I can do. But wait! There is something I can do! Annoy with phone calls! YEAH, that's what I'll do :) I call them back, she isn't available, I leave a message, wait 45 mins and call again. Point being she can come the next day at 11 a.m. I say yes, because she just has to get here! 2 problems :
1 ) I have a dentist appointment 45 mins away
2) Rachel has school.
I call the dentist and tell them they are gonna have to rush me through, they promise they can and they delivered! Yay-hoo.
I had to leave the social worker in my house while I went to pick up Rachel from school but I didn't care. I have no issues with privacy anymore after all I went through being Canadian coming to the States, adopting internationally and fostering. "They" know more about me than I do.
She stays all of 40 mins maybe a little less. Pretty painless. We are having issues getting our fingerprint records from the foster agency, so we decided just to do them again. So, I have to fill out a financial paper, medical paper and do the fingerprints again and that is IT for paperwork! TOTALLY done paperwork!!! WOOHOO. WOW. SOO much easier than the last time and no pressure waiting for these to be completed because our agency will show us to potential birth parents before all this is in. I am afraid to say this is way too easy, so I won't say it. ;) I will just enjoy it for now because there are bound to be hiccups along the way...
While Rachel and I are at the gym, the social worker calls and leaves a message saying she has to re-schedule and she doesn't know when she will be able to come again with Easter coming etc. *bangs head against wall* I take it alot better than I would have in the past, but I have been through this before. It isn't a matter of if something will go wrong, it's when. So, I was upset, but pretty much just let it roll off me. Nothing I can do. But wait! There is something I can do! Annoy with phone calls! YEAH, that's what I'll do :) I call them back, she isn't available, I leave a message, wait 45 mins and call again. Point being she can come the next day at 11 a.m. I say yes, because she just has to get here! 2 problems :
1 ) I have a dentist appointment 45 mins away
2) Rachel has school.
I call the dentist and tell them they are gonna have to rush me through, they promise they can and they delivered! Yay-hoo.
I had to leave the social worker in my house while I went to pick up Rachel from school but I didn't care. I have no issues with privacy anymore after all I went through being Canadian coming to the States, adopting internationally and fostering. "They" know more about me than I do.
She stays all of 40 mins maybe a little less. Pretty painless. We are having issues getting our fingerprint records from the foster agency, so we decided just to do them again. So, I have to fill out a financial paper, medical paper and do the fingerprints again and that is IT for paperwork! TOTALLY done paperwork!!! WOOHOO. WOW. SOO much easier than the last time and no pressure waiting for these to be completed because our agency will show us to potential birth parents before all this is in. I am afraid to say this is way too easy, so I won't say it. ;) I will just enjoy it for now because there are bound to be hiccups along the way...
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