Saturday, September 30, 2006
While Jesse was gone, Liam and I became intimately familiar with Fort Augustus’ playground, located conveniently just minutes down the lane. Even after J returned, I think we spent a little time here every day. It was a great place for Liam to run off some energy, without constantly being told to stay [...]
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
For reasons that most of you already know, we’ve decided to change the country from which we are adopting. We are now signed with an agency and well on our way to adopting a child from Guatemala. Since changing our country made the name of our old adoption blog obsolete, we’ve moved. [...]
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tuesday was, apparently, a really hard day for Liam at school. When I picked him up at the school gate he was just shuddering with sobs, and his eyes were purple-rimmed from crying. Unfortunately, his regular teacher wasn’t there and the other teacher doesn’t speak any English. And didn’t take the time [...]
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The symbol above apparently is Korean for house. At least according to WorldLingo. I used them today to help translate a letter requesting a document into Korean. The Korean addendum was just a nicety; I’m fervently hoping that they have someone in the office that can read English, as I’m pretty sure [...]
Monday, September 25, 2006
I’ve been looking forward to, and dreading, Liam’s first day of school for sometime. I know it’s going to be great for him to be around other kids, and other adults, and to get that social interaction he is so lacking. And I know it’ll be good for me to have a little [...]
Monday, September 25, 2006
We had no sooner settled in to the cottage then Jesse had to take off again. He had to return to Belgium for four days because of an interview for a civilian job. Liam and I spent that time getting re-acquainted with the Fort Augustus area. It’s a very picturesque little town, [...]
Saturday, September 23, 2006
And now for the long awaited Scotland post!
I’m sure many of you will be disappointed in the surprising lack of pictures we took on this trip. We always meant to, but we were too busy enjoying ourselves to bother. You should refer to last year’s posts if you need a refresh on the [...]
Saturday, September 23, 2006
I have been so completely obsessed with paperwork for weeks now. And now… I wait. Yesterday we completed our physicals and mailed off the I600-A to CIS. The homestudy questionnaire is done and submitted. So I wait.
I wait to get the big, juicy, information-packed package from the agency, telling me what [...]
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Yesterday we came to a very important decision in our adoption process; we decided to switch countries. Although we love the idea of adopting from Hungary — the care the children receive, the ease of travel, the bonding period, the children themselves — we were becoming increasingly downhearted about the long wait times for [...]
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
családi
home
After a couple wonderful but exhausting weeks, we are home once more. I’ve completed most of the homestudy questionnaire — all we’re lacking is the financial info et al that I didn’t have available in Scotland. I should have it completed and sent to our social worker by Monday. Monday is also [...]