Friday was Liam’s last day of school before the fall break. Recently in school the theme has been all things related to autumn — leaves, chesnuts, hedgehogs, pumpkins, etc. And of course Halloween-type things too. So on Friday he brought home the “big project” the kids must’ve been working on for some [...]
Saturday, October 28, 2006
We’ve been in a holding pattern for some time now. Just waiting to get our home study visit so we can move on with everything else. First we were gone, and then e-mail to our references failed, so they didn’t know what we had asked of them. Then paperwork delays. Then [...]
Thursday, October 26, 2006
So… Hungary. It’s a long wait for a child under three, in fact, nearly impossible. Very few people adopt from Hungary, so there’s little precedent to follow and no established timeline to compare yourself to. The country prefers to maintain birth order, which means an even longer wait for us. To [...]
I am, in the next few minutes, assuming my son allows me the time, and with GREAT trepidation, going to attempt to import my posts and comments from blogger to our WordPress blog. I am petrified that it won’t work, because this is the new version of WP and maybe still has some bugs, [...]
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Although it certainly won’t be our deciding factor, the dossier preparation for Hungary is FAR simpler than for Guatemala. Here’s what I’ll need to get:
Birth certificates
Certificate of marriage
Home study
Proof of annual income
Expert’s opinion on aptness (psychological report)
The home country’s permission to the adoption
Proof of nationality (for ex.: photocopy of passport)
Statement on the purpose of [...]
Saturday, October 21, 2006
…at least in the stores. Halloween isn’t quite here, yet all the stores have their Christmas decorations and displays up. It’s got me humming Christmas carols, which I’m sure will get exceedingly annoying by December 25th. Although we despise the fact that the holiday has become so commercialized, these displays do serve [...]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Our agency* requests that their clients open an account with FedEx, DHL, UPS or the like for mailing important paperwork back and forth and to our chosen country*. So a few days ago I set up the account with FedEx and ordered some (free) supplies. Then I checked into the fees. Now, [...]
The last twentyfour hours have been quite trying for us. After reading a whole lot of negative things about Guatemalan adoptions on messageboards, listservs, personal stories, we contemplated switching from the country entirely.
Ou agency also works in Kazakhstan, and that country has great appeal to us. We’d prefer to adopt from somewhere “over [...]
School seems to be going better for Liam, although the goodbyes are getting much worse. Today Liam clung to me with his arms and his legs, and I felt like the world’s biggest heel as I walked out of the classroom with him calling for me. It was one of those days when [...]
Apparently I need to do some more whining. (although my husband would be quick to tell you that I do PLENTY) Within twelve hours of this post bemoaning everything I was waiting on, I had:
*final reference letter handed in
*package from our agency
*tentative dateline for our home study
Hopefully, my complaining and whining will ensure [...]