Friday, May 24, 2013
Being Translated!
Ok, I know that I just wrote a post an hour ago....but I just found out that our dossier is in Eastern Europe right now being translated! Woo Hoo so excited. It is a holiday week there so it will be next week before it is done, but I am still really happy just knowing it is over there and not over here LOL
Waiting, waiting, waiting
Do you see a theme in international adoption..........lots of waiting! So our dossier is being reviewed by our placing agency. I am hoping that it will be sent to be translated very soon. It is tough not knowing when we will be traveling.
Luckily, we are distracted by all of the end of the school year craziness. Jack is filming the highschool graduation for the school and doing a live stream on their website. He is very excited....and a little nervous. But he loves cool equipment. This is Jack and Grace's last Friday of the school year. The littles still have two more weeks. Rose is in Panama for Army Reserve duty. I hope that it went well. She should be getting home this weekend. Today we are having our second garage sale. We had one last weekend. It was a bit slow. I am hoping that today is busier. We are using the profits from the garage sale to pay some of the adoption fees. So every little bit helps. The weather looks nice, so that is a plus.
Luckily, we are distracted by all of the end of the school year craziness. Jack is filming the highschool graduation for the school and doing a live stream on their website. He is very excited....and a little nervous. But he loves cool equipment. This is Jack and Grace's last Friday of the school year. The littles still have two more weeks. Rose is in Panama for Army Reserve duty. I hope that it went well. She should be getting home this weekend. Today we are having our second garage sale. We had one last weekend. It was a bit slow. I am hoping that today is busier. We are using the profits from the garage sale to pay some of the adoption fees. So every little bit helps. The weather looks nice, so that is a plus.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Almost there!
I was so excited to see that they moved us to the "Almost There" page on Reece's Rainbow. We are getting there slowly but surely. We also had exciting news this week. Our foster toddler "Baby A"'s case went to termination. We are very much hoping that we can adopt her too!! What an amazing year we are having!!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Finally!
WOO HOO! We have been waiting for 6 weeks for our USCIS approval to come back. This was the last piece we were waiting for to complete our dossier. We received it yesterday!!! So this morning we are going to run around and get the last couple of papers notorized. I will then drive to Denver to get the last pieces of the dossier appostilled. At that point we can mail the whole dossier off to our agency to make sure we have everything correct. It will be sent to Eastern Europe to be translated and submitted. Once we are submitted we will wait to be invited to travel to meet our new daughter and offically except her referral. It is so exciting that we are making progress!!!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Finger prints, finger prints, finger prints
So we just received the letter in the mail with our appointment to get biometric finger prints done for the USCIS. We also need to do finger prints this week for the FBI. We will have pretty much been finger printed by the whole world. ;-)
But at least it is a step forward. Once we get approval from USCIS we will be approved by the United States of America to adopt. So we are getting there one step at at time.
I am really hoping that we get to go on our first trip to Bulgaria in June, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.
While we wait I am trying to do lots of research on Arthrogryposis. Turns out that one of the new treatments is Estim. This is placing electrodes on the muscles. Turns out that is the same thing we have been using for Baby A's clubbed foot. So we already know how to use it....wooo hooo. I also love Baby A's pt at Children's hospital. So I hope to use the same pt for "Rita." It is so helpful when you already know the services that are available. I think back to when Grace was born and we had no idea about specialist etc. We've come a long way baby (shout out to an 80s commercial ;-)
Thanks for reading! We are off to a classic car show for our buddy Austin Williams. Austin has been fighting an amazing fight against cancer for the last 2 1/2 years. He loves cars, so we are going to do support him.
But at least it is a step forward. Once we get approval from USCIS we will be approved by the United States of America to adopt. So we are getting there one step at at time.
I am really hoping that we get to go on our first trip to Bulgaria in June, but I guess we will just have to wait and see.
While we wait I am trying to do lots of research on Arthrogryposis. Turns out that one of the new treatments is Estim. This is placing electrodes on the muscles. Turns out that is the same thing we have been using for Baby A's clubbed foot. So we already know how to use it....wooo hooo. I also love Baby A's pt at Children's hospital. So I hope to use the same pt for "Rita." It is so helpful when you already know the services that are available. I think back to when Grace was born and we had no idea about specialist etc. We've come a long way baby (shout out to an 80s commercial ;-)
Thanks for reading! We are off to a classic car show for our buddy Austin Williams. Austin has been fighting an amazing fight against cancer for the last 2 1/2 years. He loves cars, so we are going to do support him.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Sweet Sadie
UPDATE: Sweet Sadie finally has a family coming for her!!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!
Sweet Sadie is never far from my thoughts. I sooo want her to find a family. She has OI -osteogenesis imperfecta-brittle bones. There are treatments here in the USA. There is an IV treatment that she will need every couple of months that will help with bone strength and bone pain. She will probably need a surgery to put rods into her long bones to make them stronger. She is VERY tiny. She is only 18 pds and 25 1/2 inches tall at age 7. She will always be a little person. But she is said to be very smart. In the US people with OI live full, independant lives. Please share her with the world. She is listed on Reeces Rainbow.
DOB: 2005
Diagnosis: Osteochondrodysplasia with defect in the growth of the tubular bones and the spinal cord; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Albumen-caloric malnutrition Third-Fourth degree; Hirschsprung disease (Congenital megacolon); Calculus rhenis dextra; Congenital megacolon; Asthma with prevailing allergic component; Good cognitive development.
Sadie is a beautiful little girl who has suffered in pain for most of her life due to her medical condition. Her bones are very fragile and she’s suffered many broken bones over the years. She is not receiving the treatment options that would be available to her if she were in a family. She is a very sweet and smart little girl who makes the best of her physical condition. She talks very well and enjoys having conversations with the staff. She goes to the day care center each day and she is described as the “mother hen” because she will remind care givers that they need to change a child’s diaper or feed a child his bottle or that they need to pick up the crying baby. She tries to keep them all in line! She can identify her colors, some animals and shapes. She’s receiving instruction from a special education teacher that comes to an orphanage. In an effort not to cause her physical harm, the staff limits her movements and how much they carry her around. She spends most of her days in a stroller. She can use one of her arms to hold on to items and wave hello. She has recently learned to feed herself and she’s very proud of this accomplishment. She has a very good personality and is very friendly to all of the children and staff at her orphanage.
We have several photos and videos of her that were taken in October 2012.
Because we only have this child’s file for a short time, she will not be able to receive donations until a family is found for her.
Sweet Sadie is never far from my thoughts. I sooo want her to find a family. She has OI -osteogenesis imperfecta-brittle bones. There are treatments here in the USA. There is an IV treatment that she will need every couple of months that will help with bone strength and bone pain. She will probably need a surgery to put rods into her long bones to make them stronger. She is VERY tiny. She is only 18 pds and 25 1/2 inches tall at age 7. She will always be a little person. But she is said to be very smart. In the US people with OI live full, independant lives. Please share her with the world. She is listed on Reeces Rainbow.
Sadie #53-4
DOB: 2005Diagnosis: Osteochondrodysplasia with defect in the growth of the tubular bones and the spinal cord; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Albumen-caloric malnutrition Third-Fourth degree; Hirschsprung disease (Congenital megacolon); Calculus rhenis dextra; Congenital megacolon; Asthma with prevailing allergic component; Good cognitive development.
Sadie is a beautiful little girl who has suffered in pain for most of her life due to her medical condition. Her bones are very fragile and she’s suffered many broken bones over the years. She is not receiving the treatment options that would be available to her if she were in a family. She is a very sweet and smart little girl who makes the best of her physical condition. She talks very well and enjoys having conversations with the staff. She goes to the day care center each day and she is described as the “mother hen” because she will remind care givers that they need to change a child’s diaper or feed a child his bottle or that they need to pick up the crying baby. She tries to keep them all in line! She can identify her colors, some animals and shapes. She’s receiving instruction from a special education teacher that comes to an orphanage. In an effort not to cause her physical harm, the staff limits her movements and how much they carry her around. She spends most of her days in a stroller. She can use one of her arms to hold on to items and wave hello. She has recently learned to feed herself and she’s very proud of this accomplishment. She has a very good personality and is very friendly to all of the children and staff at her orphanage.
We have several photos and videos of her that were taken in October 2012.
Because we only have this child’s file for a short time, she will not be able to receive donations until a family is found for her.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I 800 A
We sent our I 800 A forms in last week. Can I get a Woot Woot. Ok, for those not familiar with the adoption world.......after you finish your homestudy, you send in your I 800 A paper work (which the homestudy is part of as well). This is asking for approval from the US government to adopt. Once they receive it and process it, they will invite us to get biometric finger prints done.....yes, more finger prints LOL. After we get our I 800 A approved we can submit our dossier (lots more paper work ) to the country in Eastern Europe we are adopting from. Ok, I may have some of this wrong......I am still learning too ;-)
But, it is exciting to be making steps in the right direction!
But, it is exciting to be making steps in the right direction!
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