We got the court docs.! About 5 minutes ago! And they are CORRECT!!! Can you hear me screaming and jumping around?
But... we are missing one document. I know our country coordinator has it, but it needs to get to us and get translated. Hopefully we can still get it this week. I am almost sick with the idea of being so close, I would pop that I600 in the mail tomorrow if I could, but just one document away.... I almost can't handle it!
Pray for speediness in the document getting to us so we can get this show on the road!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Still haven't received our new court docs. I am trying not to freak out, but I am pretty close to that point. Come on already! We have known about our son since last August. It is beyond time to bring him and our daughter home.
Of course, the weekend that we had did help me put a few things in perspective. On Friday Owen and I spent 2 1/2 hours in the urgent care for an ear infection. Poor little guy. By the time he was seen he went from no fever to 102. Then four hours later I ended up in the emergency room. I developed out of nowhere a raging case of extreme vertigo. Every time I moved positions I would throw up everything, I couldn't walk without help, it was one of the worst things I have been through. After 4 hours of trying to wait it out we ended up going in.
The moment I got back into the ER room I threw up again. They ended up putting in an IV because I was so dehydrated and giving me all sorts of different types of medicine to treat the symptoms because they can't treat the vertigo. We spent a long night in the ER with them trying different things to help me.
When we finally got ready to go home and waiting for the nurse to come with discharge papers, an ambulance came and an old man was put into the room next to me. This man was dying. We could hear everything going on in his room, from the paddles they used to recesitate him, to the machine that was breathing for him, to everything the nurses and doctors said. When I was wheelchaired out to leave we went right past his room and there was 3 or 4 nurses and a doctor in there. It was one of those moments that felt so surreal. I had vertigo, and it sucked big time, but here was this man who quite possibly didn't make it that morning. I don't know anything about him or his life. But it just made me pause and think about my life, and the things that I complain about or take for granted.
As much as I hate that our adoption has dragged out this long, there are worse things that could be going on in our lives. It was a very good reminder that life is short, and we don't know what will happen.
Of course, the weekend that we had did help me put a few things in perspective. On Friday Owen and I spent 2 1/2 hours in the urgent care for an ear infection. Poor little guy. By the time he was seen he went from no fever to 102. Then four hours later I ended up in the emergency room. I developed out of nowhere a raging case of extreme vertigo. Every time I moved positions I would throw up everything, I couldn't walk without help, it was one of the worst things I have been through. After 4 hours of trying to wait it out we ended up going in.
The moment I got back into the ER room I threw up again. They ended up putting in an IV because I was so dehydrated and giving me all sorts of different types of medicine to treat the symptoms because they can't treat the vertigo. We spent a long night in the ER with them trying different things to help me.
When we finally got ready to go home and waiting for the nurse to come with discharge papers, an ambulance came and an old man was put into the room next to me. This man was dying. We could hear everything going on in his room, from the paddles they used to recesitate him, to the machine that was breathing for him, to everything the nurses and doctors said. When I was wheelchaired out to leave we went right past his room and there was 3 or 4 nurses and a doctor in there. It was one of those moments that felt so surreal. I had vertigo, and it sucked big time, but here was this man who quite possibly didn't make it that morning. I don't know anything about him or his life. But it just made me pause and think about my life, and the things that I complain about or take for granted.
As much as I hate that our adoption has dragged out this long, there are worse things that could be going on in our lives. It was a very good reminder that life is short, and we don't know what will happen.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
My hubby came home earlier this week late after bowling with his men's bible study. I was already in bed asleep when he came in- you know since it was 9:15 pm, waaay past my bedtime! I vaguely remember him saying something about how he hurt himself. I pretty much grunted a response and then rolled over back to sleep.
The next day I called just to chat with him at work and he said that he was really having a hard time walking. When I asked him what he did he said, remember my bowling injury? Now, I love my husband, don't get me wrong, but I snorted so hard with laughter that I almost peed my pants. A bowling injury? Is that even a real thing- or just something he made up to get extra attention?
Turns out it is a real thing- apparently he works with a guy who is on a bowling league, and the type of injury he sustained (snorting again with laughter) is more common than you may think. Still, I have to laugh that it happened to Chris, who never really bowls, but one has to assume that this was not your average game of bowling. I would be willing to bet there was a little competition going on.
Poor Chris has been sitting on blankets with ice the last few days. Remember when I posted that Chris may have a slight issue with aging gracefully? This isn't helping! But it sure is funny to watch!!
The next day I called just to chat with him at work and he said that he was really having a hard time walking. When I asked him what he did he said, remember my bowling injury? Now, I love my husband, don't get me wrong, but I snorted so hard with laughter that I almost peed my pants. A bowling injury? Is that even a real thing- or just something he made up to get extra attention?
Turns out it is a real thing- apparently he works with a guy who is on a bowling league, and the type of injury he sustained (snorting again with laughter) is more common than you may think. Still, I have to laugh that it happened to Chris, who never really bowls, but one has to assume that this was not your average game of bowling. I would be willing to bet there was a little competition going on.
Poor Chris has been sitting on blankets with ice the last few days. Remember when I posted that Chris may have a slight issue with aging gracefully? This isn't helping! But it sure is funny to watch!!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Very Hopeful Timeline
So, being who I am, and that I have a tendency to obsess about oh, almost everything, I have laid out a timeline below. Sort of a best-case-scenario timeline. It depends on our new court papers being correct, and the previously mentioned missing documents to be with the new court paperwork. (This would be a miracle!)
Friday Feb. 25th- review new court paperwork
File I600- around March 7th, this would give us one week to get all those forms filled out
Approval- I am shooting for one month from filing, mostly because the last family through our agency got their approval in a month- it took two weeks to get assigned a caseworker, but then she emailed her caseworker every two days until approval. That is my current plan- annoy the caseworker with my frequent emails so they will get our approval done fast to just get rid of me! (Hoping it works this way as oppossed to them taking a long time to process our application to spite me because I am annoying and bothersome!)
Apply for embassy appt.- this is taking about one month, so that would put us at the beginning of May.
Travel- mid May
3 weeks in country and then HOME!
So in my best case scenario story, we should be home with our kidlets in May/June. Really don't know if this will happen, but love to imagine that it will move smoothly and fast.
Friday Feb. 25th- review new court paperwork
File I600- around March 7th, this would give us one week to get all those forms filled out
Approval- I am shooting for one month from filing, mostly because the last family through our agency got their approval in a month- it took two weeks to get assigned a caseworker, but then she emailed her caseworker every two days until approval. That is my current plan- annoy the caseworker with my frequent emails so they will get our approval done fast to just get rid of me! (Hoping it works this way as oppossed to them taking a long time to process our application to spite me because I am annoying and bothersome!)
Apply for embassy appt.- this is taking about one month, so that would put us at the beginning of May.
Travel- mid May
3 weeks in country and then HOME!
So in my best case scenario story, we should be home with our kidlets in May/June. Really don't know if this will happen, but love to imagine that it will move smoothly and fast.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The Eagle has landed.....
We just found out on Saturday that our court papers are back in the US and are at the translators! We should hopefully have the new docs. to look at by the end of this week. Praying super hard that everything is correct and we are good to go. We are also hoping that our two remaining certficates are in that bunch of paperwork. If they are, and if everything is correct, then we can file our I600 here in the US- the last big "American" hurdle to our kids!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The above letter from our daughter was slipped under our door on Valentine's Day. I don't know if you can read it or not because she wrote it as fast as possible. Normally this girl has handwriting I am jealous of.
Anyway it says:
Please read this!
We are not having a fun time. You guys are boring. It is valentines day so we have fun. You guys shut the door on us so we are going to sit and do nothing. Boring ing ing ing!
I know what you guys are thinking- we shut the door on them. And it's totally true, but not for the reason you all are thinking! Our kids were playing "baby" and they were making the worst baby noises known to mankind, more like dying animal noises. So we shut the door, and inside the room we were folding the 5 or 6 loads of laundry that have been hanging around all week. We had literally been getting dressed by going through the baskets since there weren't any clothes in our drawers!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Still no news. I am exercising restraint by not emailing our caseworker. It's only Monday, and even though the country doesn't appear to operate on a M-F schedule, even I am aware that I will probably not get any new info. on a Monday. (I italicized it like it was a bad word- if it was Tuesday I would have emailed her like 5 hours ago!)
But I still check my email around 20 times a day. You just never know.
But I still check my email around 20 times a day. You just never know.
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