Just a couple of more recent pics of MS SADIE. Top pic is Sadie and Dee on her b-day opening presents. Bottom pic is ust a fashion shot!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Just a couple of more recent pics of MS SADIE. Top pic is Sadie and Dee on her b-day opening presents. Bottom pic is ust a fashion shot!
The joureny continues and HOMESTUDY IS DONE!!!!!!
Well, it has been oh 4 or 5 months since we started our second adoption. Sadie is almost 2 and half growing like crazy and talking alot. Sometimes I wonder maybe too much!LOL We took a vacatio over Easter to Nags Hed on the Outer Banks of NC and while the weather sucked we did have a good time. Sadie has decided she likes boats and boat docks and was up every morning at 630 or 7 waking us up saying,, We gonna go see boat! We went on a couple of bots including the Elizabeth II replica sailing ship and she had a blast. It rained and was cold but good food took in some great sights and it was relaxing most importantly.
On the second adoption we were very lucky. The wonderful social worker who did our first home study is our social worker for this adoption so the home study process was very comfortable and went very smooth as we were all familiar with each other. We got the official hometudy from our agency in the mail a few days ago and will be starting our I800 paperowork probably this weekend. All is really up in the air as far a adoptions in Mexico due to teh swine flu outbreak mostly but next year, when we expect is closer to when we know more hard information that should be well behind everyone(we hope.) Delays an dissue ssuch as this are to be expected. During the process with Sadie we were delyed a few times, one by an unrelated investigation in her home province that took up manpower( it was a corrupt land deal that was a big deal) and then a typhoon hit when we were supposed to go and delayed us another month. Also in Vietnam it was not swine flu but avaian flu so it seems this is all part of the process and you just prepare you self for the ups and downs long the way. Well not much more to report besides that, sorry for the delay but I will post more as we know more.
On the second adoption we were very lucky. The wonderful social worker who did our first home study is our social worker for this adoption so the home study process was very comfortable and went very smooth as we were all familiar with each other. We got the official hometudy from our agency in the mail a few days ago and will be starting our I800 paperowork probably this weekend. All is really up in the air as far a adoptions in Mexico due to teh swine flu outbreak mostly but next year, when we expect is closer to when we know more hard information that should be well behind everyone(we hope.) Delays an dissue ssuch as this are to be expected. During the process with Sadie we were delyed a few times, one by an unrelated investigation in her home province that took up manpower( it was a corrupt land deal that was a big deal) and then a typhoon hit when we were supposed to go and delayed us another month. Also in Vietnam it was not swine flu but avaian flu so it seems this is all part of the process and you just prepare you self for the ups and downs long the way. Well not much more to report besides that, sorry for the delay but I will post more as we know more.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Plugging Along
Sorry for such a time span between the last post but just been really busy with work, paperwork and other real life things. Sadie had her second birthday last week and she had a blast. Her grandmother from Tennessee and grandfather came down for the week and she got a present every day leading up to the big day from them. Spoiled!???? Naaahhhhhh!!!! Both Grandmothers do this LOL! Only thing that was not picture perfect was our little Sadie had a case of pink eye which reared its ugly head the Saturday before. So probably no pictures posted but it was a good day.
On the adoption front, we have started our homestudy and adoption prep classes. Kind of funny as most of the classes deal with international adoption issues and being through one already alot of it is repetative. However you always gain a little new information or knowledge with each new thing you do.
We are also getting all of the paperwork together and that part should actually go pretty quick for us. anyway more later.
On the adoption front, we have started our homestudy and adoption prep classes. Kind of funny as most of the classes deal with international adoption issues and being through one already alot of it is repetative. However you always gain a little new information or knowledge with each new thing you do.
We are also getting all of the paperwork together and that part should actually go pretty quick for us. anyway more later.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Adoption Journey Part II
Well the holidays have come and gone and we have been pondering something fr quite some time and finally decided to act. We have decided to start the process of our second adoption! Why now, well the process takes some time and with the paperchase and all we felt we were in a postion where that is what we want t do. It was not a decision made lightly but now that we have decided we are ready to go for it. This time we are going to adopt from Mexico! Why? Well several reasons. Mexico was a country we looked at originally several years ago and at the time we decided against it due to the process, as well as we felt Vietnam was where we should be for the journey we made.( Which proved oh so true!) Now as we hope our family grows we looked at Mexico again and it seemed the right fit for us. No specifics on age gender etc, that sort of thing we hope to keep to the family until later. But why Mexico,? Gene lived there in 1990 and has a very strong affinity for the country and the people. Because of that and other factors we felt strongly about Mexico the second time around. Like the journey for Sadie, we do not expect smooth sailing. It will be a time of ups and downs, headaches and joys but we hope to chronicle as much as we can here in this blog for folks. So stay tuned!
Friday, January 2, 2009
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