No travel call today (I'm not expecting it until next week, at the earliest), but there was some good news for my friends. EP submittals!!! There were several on the adoption board I'm apart of, but here are a few of my bloggy friends...
The Liermans.
The Fosters.
And wee, WEE, wee all the way home!
Not EP news but good news all the same...
My friend, Adelyn's mom.
Enjoy!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Visa Physical Day
It's Wednesday in Seoul and for the first time ever I know what Griffin is doing today.
He's getting his visa physical so he can come home to his momma!
That's what Griffin's doing today.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Meeting an Old Friend
Yesterday was a fun day. I met a friend that I had "known" for 3 or 4 years for the first time! Let me explain...back in my infertility days (I like to think that part of my life is over. Good riddance.) I joined a online infertility support group. It was a life saver, much like the adoption forum I'm apart of now. I met lots of amazing women all dealing with the same struggles I was dealing with. We all wanted to have children. One of my online friends, Sarah, saw a picture I posted of me at the 2006 Big 12 football championship game in Kansas City against Nebraska. She commented on the picture and said she was at the same game. How cool is that!? I gave her some heck about being a Nebraska fan and I kept up with her infertility struggle but we didn't talk much. She got pregnant. I got pregnant. She had her daughter in July 2008 and Kinley was born October 2008. After Kinley was born I quit visiting the support group.
Fast forward to late last year. My sweet friend, Melissa, (who is due any time with her first child, Grace! Yay!) from the infertility support group messaged me on Facebook and told me Sarah was also a blogger and might be interested in my blog. And that's when Sarah and I reconnected. Our paths crossed again. I don't believe in coincidences. I know it's overused but...I really do believe everything happens for a reason.
So, Sarah being the sweetheart that she is (and super fabulous photographer) offered to do a pre-adoption family photo shoot! Free of charge! Man, I have great friends! Yesterday was the big day. We met in Wichita, Kansas, got blown around by the wind, and chased a very uncooperative Kinley all over a park. It was perfect! It was quite surreal meeting a Daily Strength (name of infertility group) girl. I used to have problems reaching out and asking for help but Daily Strength and all the women I met there changed that. Changed me forever.
Sarah, thank you so much for your support and friendship. Then and now. It's nice to bring an old friend into my new adoption world. And thank you for your patience during our photo shoot! LOL! Kinley was a MESS! THANK YOU!!! And why didn't we get a picture of the two of us?! What were we thinking?!
You can find Sarah's blog here.
Fast forward to late last year. My sweet friend, Melissa, (who is due any time with her first child, Grace! Yay!) from the infertility support group messaged me on Facebook and told me Sarah was also a blogger and might be interested in my blog. And that's when Sarah and I reconnected. Our paths crossed again. I don't believe in coincidences. I know it's overused but...I really do believe everything happens for a reason.
So, Sarah being the sweetheart that she is (and super fabulous photographer) offered to do a pre-adoption family photo shoot! Free of charge! Man, I have great friends! Yesterday was the big day. We met in Wichita, Kansas, got blown around by the wind, and chased a very uncooperative Kinley all over a park. It was perfect! It was quite surreal meeting a Daily Strength (name of infertility group) girl. I used to have problems reaching out and asking for help but Daily Strength and all the women I met there changed that. Changed me forever.
Sarah, thank you so much for your support and friendship. Then and now. It's nice to bring an old friend into my new adoption world. And thank you for your patience during our photo shoot! LOL! Kinley was a MESS! THANK YOU!!! And why didn't we get a picture of the two of us?! What were we thinking?!
You can find Sarah's blog here.
April Well Baby Check
We received Griffin's April well baby check and there's not much to report. He's growing, still only has two teeth, and is right on track. On the report, they put a plus sign (+) next to something he is doing and a negative sign (-) next to something he isn't doing. Next to walking there is both a plus and a minus sign. I'm assuming that means he is taking steps but not really walking independently. I don't know that for sure though. I sure hope his foster mother is righting down all his milestones.
It was wonderful to hear some news on my boy. His visa physical is Wednesday and then it's more waiting. But not too much more. We are SO close!
It was wonderful to hear some news on my boy. His visa physical is Wednesday and then it's more waiting. But not too much more. We are SO close!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Surprise, Surprise
We were notified today that Griffin's VP is scheduled for next Wednesday, April 20. It was so wonderful to finally hear SOMETHING. Now we wait some more!
After Griffin's VP, he will then have his visa interview (I'm sure he'll have a lot to say) and then finally travel call.
Every day is a little closer...
After Griffin's VP, he will then have his visa interview (I'm sure he'll have a lot to say) and then finally travel call.
Every day is a little closer...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Process Update
The next thing we need for Griffin to come home is his visa physical. It has been almost 3 three weeks since our EP approval, and we still haven't been notified of VP. Several of the families that were in our EP batch have had their VP or been scheduled for VP. We don't know why Griffin hasn't been scheduled.
I found out today that the social worker in Korea that does all the 'notifying' of things like EP and VP will be out of the office until next Tuesday. So, we will likely hear nothing this week. All we can do is hope that things are still being scheduled and are moving in Korea.
For those of you that are wondering, it is becoming less and less likely that we will travel in April. It's still a possibility, but things are going to have to pick up.
This isn't a downer post. I'm doing fine. Just stating some facts. But I won't be getting excited about anything again until we get our travel call. It's too much of a roller coaster to get all excited about movement in the process just to be let down by more waiting. The hurry up and wait is just the nature of the adoption process.
I found out today that the social worker in Korea that does all the 'notifying' of things like EP and VP will be out of the office until next Tuesday. So, we will likely hear nothing this week. All we can do is hope that things are still being scheduled and are moving in Korea.
For those of you that are wondering, it is becoming less and less likely that we will travel in April. It's still a possibility, but things are going to have to pick up.
This isn't a downer post. I'm doing fine. Just stating some facts. But I won't be getting excited about anything again until we get our travel call. It's too much of a roller coaster to get all excited about movement in the process just to be let down by more waiting. The hurry up and wait is just the nature of the adoption process.
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