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We finally received our immigration approval in the mail today. I think our sweet adoption specialist was as excited as I was. She said that everything else is ready to go and she will overnight our dossier to Grand Rapids later this week. She said to consider ourselves waiting! By the way, it is my birthday! 1. Invite her to read a book in your lap. 2. Tell her you love it when she wears her Snow White costume. 3. Take her for a walk, stopping patiently while she stops to examine as many walnuts, rocks, or bugs as she likes. 4. Lay on the floor beside her and build with blocks allowing her [...] Our dossier is ready to go to Ethiopia except for one little piece of paper. The approval from Homeland Security to immigrate an orphan. We were fingerprinted on Sept. 2. We received a request for more evidence about our homestudy less than two weeks after that. We responded within a week [...] Eight is looming large on the horizon for my oldest, Hannah. Eight will be a hard birthday for both her Dad and me to take. After all, Eight is just around the corner from the double digits, and you know what comes after that. Hannah plays all the time with a neighbor, Margo. She lives just [...] I know how to keep Ellie busy even if it is a trade-off between getting a few things done and having a prospective mess on my hands —playdoh, tupperware drawer, playing in the dishwater… This morning she was “scrubbing” the sink after “helping” me wash the breakfast dishes. She loves to play with our old [...] Tylenol times two. Thermometer times two. Lots of tissues. I found them today snuggling in a rocking chair watching TV under a blanket together. I guess misery does love company. Ellie is going to tell her Papa on Friday when he gets here that Vick’s is yucky. (I figure if I play sympathetic and tell her Papa [...] I read a post on another “expectant” adoptive family’s blog that got me thinking…Actually, her words made me think I am not totally looney – or as looney as I sometimes fear. The mother was discussing having a physical reaction/link when we have children biologically versus not having one through adoption. She said, “My theory [...] My sweet husband has been blessed with two beautiful, very feminine little girls. They have earrings now, they are frequently found playing in princess gowns, and their bedrooms are floor to ceiling pastel. This guy is a jock, an initiator, a “let’s quit messing around and get this done” sort of fellow. Hmmm, one [...] Ellie has recently begun to think new thoughts while snuggly tucked into her bed: the dark, “thunders and lightnings”, and spiders. Hannah is very sympathetic to her little sisters fears and worries. Yesterday at nap time Hannah wanted to catch up on her “Little Critter” reading which are Ellie’s current favorites. Hannah offered [...] Ellie was pouring on the charm at the grocery store this evening with several random sets of “grandparents” as we made our way up and down the aisles. Finally, at the end of the checkout lane, waiting, I think, remarkably patiently, I realize she is singing a sweet, new tune to herself – and everyone [...] |
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