Updates....
Hey there- how is it going? I am officially done with work-
whoo hoo! So, my plan for now- whenever is to get major projects done around the house, getting baby room stuff ready, doing more adoption paperwork, taking some infant education classes (not where my fellow students would be infants, but where I would learn more about how to take care of them), taking guitar lessons, and who knows
whatelse. I may sign up to sub for some friends at the high school I used to teach at, and maybe teach some classes along the way.
Adoption process updates.... a bit frustrating. We had someone come out today and meet with us to put a home visit in our
homestudy. I thought this would be done already, but it was a skipped step, and our social worker is out of town so we wait and wait. If we are officially accepted in the program, then we can actually select some agencies in the US to work with, and THEN
birthparents will start looking at our profile and then we hope to have some good news. We have previewed agency descriptions, and basically selected the ones without the 30 plus days that could go by and then have
birthparents take the child back.
In the meantime, I have purchased a crib and dresser, 2 car seats, won a pack and play, painted the room, and the crib bedding. So that feels like some major progress. I am totally fine with that sitting around for awhile before we match with
birthparents- since things could move quickly after matching - so we'll be ready to go, and can focus more on dealing with traveling, adoption paperwork, etc.
I've been reading a couple of books, "I'm chocolate, you're vanilla" about raising African American children with a positive self-image, and "Black baby, white hands. A view from the crib". And I suppose I should finally pick up "What to expect- the first year".
So that is the news from our corner... progress, but still waiting. Oh, and China is still moving slow,
Quelle Suprise!!
