Our Adoption Story: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALEXIS!!!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALEXIS!!!

Well she is finally two! Not that I wanted time to fly but it is just nice to say we made it to this special day! We have a crazy day today because it is also Jay's and my third wedding anniversary... he says with each new kid he goes farther and farther down the line for attention... now even his "anniversary" is no longer his!! LOL
We are going to do a small Happy Birthday with just us today and then next weekend have a big fun party for the girl!! She is really something! I am told by my family that she is spoiled (pot calling the kettle black)... she is not spoiled just attached...to ME!! She loves her mom!! And she is very determined... like her big sister. The whole family was here for the last five days and it was so crazy... Ali had to put her two cents in also when the big kids were giving her a hard time!

Also I got news today from one of the other families that was in line for Taiwan through our agency... this has me very concerned. She had gotten two referrals and they turned both of them down... now Taiwan told them they only qualified for an older child...which they didn't want, because they had too big of a family. We have one more child then them plus Jay's two kids so that makes us in a not so good position with the orphanage in Taiwan.

The woman did say that maybe Taiwan was just upset with them because they kept turning down the referrals...but then if that isn't going to work for a family isn't it better to turn the referral down then to take a child that won't "fit in"

With this family pulling out of the program that just moved us up one spot... making us Family Number 2. It is all so confusing as I just read an email from a family that put in their Home Study to Taiwan in January of 2008 that already has a referral yet there are families in Taiwan that have been waiting for 28 months! It just doesn't make any sense!!

So to wrap up three good things today... we are family number 2 and it is Ali's Birthday and my husband still loves me after three years of calling me his wife!!

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Dannye said...: when you get a chance check out my blog...it's dedicated to Ali-Bear!!! Happy Birthday Ms. Ali, and Happy Anniversary to you and Jay!!

love you guys and see ya next weekend!! Par'tee!!; February 21, 2008 at 9:50 PM

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Our Timeline

09/21/07- Letter of Intent to China for Wei
10/23/07-Applied to CIS for 171-H
11/10/07-Finger Prints
12/05/07-Turned Down from CCAA for Wei
12/20/07-Home Study Completed for Taiwan
12/21/07 -Home Study to Taiwan-Logged in
01/05/07-Home Study to CIS
???? Mailed Almost complete Dossier to ASIA
01/26/08-Approved 171-H
02/25/08-Phone call that CCAA was looking our file over again!!!!
03/25/08- Email From ASIA that CCAA said NO.

5 Months and 3 Weeks since our Home Study was completed for Taiwan

06/08/08- Was contacted that there was a little BOY for adoption
06/10/08-Received photos of OUR CHILD
06/15/08-Was asked to give him a name! PRAISE GOD!
06/16/08-Sent in application for orphanage in Taiwan

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Once there were two women
Who never knew each other.
One you do not remember,
The other you call mother.
Two different lives shaped to make you one.
One became your guiding star,
The other became your sun.
The first one gave you life
And the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love,
The second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality,
The other gave you a name.
One gave you a talent,
The other gave you aim.
One gave you emotions,
The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile,
The other dried your tears.
One sought for you a home
That she could not provide,
The other prayed for a child
And her hope was not denied.
And now you ask me through your tears,
The age-old question unanswered
Through the years…
Heredity or environment…
Which are you a product of?
Neither, my darling. Neither.
Just two different kinds of love.
- author unknown

You Know You're An Adoptive Parent When...

1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love and family.
3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
4. The fact that, if 7% of Christians adopted 1 child there would be no orphans in the world, is convicting to you.
5. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who have experienced the blessing of adoption.
6. It drives you crazy when people ask you about adopted child's 'real' parents.
7. You have ever been 'pregnant' with your adoptive child longer than it takes an elephant to give birth.(2 years!)
8. You had no idea how you would afford to adopt but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing where God calls you He will provide.
9. You have ever taken an airplane ride half-way around the world with a child you just met.
10. You believe God's heart is for adoption.
11. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart and family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.
12. You know what the word 'Dossier' means, and you can actually pronounce it!
13. You have welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.
14. You shudder when people say your child is so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you are the blessed one to have him or her in your life.

-Author unknown

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALEXIS!!!

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