Progress!

We had our 2nd Home Study today. There was not much to it, just verifying the information from our last one. Now, all we have to do is get our medicals and a few other minor documents and we can apply for 1-600 (approval to bring an infant child into the US) and we can start working on our Dossier (documents needed to send to Ethiopia).

Moving right along!

Well, we had our 1st Home Study Weds. That went really well. It was helpful that we adopted before. Even though a Home Study is only valid for 18 months, the Social Worker could use a lot of our information from the last one. The next one is scheduled for Weds and then we will just wait for her to write it up!

We finally chose an agency and feel really good about it! They are a smaller agency and seem very caring and ethical. For those of you who went through it with us before, you know agency choice is very important! Hopefully, things will go smoother this time. Now we just start gathering documents for our Dossier, this is the stack of paperwork that goes to Ethiopia. Once our Dossier is logged in Ethiopia, we are told 2-6 months for a referral, which is an actual child available for adoption. Hope everyone has a great 4th!

Home Study Scheduled

We scheduled our Home Study! We are on our way! Things are moving pretty quickly. We still have not chosen an agency for sure, but should be submitting an application this week.

Sara is getting used to the idea of having a new sister. We are thinking it would be a good idea for them to share a room, at least in the beginning. I will try to keep this updated the best I can.

Here we go again?

So, 3 1/2 years after bringing home our precious angel Sara, who by the way is doing so incredibly well, we have decided to dive back into adoption! We are looking into an Ethiopia adoption this time, a toddler girl between 2 and 3. It is going to be another long road, but I think we are ready! We are very excited.

California

Hi! It's been a while! Just a quick note to let anyone interested know that we got to go to the Ellen show yesterday and it will air today. I'm not sure if you will be able to see us or not. More pictures soon!

Happy TET!

TET is the big celebration for the Chinese New Year in Vietnam. Sara doesn't understand it yet, but we plan on teaching her the tradition when she gets older. Next weekend, I am working, but Sara and Gary are going to a celebration for Families with Children from Vietnam. We went last year and had a really nice time. Other than that, we don't have much going on here.

We had A LOT of snow and ice last week and luckily, I was off and not feeling well, so Sara and I were cooped up in the house for 2 days! She was very happy to go to day care on Thurs!!!


Her funny face
We're in trouble!
She absolutely loves the snowWith her best friend, Nancy

Feeling Better

Sara is feeling much better. She had a tough weekend last weekend and it lasted through mid-week, then I got sick. We are doing fine now, though. There is not much going on with us. We are back to normal after the holidays. Here are some cute pictures from New Year's.