In my hand, is the answer to many months of waiting. Since December, I have been researching, calling, and praying for direction on our next adoption. For those who are not familiar with International Adoption, one must complete a homestudy and submit it to a local CIS (Immigration Office) under a form called I600A. This form is your request or "petition" to adopt a child, or children (one for each child you want to adopt) outside the US. You do not need to have identified a child yet, and often you can do it before your homestudy has been complete. The consulate here would not allow us to submit our petition and other states our social worker contacted, would not accept our petition. We also couldn't find an homestudy agency that would work with us in Quebec.
Last week, after months of waiting, we found word that an agency in New York agreed to do our homestudy. The local CIS office in the same city agreed to accept our I600A form! Yeah! This folder is the second homestudy application I will be filling out - the last one was 25 pages plus about 15 documents we had to send with it. The first agency flaked on us and said that they couldn't add anymore clients. We hadn't paid them anything, so no loss, accept for a soar writing hand.
I can't get ahead of myself and dream too much about what our family will be like in the future. This is when I have to have faith, that when or if I'm meant to have more children - it will only happen when the time is right.
Daily Doodle:
My crown is back in, sore but I can at least eat. The girls loved sleeping in their rooms again tonight! This morning, Nini came into my room and asked, "Does Cici need to be alone?" What a sweet sister! I've been looking for a cute cowboy/pirate themed bedspread for Nini's room. I'm still on the hunt - any suggestions?
6 comments:
hi michelle: oh, that's awesome news, a breakthrough. i hope you get what you want.
that was so sweet what your daughter said about her sister! adorable. i love the little priceless things that little kiddos sometimes say.
~peace sister, kathleen :)
Good luck with everything. SO glad the room situation is working out. My daughter keeps asking for her own room.
HORAY! I don't think there is anything wrong with dreaming about your future family. I think it is important for children to know their parents thought about them before they were even born. At least I like thinking that about my own parents. Makes me feel wanted and loved.
So glad you found an agency who will take you. Good luck!
As for the bedspread, do you sew at all? There are some really cute cowboy printed fabrics that would make a fun block quilt. My only advice would be to stay away from characters. Ie a Woody bedspread or a Pirates of the Caribean bedspread.
that is awesome! i'll be thinking of you! again... if you sew, tons of fun pirate stuff out there.
I'm so glad things are progressing for your family in that direction. How exciting that must be!
I enjoy reading about how different your girls are from each other, one a princess, the other a cowboy/pirate. Great!
Congratulations on getting over this huge hurdle! This whole process must be the ultimate lesson in patience eh? You're a wonder.
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