Today is April 3rd, so it's 9 months in now for the adoption. Next month we are finally in double digits!!!
We really haven't heard from our adoption agency lately. But we are again starting the payment schedule of the adoption so when the last check went in I asked to see if anyone had been traveling or was going to travel. We heard from Pat our new adoption agent on Tuesday. She said that a family was just back from China, they were traveling for a special needs child. She also said that there were 3 families waiting for confirmation from China on their letters of intent for 3 special needs children. She also said they should be traveling soon. We haven't received a special needs list in awhile, we always look at the list to see if there is a child on that list we would want to adopt. Special needs can be anything from a surgery to remove a birthmark or something else of that kind, to a misformed limb or cleft palette. It all depends on the list and what they call special needs. So we always keep our eye on that list.
For special needs you have to send a letter of intent for the child and that has to be approved. It usually takes 4-8 weeks to hear back about the letter and then you still don't travel for about another 3 months after that. It seems to be quicker than the normal wait but still a wait and a much bigger task. Not to say we aren't up for that, we are just watching the lists and waiting.
So, 9 months. We have waited the wait of a normal pregnancy and we still have 2 more pregnancies to go through. Too bad I wasn't really pregnant...our child and our new nephew Samuel would have only been a couple weeks apart in ages...that would have been nice.
I am looking for warmer weather and getting outside I think the fresh air and exercise will do us some good.
Love to all~
~Alli
1 comment:
Alli, Your day will come!!! You will hold that little girl in your arms and look into her eyes and think back on this long journey. Her smile will make it all worth the wait. I know that none of us know exactly what you and Gary are going through but we are all here to listen, support you and love you. We all cannot wait for Avery to be welcomed into this family. The most interesting part of it all is that she does not even know it yet but there are two people who already love her more then anything in the world. She is truely blessed to be given you two as her parents.
Much love,
Kate, Matt and Ethan Elliott
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