Is there a good synonym for waiting?

I am so tired of having to title posts that are all the same theme: still waiting.

CHINA: We are definitely in the any-day-now zone to receive the next step document from China. Our agency did receive two LOSC's on Monday but neither was for anyone we know in our travel group. They have received a few batches in one month from the CCAA before, so we are still in the running to get through this next step in May. That means still hopful for travel in July.

GUATEMALA: The doctor should have the report re-written to the judge's liking today or tomorrow. Then our attorney has to pick it up and re-submit it to the court. Then we wait the dang 10-15 days again. Maybe Monday that 10-15 business day wait can begin again. The last two times our file has been dealt with on day 8, so maybe we won't have to wait quite 10-15 days to hear what's wrong with the file now. It's all about the file. It's not even about the case or the child or the birthmom anymore. It's about the paperwork. That makes it even more ridiculous.



And today I'm waiting at home too. Waiting for the invisible fence guys to show up. They give one of those all-day windows of time for when they will show up. So I'm waiting for them now too. Oh the fence will be a relief though!




Fence this guy in!

Missing My Middle Girl Today

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Yet another delay

Guess what? Day 8 again here and the judge looked at our file in Guate. She "did not like" the doctor report. This is the dr. report that caused us to wait the last 3 weeks to fix b/c the attorney did not like the doctor report. Seems to me that a doctor report should be more objective than this. What a waste the last month has been in this process. So...the agency is trying to get the doctor to write a report that is to the judge's liking. Once that is submitted, we will wait 10-15 business days AGAIN for a decision. And to think I was dumb enough to get my hopes up AGAIN.

Now I am REALLY hoping our LOSC comes from China this week, or today even. Not likely, but it sure would be nice to know that one of our girls is coming home this summer. So back to thinking that Chloe will come home first which will make the travel and paperwork stuff easier and allows for at least the possibility for all of us to go to China.

I am SO sick of waiting.

We do love our non-adopted kids too

This is mostly supposed to be a blog about our current adoptions, but we are an international family that also has home grown USA kids in too. So lest #1 should feel left out, here are two clips from his stellar performance at an area track meet yesterday. None of the schools around us are even close to big enough to actually offer track as a regular spring sport, but there is an annual YMCA meet every May. Our local elementary school age kids practice 4 times for 1 hour each session and then compete. So #1 gets to race and "train" with the public elementary school since his little school doesn't have enough kids for a team. He's been in training for track since he was in utero (his legs have not stopped since) so we're very happy that he gets to shine at events like this.


The relay with 4 kids on a team. Our #1 runs last in the third lane, red shorts, on this clip.

Did I really figure out how to post this? This is the video clip we have of Chloe from last fall.

Sorry I cannot figure out a good way to edit it and add some nice music.

As you can see, she is delayed in her motor skills, but who knows how far she has come since this was filmed. And the good news is that her torticollis appears to be completely gone. We are excited for the opportunity to help her get caught up with her motor skills and can't wait to hold her, hear her voice, and see that sweet smile in person.

Still waiting...

I guess I could title every single post and update from the last two years the same thing. Still waiting. Only now we are still waiting x 2.

On Monday an article from Prensa Libre, a big newspaper in Gaute, was posted that said all in-process cases are on hold for at least a month while they are all re-reveiwed with another birthmother interview and all attorneys must present their cases again, etc, etc. Our agency is saying that this most likely does not effect our case since we are no longer being processed through the regular adoption system. They are still hopeful that we will get a resolution about Ali in the next 10 business days. The last time we were told 10-15 business days, the court official met with the agency contact about our case on day 8 and now we are on day 6, so I am starting to feel like we could hear any day now.

And then there's China... We have a nice little travel group forming of families who all sent dossiers to China in March. It should be a fun trip with other people bringing "extra" family members too. Pretty much all of our potential travel mates are thinking we should hear from the CCAA with the next step, the Letter of Seeking Confirmation, very soon and very possibly in May. That would = travel in July.

So May could be a big month for news and finally some celebrating and a much better idea about travel plans. And July could be a total blur with two international trips and two toddlers coming home!

LID? and day 1 of the new 10-15

GUATE: Supposedly the new and improved doctor's report was submitted to FC#6 in Guate yesterday as planned, but the staff at the courthouse was in meetings all day so there was no way to officially confirm anything. How about ask the lawyer if he submitted it?! Anyway, we are assuming that today is day 1 of their second 10-15 business days "promise" and we are trying to be hopeful that sometime in the next three weeks we will hear whether Ali will ever come home or not.