Dave and I have our first interview of the home study process for our adoption on Tuesday morning. We will have four (or five) meetings of this sort with our social worker, the last of which will be at our house, so that J.D. can meet our boys in person and visit with us in our home.
I'm excited to start these interviews. Dave (the touchy/feely communicator that he is not...) is, of course, a little bit nervous/apprehensive. The last couple of days he's been asking me questions about which questions I think J.D. is going to ask us next week. He's already making jokes (as he typically does when he's nervous) about some of his responses. I can't help but have flashbacks to the afternoon that we were checking into the hospital, the day before Theo's birth. The triage nurse directed all of her questions towards my husband, as my contractions were growing in intensity. At one point, she asked Dave if we had any "special religious requests" and my husband asked her, with a straight face, for "two chickens and a hairless monkey."
Sigh.
Wish me luck.
boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. ~ james thurber
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Our Adoption Timeline
- December 23, 2009- Adoption Finalized.
- May 7th, 2009- Family circle complete in Madison.
- May 6th, 2009- Mama's got Rubin in Seoul.
- May 4th, 2009- meet Rubin
- April 23rd, 2009- Visa Interview
- April 22nd, 2009- TRAVEL CALL!!
- April 14th, 2009- Packet 3
- April 7th, 2009- NVC out
- April 1st 2009 (no foolin')- I171 received
- March 9th, 2009- I171H received
- February 27th, 2009- progress report from SWS
- February 24th, 2009- Fingerprinted at USIS
- February 19, 2009-Rubin's legals arrive in state.
- February 16, 2009- mailed referral acceptance.
- February 12, 2009- received referral paperwork.
- January 29, 2009- verbally accepted referral
- January 27, 2009- received unofficial referral.
- January 20, 2009- I600A received and filed with the Dept. of Homeland Security
- January 16, 2009- submitted I600A
- January 12, 2009- homestudy document complete.
- January 12, 2009-received Foster Home Licensing
- December 22, 2008- A.I.A.A. director approves application, establishes our file, and requests our homestudy documents from J.D.
- December 5, 2008- submitted Foster Licensing application.
- November 25, 2008- A.I.A.A. accepted official application.
- November 15, 2008- submitted formal application to A.I.A.A.
- November 13, 2008- final homestudy meeting.
- November 12, 2008- autobiographies completed.
- October 30, 2008- second homestudy meeting.
- October 22, 2008- received formal application from A.I.A.A.
- October 14, 2008- first homestudy meeting.
- October 1, 2008- submitted pre-application to Americans for International Adoption and Aid
- September 25, 2008- submitted application packet to Adoption Advocates, Inc.
- September 18, 2008- first meeting with social worker (J.D.)
- August 2008- decided to adopt
5 comments:
oh dave - we do love him!
hahaha. very funny! Good luck.
Maybe if the adoption SW asks dave how he "feels" about something, he'll say, "I feel hungry."
HA! I can just hear Dave saying that. Good luck my dear! You BOTH are in my thoughts today :-) Love B
Oh my--he and Ted do sound like a pair! Remind me to tell you some of the stuff he said to our doctor when she was giving Rauan a physical! JD is an awesome social worker and she'll make you feel totally comfortable.Easier said then done--but don't get too stressed.
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