New Candle Pass - 4 April 2008 - Page 2

texas*princess · #1 04-08-2008, 08:29 PM

congratulations& best wishes!!!!

honeychile · #2 04-08-2008, 11:11 PM

Crash away, fellow Greek Chatters! We're all thrilled about babies!!

adpi*violet · #3 04-09-2008, 10:05 AM

Thank you everyone!
We requested a baby. South Korea recently changed their international adoption policy in an attempt to get more Korean families to adopt domestically, so abandoned/relinquished infants are not available for international placement until they are at least 5 months old now. That is great for them and I highly support that policy. I just hope they can encourage more families to adopt than have in the past.
Anyway, our agency uses Eastern Social Welfare in Seoul and all the adoptable infants are placed in fosters homes, so even though we won't be getting him until a minimum of 8 months old (minimum 5 months for placement, plus minimum 3 months for immigration paperwork), he will be in a home environment.
And yes, BBelle- once we get that picture, not only will it be on our refrigerator, I'll be sharing it with everyone I know!
I bought myself a t-shirt from an online store specializing in adoption things. It says, "I'm in love with a child I haven't met yet. I am in the process of adoption. I am liable to break down in tears at any moment. Please bear with me until my referral comes!" That about sums it up.

Hopeful_Bubbles · #4 04-09-2008, 03:36 PM

Congrats!!!

(And I think the online candle pass was super cute

) I have two, soon to be three, chinese cousins so I've had a little experience with the international adoption thing. That little boy is lucky to have you.

BBelleADPi · #5 04-09-2008, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adpi*violet

I bought myself a t-shirt from an online store specializing in adoption things. It says, "I'm in love with a child I haven't met yet. I am in the process of adoption. I am liable to break down in tears at any moment. Please bear with me until my referral comes!" That about sums it up.

Oh, yeah, tha's a t-shirt I most definitely could have worn!!

lonestaradpi · #6 04-09-2008, 05:38 PM

You already know how happy I am for y'all! Congrats!

em_adpi · #7 04-09-2008, 07:38 PM

This is so exciting! Congratulations!

Our former children's minister at church adopted two beautiful little girls from china several years ago... they are extremely bright. I'm pretty sure they picked up English faster than some of the other little kids.

skerbow · #8 04-23-2008, 01:30 PM

Congratulations Adpi*Violet!! I may be late, but the sentiments are still the same!! That is awesome!!!

adpi*violet · #9 06-18-2008, 03:54 PM

Hi sisters,
Just wanted to update you with what has been going on in our adoption process...
We are still "paper pregnant" meaning we have not received our referral for our baby boy yet. We are near the top of our agency's waiting list though, so I am really hoping for it to be soon- though of course that's what I've been hoping since the beginning of May! I have started a blog about our adoption journey. If you are interested in reading it/ keeping more up to date with what's happening, please PM me for the address.
Either that or if you have Facebook and are friends with me on there, you can see the link there.
Pi love to all!