I wanted to title this post "Sneak Peek" as I've seen others do, and show a tiny little foot or her cute little lips...but alas, Blogger is still blocked here, so I am unable to post pictures. Oh well!
We have a baby girl waiting on us! She is 2 months old and the only photos we have show her sleeping. She must need lots of it like her mama. We have known about her since July 15, but did not have her medical report. We received her HIV report (negative), but the rest of the bloodwork was not done. So, we proceeded to wait (again) for another medical report. It finally arrived on August 10th, after we got home from Bali. Instead of sending it to the adoption doctor specialist in the States, we took it to her future pediatrician here, and she reviewed it. No red flags, so we formally accepted Baby Girl on August 13th.
This referral was a bit different than Baby A. We were expecting it, so it was not a surprise. The day we were sent her photos I did have to wait about 4 hours to open the email with Shannon. That was not easy, but I managed. When we opened the email, we were both shocked at how young she was. Barely one month old! That is tiny! I wanted to tell everyone I knew, but after Baby A, we were cautious. I didn't send her photo to anyone until last week. Although lots could still happen between now and the time we pick her up, the acceptance is a big deal. I don't think it's quite sunk in yet that she's OURS, but we're getting there.
We are very close to finalizing her name...I will announce it soon! We are going to keep her Ethiopian name as her middle name. I'm not allowed to post her name or picture before we pass court, so that will be awhile. In the meantime, we begin another wait, but we're close to the home stretch. :)
7 years ago
7 comments:
Congratulations!! That is wonderful news, and I'm very excited for you guys. Is she in M or A?
Congratulations! TWO MONTHS OLD!? WOW! Such a little peanut! I'm so happy for you! Can't wait to find out her name :)
Cheers to you!
I am SOOO excited for you guys! I've been checking here a lot just to keep up when you got your next referral! I'm so happy you are well on your way and that you have pictures!! We are getting our home study done next month and hope to have all things working as smoothly as it seems you have been able to! Can you give me advice on how to get the police clearance and child abuse clearance checks? I'm at a loss.
I am SOOO excited for you guys! I've been checking here a lot just to keep up when you got your next referral! I'm so happy you are well on your way and that you have pictures!! We are getting our home study done next month and hope to have all things working as smoothly as it seems you have been able to! Can you give me advice on how to get the police clearance and child abuse clearance checks? I'm at a loss.
We are very excited for you guys! I can't help watching our little one's development and thinking of your new baby girl. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it goes quickly.
Thanks to all comment-ers! This is the first time I've been able to publish them. Silly old C.
I just saw your comment on our blog! Congratulations on your referral!!! Wow, your little girl sure is young!! Are you going to do a visit trip since you're living overseas? We just got back from our visit trip...I haven't blogged about it yet. How fun that we're going through this together!!!! :) :)
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