So we finally got fed up and decided to be the squeeky wheel to our social worker again. We try really hard not to bother her when we don't need to, but I (Emily) usually get impatient and end up phoning or emailing her for an update. The agency blog has not been updated since January 4th, which has been killing me. I kindly asked our social worker if she'd heard of any referrals and she said that she knows another Indiana family is getting a referral this week. She was not sure if that was the only one the agency received or not. Apparently the branch offices only find out of their own referrals. The main office doesn't notify them of referrals for other states. They supposedly find out through the blog like the rest of us (which means they don't know seeing as the blog is hardly updated these days). Anyway, to my knowledge there was only one 2006 Indiana family still waiting. They had an approval date of August 06. I know that there was a May 06 family in Michigan still waiting too, so I am kind of assuming that if the August family has their referral that the May family probably does as well. If so, then things appear to be moving once again! Hurray :)
January has been a hard month of waiting for us. After the holidays it was just sort of a let down to not see any action for the first 25 days of the month. Hopefully everyone will get back to work and get these babies to their new families! Sadly, at least for us, it is the Lunar New Year celebration season in Korea soon, so they will likely be away from the office even more.
We'll get there eventually...
Monday, January 28, 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008
A Step Back...
Well, our agency FINALLY updated their blog with info about December. It turns out that they didn't get any non special needs referrals at all! This is extremely unusual. They did get the four special needs files that we knew about, but I don't think that they all were placed with families that were ahead of us in line. Therefore, after a whole month I don't think we have budged in the line :(
We were really hoping to hear something around February, but now I think it will be more likely March. I can't believe a whole month went by with no action! It really sort of ruined our day yesterday. Here's hoping for a really busy January referral-wise.
Not much else to report...
We were really hoping to hear something around February, but now I think it will be more likely March. I can't believe a whole month went by with no action! It really sort of ruined our day yesterday. Here's hoping for a really busy January referral-wise.
Not much else to report...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Here's to 2008! Happy New Year
I hope this update finds everyone off to a good start on their resolutions for the new year! Dave and I have joined a Biggest Loser weight loss contest with some friends. It should be a good laugh. We'll keep you posted if we become the biggest losers!
The month of December seemed to fly by again. We were so busy with holiday stuff that we actually kept our minds off the adoption more than normal. We really tried to just sit back and enjoy our time with each other and Jack. This will likely be the last 'only child' Christmas for Jack (hopefully). We had a really good time. Jack LOVED all things Christmas. He was very into Santa coming, singing carols, making cookies, and having friends and family around a lot. While we had a nice time, Dave and I were ready to get back on track with a schedule this week as Jack was becoming out of sorts from all the holiday stimulation.
Our agency usually updates their blog every week, but with the holidays and likely vacation time being taken, they haven't updated with any referral info since November 30th. We were ok with this while we were super busy last month, but now we (mostly Emily) are back to obsessing and wondering what is going on number-wise. We know there were several special needs referrals that come in during December, and it is unlikely for the agency to get that many special needs files and no non special needs referrals. Therefore, we are hopeful that there were at least a few matches last month that will help us move on up that list!
I'll sign off for now and hope that I have a reason to update you with more news soon! I would like to send out a congrats to our friends the McCarty's on their referral of a beautiful little girl from Ethiopia that they were matched with last week!
The month of December seemed to fly by again. We were so busy with holiday stuff that we actually kept our minds off the adoption more than normal. We really tried to just sit back and enjoy our time with each other and Jack. This will likely be the last 'only child' Christmas for Jack (hopefully). We had a really good time. Jack LOVED all things Christmas. He was very into Santa coming, singing carols, making cookies, and having friends and family around a lot. While we had a nice time, Dave and I were ready to get back on track with a schedule this week as Jack was becoming out of sorts from all the holiday stimulation.
Our agency usually updates their blog every week, but with the holidays and likely vacation time being taken, they haven't updated with any referral info since November 30th. We were ok with this while we were super busy last month, but now we (mostly Emily) are back to obsessing and wondering what is going on number-wise. We know there were several special needs referrals that come in during December, and it is unlikely for the agency to get that many special needs files and no non special needs referrals. Therefore, we are hopeful that there were at least a few matches last month that will help us move on up that list!
I'll sign off for now and hope that I have a reason to update you with more news soon! I would like to send out a congrats to our friends the McCarty's on their referral of a beautiful little girl from Ethiopia that they were matched with last week!
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