December 1, 2008, Thursday....
We received our much awaited referral today! For those not in the adoption loop, it is the actual, official presentation of paperwork all about your child. At this point you either accept or deny the child "referral." Along with the referral is well baby check up reports, birth reports, a little history on birth mom, birth dad, family -sometimes not so much history is in file. Evan is now 2 years old so his referral was much thicker than Ethan's. Ethan came home at 6 months. Evan has more medical reports, occupational and physcial therapy reports. He has shown so much improvement over time. I am uncertain at this point if Evan will wear a leg brace like Ethan. Evan is walking and running now without the brace. In some pictures he is even wearing flip flops which is something Ethan still can't accomplish. Both Ethan and Evan have schizencephaly with hemiplagia. Ethan's hemiplagia is on the right side of his body and Evan's is on the left. Evan is doing fantastic!
Along with the referral packet is more and more paperwork to complete with only 10 days to get it done. (Ethan has strep with a high fever... up to 104.8... so he is home sleeping thus allowing me to work on paperwork.) We just received our I800A approval so now we move onto the I800 form and the I864 and the I864A not to include all the forms that need to be signed and notarized in the referral packet. I will be so happy when the paperwork part is done. It can be overwhelming at times.
As part of the referral, there is a baby picture. I wasn't expecting it as I've only seen my son since a little over age 1. Well there it was! He looks to be around 10 months old, perhaps, and is standing on a chair. There is a hand holding onto to arm. He has NO hair... bald little guy. Not one strand on that head! It's really cute! Ethan has fine hair that stuck straight up and we use to call it chicken hair! Evan's picture he has the fattest little wrists with fat wrinkles that I call braclets. Then he has the cutest, chunkest legs. I just want to lift his shirt and blow raspberries on his belly because you know he has a tummy too! I was absolutely not expecting this picture and it brings such joy to my heart to see it! I found another new picture of Evan on his website and he is just growing up each day. He now doesnt look like a toddler but a little boy. I really look forward to seeing him in person and hugging and kissing him. I can't wait until he comes home with me to be part of our family. What a blessing that day will be!!!!
We received our much awaited referral today! For those not in the adoption loop, it is the actual, official presentation of paperwork all about your child. At this point you either accept or deny the child "referral." Along with the referral is well baby check up reports, birth reports, a little history on birth mom, birth dad, family -sometimes not so much history is in file. Evan is now 2 years old so his referral was much thicker than Ethan's. Ethan came home at 6 months. Evan has more medical reports, occupational and physcial therapy reports. He has shown so much improvement over time. I am uncertain at this point if Evan will wear a leg brace like Ethan. Evan is walking and running now without the brace. In some pictures he is even wearing flip flops which is something Ethan still can't accomplish. Both Ethan and Evan have schizencephaly with hemiplagia. Ethan's hemiplagia is on the right side of his body and Evan's is on the left. Evan is doing fantastic!
Along with the referral packet is more and more paperwork to complete with only 10 days to get it done. (Ethan has strep with a high fever... up to 104.8... so he is home sleeping thus allowing me to work on paperwork.) We just received our I800A approval so now we move onto the I800 form and the I864 and the I864A not to include all the forms that need to be signed and notarized in the referral packet. I will be so happy when the paperwork part is done. It can be overwhelming at times.
As part of the referral, there is a baby picture. I wasn't expecting it as I've only seen my son since a little over age 1. Well there it was! He looks to be around 10 months old, perhaps, and is standing on a chair. There is a hand holding onto to arm. He has NO hair... bald little guy. Not one strand on that head! It's really cute! Ethan has fine hair that stuck straight up and we use to call it chicken hair! Evan's picture he has the fattest little wrists with fat wrinkles that I call braclets. Then he has the cutest, chunkest legs. I just want to lift his shirt and blow raspberries on his belly because you know he has a tummy too! I was absolutely not expecting this picture and it brings such joy to my heart to see it! I found another new picture of Evan on his website and he is just growing up each day. He now doesnt look like a toddler but a little boy. I really look forward to seeing him in person and hugging and kissing him. I can't wait until he comes home with me to be part of our family. What a blessing that day will be!!!!
1 comment:
How wonderful to have two new pictures! He is such a beautiful child, a great match for your lovely family! Can't wait to get that referral paperwork to Fed Ex!
Love, AK
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