While we wait

There is a group on Facebook of people from our agency that have adopted or are adopting from Ethiopia. (Great support system) Someone posted on the FB group about what things we should be doing right now. (those of us that our close to the top) One said to work on the "Transition Plan." I had not even thought about that. Well—someone mailed me what was needed in this 8-10 page document. It was similar to our home study questions but these all dealt specifically with things once we get home. I talked with another AGCI mom and she sent me her filled out one to give me an idea about things. It was nice to have the reasurrance that I was on the right track. :) Someone told me the referral paperwork was roughly 100 pages long. YIKES!!! Of course we will want to get this completed as soon as possible. The sooner it gets done, the sooner it get to AGCI, the sooner we get a court date, the sooner we get an Embassy date, the sooner we get home! J So…getting 8-10 pages out of the way will be nice. Besides, the questions are kind of in depth and are way easier to answer now when we are thinking clearly.

The other thing that was brought up was to work on a photo album for the baby.  We need to purchase a baby friendly photo album that will be taken to Hannah’s Hope and left with our little one until we get to bring him/her home. By getting this done now, we will be able to have a family traveling before us take the pictures over so he/she can have them longer. So, I did some searching on-line and got a book ordered. We had a wedding yesterday and we took some pictures with the thought that they would go in this book. It will be nice to have this done also. That way, as soon as we get a referral, we can find a family that will be traveling and they can deliver our book.

Right now, I’m very calm. We had a case worker tell 2 different families that they had been busy this past week even though we didn’t  know about it. Some families are not on the list serve or the unofficial list so there are some “mystery families” in front of us. Sounds like some of the mystery families have gotten their referrals. Crazy that a case worker mentioned this not only once, but twice as they are usually so tight lipped. I’m quite focused on the new school year right now, so I’m able to remain calm and not dwell on what could come soon! J (I’m hoping it will be soon, but still very realistically thinking it could still be awhile before we know anything)