Weekly Check-in 10/24

sgb721

Hi Ladies,

This is usually posted by Ali but I know she's been busy lately so I thought I'd jump in. Hope I'm not stepping on toes!

Welcome to all our newbies! 

Have a great week ladies! 

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? 

2. Who are you in the adoption triad? 

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? 

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? 

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? 

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory?

sgb721

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? DIA

2. Who are you in the adoption triad? PAP

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? We finished our personal website (I'll put it in my signature later). Ugh.... I just feel stuck in a rut

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? Waiting- Slower then I'd like of course LOL

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? DH and I have a trip to Florida planned in early December!

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? My family moved on year on Halloween and I remember being so upset about not being able to trick or treat. I ended up trick or treating at my grandparents house. They lived in a development that gave out full size candy bars- best candy score ever!

IdigDirt

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking?
Foster to adopt

2. Who are you in the adoption triad?
foster/adoptive mom

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately?
Yay- A friend came over to hang out this week
Ughs- My worker was supposed to come over to have us look over our home study yesterday. This meeting was rescheduled from 3 weeks ago because he wasn't done yet. Called the day before saying he still isn't done and maybe will come next week.

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going?
See above. Waiting for home study to be done. Getting frustrated that there is nothing I can do but wait.

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future?
Home study, Hanukkah, seeing family.

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory?
My mom dressed my sister and I up as presents one year, I remember how much we loved those costumes.

maryoosa

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking?  DIA

2. Who are you in the adoption triad?  Mama.

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately?  Yay: Our SW has sent the notarized copies of her reports to the agency. Which means the agency should be able to release our homestudy documentation to our lawyer for finalization filing.  UGH: drunk texts from birth parent.

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going?  We are at this point just waiting for finalization

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? Finalization, Please.

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? My mom made me a Rapunzel costume from an old dress of hers from the '70's...some peasant thing--- and a giant giant yarn wig. I cannot even imagine the labor that went into it.

LadyXaverian

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? Foster to adopt

2. Who are you in the adoption triad? Hopeful adoptive parent

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately?  UGH- been playing phone tag with DCS for days.

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? Just getting started. We haven't even filled out any paperwork yet.

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? Going home to visit my family for Christmas! Haven't seen them in a year and a half. 

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? Running around our neighborhood with friends, trick or treating, around the ages of 9 through 11. We were old enough to go "alone" (the neighborhood was crawling with hundreds of kids and parents) and we covered a lot of territory.

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CarolinaGirl2014

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? To answer 1 and 2, and an expectant birth mom

2. Who are you in the adoption triad? 

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? 

Yay- Baby girl is now Adia and has an identity! Bonding with AMom lately has given me even more peace in the process and keeps some of the fears at bay. 

UGH- My back is KILLING me and my hormones make me angry at 95% of the world 86% of the time. Also, I'm HUGE these days and while I do actually like the way I look pregnant I hate all the questions I get now that it's not really possible to hide. 

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? I am matched with PAP's and AMom has been to an U/S apt and a birthing class with me, which was amazing. My parents are meeting them for the first time this Sat, which I'm anxious about in and excited and nervous way.

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? I'm really looking forward to the hollidays. Until a few weeks ago I thought my family would ostracize me due to the pregnancy and adoption because they are so very conservative. The thought of once again spending Thanksgiving and Christmas surrounded by my family makes me happier than it ever has.

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? "Sneaking" halloween with my best friend to dress up as a cowgirl and trick or treat for the first time in my life at age 17. (reference super conservative family)

orangecupcake

1. DIA 2. AP 3. None really 4. Waiting...slow 5. We are being shown on Monday! 6. Halloween is my favorite holiday and one year I was sick and had to stay home while my sister trick or treated. So sad.

kva11isho

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? DIA

2. Who are you in the adoption triad? PAP

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? We attended an appointment with the EMom we're matched with two weeks ago and she passed her Glucose Challenge!  Going back for another appointment this Thursday.

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? Matched as of 8/11!  EMom is 27 weeks along.  We've attended all of her appointments with her since our match (she's about 2 hours away), and love having the opportunity to get to know her more and form a relationship. 

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? Both of our families are planning to throw baby showers for us, which will be happening soon.  Then the holidays will be here, and then our little one will be here!  Time is flying.

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? Okay, so it's definitely not a childhood memory but it's my favorite Halloween memory!  4 years ago this Halloween one of our nieces was born!!  Since DH and I live close to the hospital, his brother called and asked if we would like to come meet the little one.  DH was the first one to hold her, other than her parents of course, and they still have an incredible bond!  My in-laws were watching the new baby's big brother, but this was the year that the swine flu was big, so additional kids were not allowed at the hospital.  They dropped big brother off at our house after we returned home so they could meet their newest family member.  Big bro (2 1/2 at the time) and I made pumpkin cookies, he stood on a chair next to me at the counter.  Later that night the whole family (10 of us, excluding those at the hospital) went trick or treating.  Best Halloween ever!

kushie77

1.  DIA

2. PAP

3. YAY- got our background checks back UGH- still have a gazillion more things to complete for home study.

4. Wading through the paperwork mountain to get this home study done.

5. Thanksgiving and a long weekend.

6. I dislike Halloween.  My father made me a Rubik's cube costume one year and I got wedged in a doorway and I think it may have traumatized me.    We do have a head start across the parking lot from work bring the kiddos over for a Halloween parade and they are pretty darn cute, so I'm kind of looking forward to that.

aligross

@strawberryglobug - thank you a million times over for posting this! I have wanted to and every time I have sat down at my computer to be on the bump something has come up! Life is changing A LOT for us! I'll explain more in the following post...

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? DIA

2. Who are you in the adoption triad? Future AMama!

3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? 

Lately... ughs and yays are pretty much are going hand and hand... 

YAY - we decided to put our house on the market and we found a NEW (to us) house... On the same day we put the house on the market we put an offer in on the new (to us) house... Fast forward 5 days and we were under contract on BOTH houses... we had a full asking price offer in on our current place... ONLY problem has been they requested a 14 day close date... (UGH)

YAY - our social worker is AMAZING! We just completed visits #2 & 3 (the solos) and will have our final meeting at our new place on the 6th of November! 

YAY! we have a large amount of equity in our current house and it will allow us to do some fun things at the new place!

YAY - we were approached by a birthmom who is wanting to plan adoption for her unplanned pregnancy. We are thinking and praying about it currently (this just happened yesterday). 

UGH - Moving in 14 days is A LOT of work and stress! 

UGH to the buyers who are being PITAs about a few things that we cannot control! 

YAY in 10 days all of this will be over and we will be in our new place

YAY we should be home study approved by Thanksgiving 

YAY we should have our adoption video completed and ready for our profile in the next week!

4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? 

Finishing up the home study - I knew there was a reason why it was taking so long and I had to have faith in the journey, now I realize WHY things were happening the way the did.... I am really excited to soon be in the waiting pool!

5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? 

I cannot wait to decorate the new house in Christmas decor. I LOVE the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) so I am super excited for them to be here! 

6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory?

1991 Blizzard in Minnesota... it was AWESOME

JoshKrisAdopt

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? DIA 2. Who are you in the adoption triad? Potential Adoptive Momma 3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? Ugh! Our social worker lost the paperwork for our adoption physical exams. Yay! Our story was shared on Adoption: Share The Love's website! 4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? Been waiting to be chosen by an expectant mom for a little over a year and a half. Going ok, obviously hard to wait. But it will be worth it! 5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? Meeting our expectant mom! I wish I had a word for this connection to someone I don't even know yet! 6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? The year my mom made me a jack in the box costume. I loved it then. Now I look at the pictures and laugh my head off! I looked so silly!!

daniandbri

1. What path of adoption/fostering are you taking? DIA 2. Who are you in the adoption triad? Potential adoptive mom 3. What are so YAY(s) and/or UGH(s) you've had lately? Ugh- my work is being a PITA about requested time off after placement. Yay- we currently have less than 2 months until baby boys expected arrival, and I have a shower next weekend. 4. Where are you in your process? How is it going? Adoptive mom. Currently matched and attending all visits with mom. 5. What are you looking forward to happening in the near future? My shower this weekend. 6. What is your favorite childhood Halloween memory? We grew up with a neighbor who used to turn their garage into a haunted house. I remember looking forward to going every year