It is Friday and 2 weeks ago we received our LOA!! The LOA was recieved in China on Tuesday 10/28! We are HOPING and PRAYING that we do receive our Travel Approval within the 3 week time frame our Agency estimated. That 3 week time frame would be next week!!! I am trying not to become overly excited and at the same time we are doing things to prepare for our trip and Aric's arrival. Dave has worried a lot about rearranging his Seminars and the availability of the clubs - especially at this holiday time of year when they are so booked. Today he got word that he will be able to squeeze in his sessions before we go!!
All but one - which will take place 1 or 2 days after we return home. This is a huge relief, although it will be a lot of work on my dear husband.
Tonight I received an email from a Mom I have been "talking" to for a couple of months. I "met" her on our SWI Yahoo Group and she picked up her child a couple of months ago from the SWI that Aric is at. From my understanding the kids are divided by age and also possibly grouped with other kids that have a forever family. After an exchange of pictures and our video of Aric, she realized she had seen him. While she was there, she told me that Aric understands what having a Mama & Baba means. He was sad that he didn't have one - OUCH! That breaks my heart. Well, tonight she emailed me and was discussing his routine and I found out he sleeps in his underwear and t-shirt! Now as small a piece of information as this is - it gives me insight into his daily routine and how our son spends his days. She also says she thinks he is in a 4t possibly a 3t. Boy, did I buy too big.
This was a wonderful email and I will probably read and re-read it a couple of times.
We did send him a care package - I sent him a cake -not a birthday cake - but a we are your family now cake. We also sent a blanket and a picture pillow. The pillow has a picture of us on it. I hope we don't overwhelm him with that. Also we added the candy and nuts, and a camera. Oh and I sent a list of questions for his nannies - that Angela (@ Ladybugsnlove.com) will translate for us. I am hoping that by sending it ahead of time we may get some answers about his life, routine, friends, fears, anything.
It is late and I should be asleep! I will post pictures of the care package.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Wowza! Pre-Travel Meeting Today
Well.... today we had our Pre-Travel Meeting with the agency and the other family who is in our travel group. (us via telephone) It was scheduled for 5:00 est. I had (6 months earlier) scheduled my dentist appt. for 4:00 and after thinking about it thought I would be ok. Duh!
We are on Central time so a 5:00 Eastern means 4:00 Central. Argh! Reschedule!!
Not that I was going to make it to this meeting anyway. Alex awoke from his short nap wheezing - at 3:00. I wasn't sure at first so I got out the stethscope and checked and sure enough - there it was. And just for good measure, you could actually hear his wheezing without a steth! So I go to call my Pediatrician's office and realize today is their first day in their new office, don't know that number. It wasn' hard to figure out and got our nurse on the phone and she said bring him on in - so off we went. We were seen pretty quickly and the doc verified that he is indeed wheezing and he ordered a breathing treatment in the office. Alex did very well. After the treatment he checked him and he had cleared a lot. We got 3 prescriptions - 1 for our very own Nebulizer @ least for 30 days 2 for the medicine for the machine and 3 Liquid steroid.
I go to the Home Health store (at about 4:30) and get the neb machine, then over to the Pharmacy for the remainder.
Luckily, the agency only requires one parent to attend. I still got home for the last twenty minutes!!
Lots of information to digest and Visa applications to fill out etc. It surely isn't just getting on a plane. :)
It feels WONDERFUL to be in this phase of active participation vs. the WAITING!!! It is a blessing!!
Alex is WILD after his meds - lots of fun!! He seems to have responded to the treatment and will get another in 45 minutes in addition to his liquid steroid, which I don't think he really cared for. He is a great medicine taker so, he takes it anyway!! Yeah!
Picked up pictures of Ashley's Calendar Girl event and will hopefully post them in a couple of days.
We are on Central time so a 5:00 Eastern means 4:00 Central. Argh! Reschedule!!
Not that I was going to make it to this meeting anyway. Alex awoke from his short nap wheezing - at 3:00. I wasn't sure at first so I got out the stethscope and checked and sure enough - there it was. And just for good measure, you could actually hear his wheezing without a steth! So I go to call my Pediatrician's office and realize today is their first day in their new office, don't know that number. It wasn' hard to figure out and got our nurse on the phone and she said bring him on in - so off we went. We were seen pretty quickly and the doc verified that he is indeed wheezing and he ordered a breathing treatment in the office. Alex did very well. After the treatment he checked him and he had cleared a lot. We got 3 prescriptions - 1 for our very own Nebulizer @ least for 30 days 2 for the medicine for the machine and 3 Liquid steroid.
I go to the Home Health store (at about 4:30) and get the neb machine, then over to the Pharmacy for the remainder.
Luckily, the agency only requires one parent to attend. I still got home for the last twenty minutes!!
Lots of information to digest and Visa applications to fill out etc. It surely isn't just getting on a plane. :)
It feels WONDERFUL to be in this phase of active participation vs. the WAITING!!! It is a blessing!!
Alex is WILD after his meds - lots of fun!! He seems to have responded to the treatment and will get another in 45 minutes in addition to his liquid steroid, which I don't think he really cared for. He is a great medicine taker so, he takes it anyway!! Yeah!
Picked up pictures of Ashley's Calendar Girl event and will hopefully post them in a couple of days.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
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