Thursday, November 22, 2007
thanksgiving quickie.
just to let everyone know ---
we got a call this morning from our caseworker -- she was calling from home to let us know that she found out last night that the court decided to uphold the permanent custody judgement and we can go ahead with tbe adoption! on monday we will be hearing from the adoption assessor to set a date for the presentation; then we only have to negotiate subsidies and get our court date. probate court is usually very busy, but it's possible we can wrap this up by the end of the year!! how great would that be!
anyway, i wanted to let everyone know our wonderful thanksgiving news. hope everyone had a great day celebrating with family and friends!!
xoxo.
we got a call this morning from our caseworker -- she was calling from home to let us know that she found out last night that the court decided to uphold the permanent custody judgement and we can go ahead with tbe adoption! on monday we will be hearing from the adoption assessor to set a date for the presentation; then we only have to negotiate subsidies and get our court date. probate court is usually very busy, but it's possible we can wrap this up by the end of the year!! how great would that be!
anyway, i wanted to let everyone know our wonderful thanksgiving news. hope everyone had a great day celebrating with family and friends!!
xoxo.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Quick update:
What I thought was going to be Josh's eval last week was actually a consult - they told me on the phone that the evaluation would take 2 hours, and we had a 30 minute consultation with a counselor. The meeting went well, but unfortunately we don't have nearly the information they wanted on the birth parents, so there are a lot of blanks on his profile. He's scheduled to see the doctor for the evaluation on January 28th. I tend to think now, after doing some research on my own and talking to other people, that what I thought was signs of autism in Josh are just symptoms of his brain injury. The counselor agreed that probably is the case, but the doctor he will be seeing not only handles children with autism and Asberger's, but children that have had traumatic brain injuries -- so hopefully he'll be able to give me ideas on how I could be teaching Josh differently.
The caseworkers were over today and unfortunately, we have no news on the adoption finalization. They kept telling us we would be able to finalize by the end of the year, but now it's looking like it probably won't be before the baby is born and in fact it could be up to another full year. Obviously not what we wanted to hear, but apparently some people haven't been filing briefs on time, or showing up to court on time and things are just being pushed back further and further. It's been very difficult waiting & waiting, and we're into our 8th month with the kids. As difficult as it is, tonight I was so full of gratitude for the time we've had with them, and for our new baby, and for everything that God has done for us this year, I broke down and cried. We keep telling Kayla that she is in her forever home and how much we love her and how we will always be her parents, and we just hope that we're telling the truth.
Josh turned 3 on Saturday, and we had a party on Sunday night, with family and pizza and cake and ice cream. He ate so much that he ended up getting sick and ending the party, but I think overall everyone had a good time!
We've been repainting the living room, and next up is the hallway & dining room -- not something we really planned on doing, but I got the urge (part of this whole pregnancy nesting thing, I think) and so Brian started painting. It's looking gorgeous, though, so I'm glad we're doing it!
Can't believe next week is Thanksgiving -- we're looking forward to family time, seeing the Vendsels & our family from VA.
What I thought was going to be Josh's eval last week was actually a consult - they told me on the phone that the evaluation would take 2 hours, and we had a 30 minute consultation with a counselor. The meeting went well, but unfortunately we don't have nearly the information they wanted on the birth parents, so there are a lot of blanks on his profile. He's scheduled to see the doctor for the evaluation on January 28th. I tend to think now, after doing some research on my own and talking to other people, that what I thought was signs of autism in Josh are just symptoms of his brain injury. The counselor agreed that probably is the case, but the doctor he will be seeing not only handles children with autism and Asberger's, but children that have had traumatic brain injuries -- so hopefully he'll be able to give me ideas on how I could be teaching Josh differently.
The caseworkers were over today and unfortunately, we have no news on the adoption finalization. They kept telling us we would be able to finalize by the end of the year, but now it's looking like it probably won't be before the baby is born and in fact it could be up to another full year. Obviously not what we wanted to hear, but apparently some people haven't been filing briefs on time, or showing up to court on time and things are just being pushed back further and further. It's been very difficult waiting & waiting, and we're into our 8th month with the kids. As difficult as it is, tonight I was so full of gratitude for the time we've had with them, and for our new baby, and for everything that God has done for us this year, I broke down and cried. We keep telling Kayla that she is in her forever home and how much we love her and how we will always be her parents, and we just hope that we're telling the truth.
Josh turned 3 on Saturday, and we had a party on Sunday night, with family and pizza and cake and ice cream. He ate so much that he ended up getting sick and ending the party, but I think overall everyone had a good time!
We've been repainting the living room, and next up is the hallway & dining room -- not something we really planned on doing, but I got the urge (part of this whole pregnancy nesting thing, I think) and so Brian started painting. It's looking gorgeous, though, so I'm glad we're doing it!
Can't believe next week is Thanksgiving -- we're looking forward to family time, seeing the Vendsels & our family from VA.
