We officially started our first fundraising effort today - selling t-shirts at www.AdoptionBug.com/Florian. We will receive a portion of the proceeds from each t-shirt sale from our page to go towards our adoption costs.
The t-shirts are really FUN, and some apply to adoptive families and some apply to any family! Feel free to browse the site, but we only receive proceeds from the t-shirts on our particular fundraising page. We appreciate any and all forms of support!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Official Referral!
We finally have Jack's official referral, and an update on how he's doing. So good, and so hard at the same time, to get this information and updated pictures! He looks so big now, and I'm gonna have to send a note to his foster mom to stop encouraging him to walk! Keep that boy down until he gets home! :-)
I think he looks a lot like Lily. I can't wait to kiss all over those cheeks!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Good thing we have a money tree in our back yard!
Found out today that we owe another $4,000 in fees that we thought we didn't owe. Yikes! That will definitely take a bite out, and slow the process down some. :-(
In my nirvana, adoption will be free and require less hoop-jumping and firewalking . . .
In my nirvana, adoption will be free and require less hoop-jumping and firewalking . . .
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The first big step . . .
Sent our first packet to our adoption agency, FAC, along with our first round of fees. We are supposed to get our official referral soon . . . can't wait to get the information on our son.
Right now, we really don't know anything - we're not even sure of his birthdate. It's so difficult to not know if he's still in the orphanage, or if he has been moved to foster care. I hope someone is holding him and loving him well. Is he crying? Is he hungry? Does he have a dirty diaper? Does he need to be held? Is he sleeping? These are the questions that constantly run through my mind. My arms suddenly feel so empty.
The shock has now worn off, but it still seems very surreal that we're going to have a baby in the house soon. I've done a little nesting, but I can't seem to tackle working on his room. I think maybe that, if I do, it will make it even harder that he's not here, in his room. I'm sure the need to make a special place for him will come in time, I'm just not there yet. It still seems like a distant dream . . .
Right now, we really don't know anything - we're not even sure of his birthdate. It's so difficult to not know if he's still in the orphanage, or if he has been moved to foster care. I hope someone is holding him and loving him well. Is he crying? Is he hungry? Does he have a dirty diaper? Does he need to be held? Is he sleeping? These are the questions that constantly run through my mind. My arms suddenly feel so empty.
The shock has now worn off, but it still seems very surreal that we're going to have a baby in the house soon. I've done a little nesting, but I can't seem to tackle working on his room. I think maybe that, if I do, it will make it even harder that he's not here, in his room. I'm sure the need to make a special place for him will come in time, I'm just not there yet. It still seems like a distant dream . . .
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