AVERILL LIFE

Thursday, March 07, 2013

Step two - adoption

We turned in the "final" (for now) paperwork today. Yesterday I talked to the agency and they let me know that the referral could go pretty quickly. They just got their license renewed, and not all agencies did, so they are once again seeing referrals come through. Also, there are 17 people in line ahead of us, but none of them want a kid over 5 years. So she is thinking six months is the longest we will have to wait after we finish with the social worker. Next step--get social worker assigned and complete the home study (2 months).

Sunday, March 03, 2013

03-13 adoption update

All of our adoption references have been turned in. (HUGE thank-you to our friends and family who wrote these, some without any warning from us.) I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday to verify overall health, then I will mail the final paperwork on Tuesday. From this point forward I am guessing it will take a couple of months to complete the homestudy (targeting May), then get submitted for a referral. Best guess is that in about May of 2014 I will be traveling to Ethiopia for the first time to meet our new little guy.

Saturday, March 02, 2013

More to go

This picture shows Mason's (lack of) teeth. We just learned that his OTHER front tooth is loose. He was the last kid to lose any teeth, but now they're popping out weekly.

Annnnnd...heeee scooores!!

Dance practice

High School Soccer season...again :)

Borja was excited but nervous the first day of soccer tryouts because he didn't know what to expect. By the end of the second day, he was happy and said there were a lot of good players and he hoped to just make a team. Well......he made it!! He is on the C-team.
I was also able to do some spying again this year and capture some pictures.

Muscles

Our second tolo

Borja went to tolo tonight with Hanna. Lauren, thankfully, came over to dress Borja. We are getting well practiced at this dance thing...Lauren supplied the tie, vest, and belt!