We are yours!!
It has been a pretty incredible week for our family! After a pretty difficult snag in the process last week, we have some VERY exciting news to share! But before we get to that, we have to go back to the beginning.
On April 8th, we got an email from Holt. It was right in the middle of bath time for Palmer and Quinn, and from the hallway, Ross says “we got an email from Holt!” Of course, we open the email sent to us, as the title was “Children in Need of Homes.” Everything stopped. We see this sweet face. (One we wish we could share fully, but can’t just yet!). This face of a little girl, who although she lives across the world, she looked familiar, like we just knew her. Like we were meant to be with her. It is this little girl, who we have been pursuing every day since then. We have filled out pages and pages of questionnaires, had interviews, delays, read and responded to articles, more phone calls with social workers, and more delays. Really, there is nothing we would not do for her.
Up until this point, we have dreamed about you. We have thought about being your family, you being a little sister, and Quinn and Palmer being your big sister and brother. How blessed we would be, to be yours! The ones your share your dreams, your troubles, your good days, and bad.
We are on the road to bringing our child home, and although we wish that day was yesterday. In reality, it will most likely be a year from now, though we are hoping it will be sooner than that! Yesterday, Palmer and I dropped off our acceptance packet!
On April 8th, we got an email from Holt. It was right in the middle of bath time for Palmer and Quinn, and from the hallway, Ross says “we got an email from Holt!” Of course, we open the email sent to us, as the title was “Children in Need of Homes.” Everything stopped. We see this sweet face. (One we wish we could share fully, but can’t just yet!). This face of a little girl, who although she lives across the world, she looked familiar, like we just knew her. Like we were meant to be with her. It is this little girl, who we have been pursuing every day since then. We have filled out pages and pages of questionnaires, had interviews, delays, read and responded to articles, more phone calls with social workers, and more delays. Really, there is nothing we would not do for her.
On Wednesday, May 22nd, I got a phone call at work. I was in the middle of teaching, and all of a sudden a call comes in. It is from the social worker we have been talking to since the beginning of the process. I just knew. This is good news! I pick up my phone, and answer to Cindy saying “This is a good day! You are matched with “your girl!” (She actually said our girl’s Korean name, but we can’t share that just yet!). On my way home I picked up Palmer from school, and when I let him know, he was overjoyed! (And then a little upset that it would such a long process! Me too, bud!). We decided, since your birthday is coming up pretty soon, that we would surprise Ross with a birthday balloon, hats, and decorations! Ross was so very surprised, as we thought we would not be hearing back until next month! We had an amazing evening of calling all of our family to share the news, starting with calling Quinn to tell her (out in Salt Lake City with Mimi) that she is going to be a big sister!)
Up until this point, we have dreamed about you. We have thought about being your family, you being a little sister, and Quinn and Palmer being your big sister and brother. How blessed we would be, to be yours! The ones your share your dreams, your troubles, your good days, and bad.
We are on the road to bringing our child home, and although we wish that day was yesterday. In reality, it will most likely be a year from now, though we are hoping it will be sooner than that! Yesterday, Palmer and I dropped off our acceptance packet!
The next steps, are finishing our dossier (a ton of documents for Korea, to show we are fit to be an adopting family) with the only document we need to finish for our dossier to be complete, is applying for immigration, which we began last week. After our dossier is complete, we will wait to be submitted and approved for Emigration Permit, and then wait on a court date. It’s a long road ahead, but we are eagerly walking it, knowing it ends with our child in our arms!
We are coming for you, Rowan! We love you so much already!
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