I just received an email from the Adopted Children's Immigrant Visa Unit at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China. Our Article 5 is ready to be picked up and taken to the China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption. Once this is delivered, we begin waiting for our Travel Approval. The wait can be anywhere from 2-4 weeks. Recently people have been waiting for 2 weeks.
After Travel Approval, our agency will request an appointment for our immigrant visa appointment at the Consulate. Then our flights can be scheduled.
Sophie told me told on the way home she wants to get Sawyer and hold him. Some times she ask about things that she wants to do with him but she makes it sound like I'm not going to have to...get up with him at night when he cries, play with him when I am playing with my friends, be in the same room with him at daycare, hold his hand... It is really neat to see how excited she is about becoming a big sister and hard to believe she didn't want a brother but a sister when we started this process.
We are excited about Sophie finishing up the school year. 3 more days of 2nd Grade.
I feel like I have so much to do. I need to finish cleaning out the "Green Room"/office because it is going to be Sawyer's room. Get some of my "piles of junk" filed or thrown out. Finish counting and bagging up Box Tops for Sophie's school. I know there is a lot more to do but that is top on my list.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
A Few Pictures...
Sophie put a little shelf together for me.
Here are a few pictures from Skate Night. I love these little skaters (like walkers but for those who can't skate on their own).
Aunt Shannon skated with us.
Here are the non skaters.
Sophie was skating on her own by the end of the night.
We were pooped by the end of the night.
And we didn't break anything!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Gymnastics Update...
I did receive an email Sunday night about Sophie's gymnastics evaluation. She did really well! She has been offered a position on the Gymnastics Team. I didn't realize that they were evaluating her for a Team. I thought it was for the summer classes.
With us getting close to the adoption of Sawyer and not being certain how the adjustment is going to go. We do not feel like we can commit to the amount of time needed for practices and the competitions that will be held. The practices are not exactly convenient for the working momma. There is also the cost factor. We will be having an added expense of daycare to our finances. We of course would sacrifice and do what we can to help Sophie do the best she can but it just doesn't seem like this is the right time.
My heart is torn. She loves gymnastics! I really want her to be able to do this but we don't want to get in over our heads. We have never had to say no to anything we wanted for her. I have no problem saying no to her when she wants a movie, a toy, or shoes. But, you see this is competitive and I love me some competition. Just ask my family how I am when we play games...we are talking blood....and that is just with board games. Ok, slight exaggeration.
She knows she did well but she wants to know if she is moving up. I don't really know how to answer that. There isn't really a class above her class, just the teams. She will still be able to take a class this summer and next year. The lady in the office at the gym said she will continue to learn new things and still be challenged.
I was talking to some of the other moms in the lobby tonight and they wanted to know if we heard anything. I was explaining our situation and another mom overheard us and she said the day she found out she made the gymnastics team (when she was a child) she also learn that she wasn't going to be able to do it because her mom was expecting. She said she was so excited about being a big sister and she promised Sophie would be fine. She was very glad (and still is to this day) to have her little sister and would gladly give up that spot on the team again.
With us getting close to the adoption of Sawyer and not being certain how the adjustment is going to go. We do not feel like we can commit to the amount of time needed for practices and the competitions that will be held. The practices are not exactly convenient for the working momma. There is also the cost factor. We will be having an added expense of daycare to our finances. We of course would sacrifice and do what we can to help Sophie do the best she can but it just doesn't seem like this is the right time.
My heart is torn. She loves gymnastics! I really want her to be able to do this but we don't want to get in over our heads. We have never had to say no to anything we wanted for her. I have no problem saying no to her when she wants a movie, a toy, or shoes. But, you see this is competitive and I love me some competition. Just ask my family how I am when we play games...we are talking blood....and that is just with board games. Ok, slight exaggeration.
She knows she did well but she wants to know if she is moving up. I don't really know how to answer that. There isn't really a class above her class, just the teams. She will still be able to take a class this summer and next year. The lady in the office at the gym said she will continue to learn new things and still be challenged.
I was talking to some of the other moms in the lobby tonight and they wanted to know if we heard anything. I was explaining our situation and another mom overheard us and she said the day she found out she made the gymnastics team (when she was a child) she also learn that she wasn't going to be able to do it because her mom was expecting. She said she was so excited about being a big sister and she promised Sophie would be fine. She was very glad (and still is to this day) to have her little sister and would gladly give up that spot on the team again.
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