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TOPIC: Waiting couples wanting to chat continued...
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| Heather B. | Posted: Feb 15, 2006 11:22:52 AM Hello everyone, I hope things are going well with ya'll. Jen to answer your question about names, Sean and I have decided that if we are matched with a son his name will be Garrett James and a girl will be Reagan Mauriska. We already have a daughter Ryleigh. Does anyone know if anyone from the chat has matched lately? Lots of love and luck, Heather B. | ||
| Amy | Posted: Feb 14, 2006 11:12:16 PM Hello Jenn, Heather B, Wendy & Doris, thanks for the warm welcome. Our activation will prob. be in late March. Largely dependant on any finger printing back log. All of our homestudy paper work is complete (again) and I have just about finished making the changes to our old profile. I have to say it is much easier the 2nd time. I don't have the same fears or worries, but I definitely remember what it was like. Hang in there everyone...I haven't heard about any baby names? We are still searching for a boy name, but if we have a girl she could be Lyla Leigh, after my grandmother, what do you guys think? Let's hear what you all have...after all, these are exciting times :) Luv Amy | ||
| Wendy | Posted: Feb 14, 2006 05:30:41 PM Jenn, Since you are playing the guessing game, let me know when it's getting close for me okay?? : ) I have been going on with life and have been doing well at putting it out of my mind (or at least in the back). Once in a while I have to remind myself that we could get a call soon. Congratulations Heather! Wendy | ||
| Doris | Posted: Feb 14, 2006 01:45:00 PM Congratulations, Heather B!!!! Great to hear from you : ) | ||
| Jenn | Posted: Feb 14, 2006 11:28:51 AM AA received our profile pics yesterday, so we expect to get our profile proof in about a week and a half. We can't wait for that! After seeing everyone else's profiles, we can't wait to see how ours turns out. We're also waiting on our home study rpt. When we're activated, you'll see us as Daymond & Jenn. We've been passing the time by collecting baby things here and there. We're mainly focusing on the things we'll need to take with us and decorating the nursery. It does seem to help with the waiting so far. But maybe that's just because we love to shop!;) LOL I've also been monitoring this site to see what new profiles show up and who has recently adopted. I actually guessed the last three adoptions before they happened -- it's sort of my own little game -- guess who's next. | ||
| Doris | Posted: Feb 14, 2006 06:42:53 AM Hi everyone! Jenn and Amy, it's nice to hear from you. It will be exciting to see your profiles once you are activated. It is so nice to put a face with a name. We just became activated about one month ago. In the beginning I was having a hard time thinking about the wait. However, I am now feeling an extreme amount of peace about it. It is so exciting to think that we will have a baby at the end of our wait. We have actually started buying some things now which is so fun. We decided to space it out so that we continue to have things to look forward to. Heather B, how are things going? I haven't heard from you for awhile. Wendy, how are you doing? | ||
| Heather B. | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 07:07:47 PM Girls, I have wonderful news our profile is on its way to AA to be completed. It is the last step on the way to activation. Welcome Jen and Amy, this group is wonderful to talk to and also to pace yourself by. Love, Heather B. | ||
| Wendy | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 06:08:29 PM Amy, Thanks for joining in!! It is so great to hear from people that have been through this before. I love AA also and cannot imagine using another agency either. Of course, we have not had a placement yet, but so far I have been very happy with everything. I will look forward to seeing your profile. When do you expect to become active? Jenn, I will look forward to seeing your profile also. That is great that you personally know several people that have used AA. We didn't know anyone else! I was just researching agencies online and came acrossed AA and felt it was meant to be. Wendy | ||
| Jenn | Posted: Feb 13, 2006 10:50:24 AM Hi! I am new to the chat here too. I appreciate your info Amy, as this is our first time with adoption. We are in the home stretch of becoming activated -- we expect it to happen around the end of this month or early March. We're very excited and very nervous all at the same time. We do have a good friend who recently adopted with AA and her experience was great too. Not to mention, she had a VERY fast placement, as did a friend of hers who also adopted through AA. I'm amazed at just how many people I know who either have adopted or who were adopted! | ||
| AMY | Posted: Feb 11, 2006 11:19:09 AM Hello Everyone I am a first-timer on this chat, and I am really excited about entering this circle of support you have all created. I hope I can add some of my own support and insight, as my husband and I will soon be activated for the second time. Our first experience with AA was very positive and every person we dealt with was caring and professional, our son was born Feb 2004 and our wait was minimal. I guess when you wait for 10 years for your baby any additional time seems small. And now as John is about to turn 2 we have begun the journey again. I could not imagine using another agency and I hope that I can help out by offering my experiences to anyone with questions. I remember our first time, I was so nervous and scared...did we pick the right agency, what if they just forget us, do they know how helpless it feels? All those thoughts and more were racing in my head. So everyone out there rest in knowing, I have been through it before and AA does care and they will not forget you...your baby will find you, have faith and courage, you will be together for the rest of your lives and all of this anxiety, helplessness, fear and emptiness will disapear when your eyes meet for the first time. I will keep you all in my prayers and I am here if anyone needs a shoulder :) | ||
| Wendy | Posted: Feb 07, 2006 09:13:16 AM Doris, Kerri and her husband did adopt their first child through American Adoptions. You can read their story on this website under adoption stories. They are Kerri and David. I think they waited about six months after they were active. I think the story says nine months after they filled out the preliminary application. I think you will enjoy reading their story. Hope things are well with everyone! Wendy | ||
| Doris | Posted: Feb 01, 2006 05:59:19 PM Congratulations Heather B.!!! Your activation will be very soon. : ) Kerri, thank you for your words of encouragement. Did you adopt your first child through American Adoptions? If so, how long was your wait? Doris | ||
| Heather B. | Posted: Jan 31, 2006 11:11:48 PM Girls, Great news! Our homestudy if finished, reviewed and has been accepted by AA!!!!! Now we are just putting the final touches on our profile and are one step closer to activation. Again, I am soooo happy for you Doris and Sara. Prayer is such a powerful thing. I know how you feel though Doris, I think He may teach me patience before this is over :). Love and Prayers, Heather B. P.S. Has anyone from the chat been matched/adopted lately? | ||
| Kerri | Posted: Jan 31, 2006 07:14:54 PM Hey Girls, We are embarking on our second journey of adoption. I just started the paperwork today.... our first one went just beautifully!!! Our little girl Madison couldn't be any more beautiful or sweet!!! I will be praying for you and I know that God has the perfect baby out there for you!! It is such an honor and blessing that God has picked you to take care of these precious babies!!! Look forward to talking to you soon!!! Smiles, Kerri | ||
| Doris | Posted: Jan 30, 2006 06:08:17 PM Sara, what an awesome thing to do! That is such a great idea to prayer for the other families. : ) Talk more soon Doris | ||
| Doris | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 12:17:15 PM Wendy, thank you so much for your encouragement. I really think God is trying to teach me that I have trust Him and be patient. LIke you, my personality type seems to clash with that. I like to have a plan and know exactly what is going to happen. I have learned very quickly that this process is totally beyond my control. I was joking with a friend today and told her that God would probably make us wait for a while just so he could teach me to trust in his perfect plan and timing. I am praying ALOT also for peace during this wait. I know He will provide that. I am also praying for all of you too. I am so grateful to have all of you to talk to. | ||
| Sara | Posted: Jan 27, 2006 10:15:02 AM The peace is there for me too, but when I watch TV shows, or see and hold babies, it is just confirmed more and more in my heart and I just am so excited. We do already have two children of our own, but because of my type 1 diabetes, we are unable to have more. Even if we could, I would still want to adopt. It's such an awesome thing. I know how you feel, Doris, when people are constantly asking you,"have you heard anything?". No is the answer of the day. I am busy with bible study, and M.O.P.S. (Mothers of pre-schoolers), so that is good. I have been looking at all the profiles, starting on the last page, and beginning to pray for each couple individually. I think that should keep me busy--Bye for now-Sara | ||
| Wendy | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 09:51:48 PM Doris and Sara, Congratulations to both of you!! Your profiles look great! Isn't it so good to see all of your hard work finally put together? Doris, it is so good to finally see you : ) Hope things move quickly for both of you. Heather - I am looking forward to seeing your profile also. Girls - I am relying on God's perfect timing!! Somedays I just wish it was NOW! I have had this huge sense of peace through the whole process though. I feel that there is one child that is picked out by God for us and we will wait until.... I think I am actually handling the waiting really well, for my personality type anyway. I plan things way in advance and feel a little crazy if things are out of my control and I have been doing well just letting those things go. Saying A LOT of prayers though : ) Wendy | ||
| Doris | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 12:44:32 PM Hey Sara, welcome to the chat. We started the process at the end of June. I know how you feel, I would like the wait to be short also. We started trying to have a child three years ago. After surgery and three iui procedures, we decided to pursue adoption. Sometimes it seems like forever. I know now though that we will have a baby in God's perfect timing like you said. Sometimes it seems like that's all I think about. I am trying to keep busy because otherwise the wait seems unbearable. I also find it helpful to remind myself that the wait will be well worth it. All of this anxiety and frustration of waiting will fade away once our baby is in my arms. Our friends and family are very supportive but there are those who keep asking me if we have heard anything yet which makes it harder. I get encouragement as I see and hear about couples being matched. We'll all have to hang in there together. Doris | ||
| Sara | Posted: Jan 26, 2006 10:17:55 AM Hi. I am just joining this conversation- We are in the same place as Brandon and Doris, but we are Brandon and Sara. I think we were put on the day after you guys were. How long have you been in this process? I want the wait to be short, but I know God has His perfect timing!! We started paperwork 8 months ago. Our home study took five months, so it's been a road so far. - | ||
| Heather B. | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 08:37:26 PM Doris, Congrats on the post! Our revisions are on the way back to AA. So, hopefully our activation packet will go out soon. Best of luck. Heather B. | ||
| Doris | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 12:39:02 PM Hang in there April. The wait is extremely difficult but just stay focused on the end result. We have been posted on AA's site now. You can find us under Brandon and Doris. :) Heather B. - How's it going with your homestudy? Doris | ||
| April | Posted: Jan 23, 2006 10:49:49 AM Well guys I posted a very long reply way over a week ago and it never got put on here. It may have been because I put some contact information for financing places that we are using for Heather to check out. I tried! Sorry Heather, I hope you find other resources to help. We are still waiting for our agency to come and do our home study. I am trying to be patient but it is harded than I ever thought it would be. They had 5 deliveries in the last week of December and they had a few other couples sign up at the same time we did so they are a little behind. At least we are going to be shown to birth mothers as soon as they have some more sign up that are having biracial babies. They said that they can always hurry up and do the home study if we are matched and that not having the home study done won't keep us from being matched or being able to accept a match. So, that is reassuring! :) The director also said that they try to get the home studies done for those couples adopting a bi-racial baby since we are using matched very quickly. She said they haven't had any new bi-racial situations in a few weeks and she's not sure why sometimes they have a slow period like that but then they will have 2-3 sign up in a week after a slow period so we shouldn't worry. I try not to but you guys know how it is! Well, I hope you guys get my message this time and you are all doing well! April :) | ||
| Wendy | Posted: Jan 19, 2006 06:29:50 PM Doris, Thanks for praying for us! We really appreciate that. We know everything will happen in His perfect timing. That doesn't mean that we aren't excited and can hardly wait!!! : )You will have to let me know when your profile is online. Wendy | ||
