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BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Other Topics for Adoptive Parents
TOPIC: waiting couple chat
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| Wendy | Posted: Apr 05, 2006 08:00:10 AM April, I hope that your wait is almost over! Jenn, Congratulations! Let us know when we can see your profile online (you are working with AA, correct?) It has been so much fun talking with people and then finally getting to really "see" them through their profile. Nothing new here. We are just trying to stay busy!!! | ||
| mary | Posted: Apr 04, 2006 05:48:06 PM Congratulations Jenn! | ||
| Jenn | Posted: Apr 04, 2006 03:59:29 PM We're activated!!! YEAH!!!!:) Now we're officially waiting ... not sure what that other stuff was called.;) lol | ||
| April | Posted: Mar 31, 2006 12:44:20 PM Oh I forgot to say what I am looking forward to when we get our little angel! I can't wait to kiss the bottom of his or her sweet little feet! I loved doing that when my son was a baby and you can tell that they love it too! I CAN'T WAIT!!! :) | ||
| April | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 10:26:24 PM Wendy, I wanted to tell you "Your welcome!!!!" regarding the thoughts that I wrote about the waiting experience. I am glad that you have the same feelings on the wait. I think it helps to write these feelings down and share them with you guys and to know that we are all in this together. Jenn, that is awesome that you guys are going on that trip. Last month we decided to plan a trip to take our minds off of the adoption (Of course it hasn't taken our minds off of it completly! :) We will have our 1 year wedding anniversary next month (April 16th) and are going to go back to the same place that we had our honeymoon. It's not a extravagant place but we are going to Gatlinburg, TN and we are going to Dollywood again! HA! It may sound silly but that's what we did on our honeymoon and stayed in a Chalet and it was a blast! I love the water rides! I am very excited and it is giving me something else to look forward to while we wait. We are starting our 5th month on the waiting list. As some of you may remember from some of my last posts our agency gave us a wait time of 3-6 months since we want a biracial baby so maybe it won't be too much longer! I pray that it will happen soon for all of us on here! I love having our little support group! April :) | ||
| mary | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 04:09:28 PM We have a toddler, so no big trips are on the horizon. However, I'm a teacher and I actually got to sleep in past 5:30 for spring break last week. It took my son over a year to sleep through the night consistently, so that may have been the last break where I will get to catch up on sleep for a while. | ||
| Jenn | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 10:41:25 AM Another new question: Anybody doing any "last hoorah" couple type things before your adoption? We're booking a trip to the Riviera Maya for May. I HATE to fly and haven't flown since our honeymoon 10 years ago, so this is our way of breaking me in for the possible adoption flight as well. Not excited about the flight but definitely excited about going to the resort and seeing the ruins. This gives us something else to focus on and look forward to while we endure "the wait." Our home study is being reviewed by AA today so we hope to finally be activated next week. Yeah!! One step closer.:) | ||
| Jenn | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 10:12:39 AM My husband and I have visions of taking turns holding the baby and just watching him/her sleep and make all those cute little facial expressions.:) We especially love those adorable little yawns and stretches. | ||
| Wendy | Posted: Mar 30, 2006 10:00:20 AM Mary, Thanks for moving this topic! It is certainly much more convenient. I am looking forward to arriving home and being surrounded by all of our extremely excited family. I also cannot wait to call all of our friends and tell them the news. Beyond that - evenings and weekends when my husband and I can just sit and stare at our miracle. Great topic!! | ||
| mary | Posted: Mar 29, 2006 07:59:37 PM I am lazy I guess, so I would love to see everyone chatting on page one again and not have to jump to page 12 of the link. Here's a new topic: what is (or was if you're an adoption veteran) the first thing you want to do when you find your miracle and take your baby home? I am looking forward to sitting in the bright yellow nursery and just rocking in the chair. | ||
