We met with our social worker on Jan 13th to talk with her about the possibility of adopting Megan. She will go over her notes with her supervisor and they will, hopefully, let us know this week if they will recommend that we be allowed to adopt Megan when we adopt Adam. We are also waiting to hear from the head of the "China Team" if China will allow us to adopt Megan and Adam together.
We are still waiting to find out when our dossier was logged in. The dossier was sent before Thanksgiving and, two months later, we are waiting to hear if we have a log-in date. We are still waiting for our LOA (Letter Of Acceptance) for Adam. Once that is here we can send him his first care package.
Right now we are not thrilled with "red tape". There is so much red tape during the adoption process and it is very frustrating.
Our family attended a "International dinner" that our adoption agency does every year. We met families who have already been through the adoption process and there were also families who are still waiting for their child. The families who have already adopted a child(ren) brought food from their child's country of origin. There was food from China, Guatemala, Philippines, Ethiopia and several more. There were games and crafts from the different countries. It was a fun night. Abby gave it a "thumbs up"!
Our family is planning on celebrating Chinese New year twice this year. Bethany has a Chinese New Year celebration and there is also one at the Delaware Art Museum that we are looking forward to.
I will probably be posing about some of the traditions of Chinese New Year as it approaches. FYI, Chinese New Year starts on Feb 14th this year...does that date sound familiar? :smile:
Have a great night.
