Surprise.....we're officially waiting for a little brother/sister for Jae-min!!!!!
This is how the story goes....In Feb 2010 our agency contacted us and informed us that their Korea program was reopened and was accepting just 60 families to join the waitlist before the program went on hold again. I think it took Joe and I about 20 minutes of discussion before filling out the initial paperwork and mailing it in.
On March 11th (ironically 1 year since we had become a family of 3) our social worker came by to do the updated home visit.
We then worked on our dossier and mailed that in to our agency, along with our I6ooA. They mailed the I600A to the government and we just waited to be fingerprinted.
On June 2nd we had our fingerprint appt. Shortly after this appt we were notified that mine needed to be redone (those darn teeny tiny fingers) We went in again on June 21 and waited and waited.
On July 12 we were notified by our govenment that our fingerprints were approved and on July 13 we were notified by our agency that we were officially placed on the waiting list on that day (coincidentally my birthday!!!)
So.....that's our jouney so far.
If you had told me this time last year that I would want to do this all again, I would have told you no way, absolutely not!!! That was when all the pain and stress was still so fresh. Joe and I were struggling with this little guy we didn't know and trying so hard to do a good job. I would have told you you were crazy.
In the fall things got alot easier and we began talking about doing it all again. At that time our agency had the program on hold so it was just a fantasy anyway.
But...in the winter we began to really talk about adding a brother/sister to the family and were beginning to get that "itch" again. So, when that phone call came in, it was a no brainer. We were 100% ready to begin again!!!
I just can't believe we're waiting again. I find myself beginning to daydream of all the new possibilities that are to come. I find myself daydreaming of our return trip to Korea and of our new little one to join our family.
How long will we wait? Will it be a boy or girl? Will they look like Jae-min at all? How will Jae-min handle this change? How will we? These are just some things that have begun to cloud my brain. Oh, but we have lots of time to wait. And we all know that we're really good at that !!!!!
4 comments:
Congrats! Ready to follow your journey! KDjackie HOLTbb
Yay!!!! So excited for you and your family!! Can't wait to follow your journey for the 2nd time!!
We couldn't be more delighted to have another wonderful little child like Jae-min. What a lucky baby to have such wonderful parents and sweet big brother and Martin to grow up with. You have done a fantastic job with Jae-min, we know that this new baby will be full of love, learning, happiness and God's blessings just like Jae-min. Love, Mom and Dad
We are so happy to be waiting for our second grandchild. Jae-min has brought us so much joy, we can't get enough of him! We can't wait for the referral and to begin your new journey with you. We're proud of the both of you on what a great job you have done with Jae-min. He's such a loving little boy.
Love, Mom & Dad M
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