Well, Katie's first birthday has come and gone. I was really really hoping we would get an update this month. Like I refreshed my email 50 + times an hour hoping. Such was not to be I suppose. I guess it is still possible but unlikely given the timing of our other updates.
Therefore I am officially bummed. My baby girl turned 1 and it was bad enough that we couldn't witness it in person but to not get any kind of update really hurt. In reality I shouldn't complain. Since we accepted our referral there has only been one month that we haven't gotten an update, this would be the second month.
The upside is that the 1st batch of emigration permissions for our agency have all been approved. Those families should travel to Korea in the next 2-4 weeks to finally be united with their children. Now we wait on the next batch to be submitted for approval. Given what we know of the numbers which is little, I admit, we if all stays on course would likely be in batch 5, 6 or 7 that would be submitted for approval.
On a completely random note, we decided on a middle name for our sweet Katherine. It is tradition in my husbands family that the oldest son share their father's name. So my father in law is Robert Norman (his father's first name) and my husband is David Robert. Well we have two girls so this presented us with a little bit of a challenge. Kiya shares my middle name and it is also my mother's middle name. We really wanted Katie to also have a name that meant a lot to the family. So we selected Emma. Dave's grandmother's name. Katherine Yeon Emma. And both of our daughter's will have two middle names and they both start with Y and then E. Annakiya Yewibdar Eileen.
So there you have it. It didn't take a month and it may not be a long update but it is an update indeed. Hoping this week or next brings lots of good news to waiting families.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Vacation, illness and funk
I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted. So much has been going on. I will start with with the good stuff.
1) VACATION :) We took a family trip to Arizona for Spring Training to cheer on our Brewers. We made it to three games and Kiya had a blast. We also went to the botanical gardens, the zoo and Sedona. It was a busy trip but nice to enjoy the sunshine and the time together. Our adventures continued on our flight home. Apparently you need to get to the Phoenix airport 3 hours ahead of a domestic flight especially at the start of Spring Break. We gave ourselves half that and missed our flight. We spent most of the day in the airport, then on to a flight to Chicago where we had to rent a car and drive ourselves back to Milwaukee where our car was parked. Then we had to drive from Milwaukee back to our house. Instead of being home by 4pm on Saturday we got home around 1am Sunday morning. Fun. Kiya did great and made lots of new friends in the airport.
Here is the bad part.
2) Kiya has a mild case of pneumonia. Sunday morning after just a few hours of sleep from our long travel day, we took Kiya to urgent care. We left with a prescription for antibiotics. She has this horrible cough. Her cast doesn't help. She wasn't eating really much of anything. We are a couple of days into her medication and she actually asked me for food yesterday. She loves to take her medicine and seems to be getting the spring back in her step. The issue I am struggling with is her cast. She is due to get cast #7 on April 10th and I am hoping this illness won't delay that. I am so glad she is getting better though.
Here is the funk.
3) Sweet Katie turns one on Saturday and we won't be there. It is hard to know that our daughter is half a world away and hitting a milestone and we won't be there to celebrate. I try not to focus on it as there isn't much we can do but celebrate Katie here even if we aren't all together. This adoption is approaching the 3 year mark. 3 years to add to our family. It has been a long almost 3 years. I am ready to complete my family. We are getting closer. The process is moving again in Korea and we are thinking we could be in batch 6 or 7 this year so hopefully Sept/Oct to travel. Reality is this is international adoption so things could change. The phone could ring next month or it could be November. We are just praying it is this year.
So there you have it. Here's to hoping it isn't a month before I post again.
1) VACATION :) We took a family trip to Arizona for Spring Training to cheer on our Brewers. We made it to three games and Kiya had a blast. We also went to the botanical gardens, the zoo and Sedona. It was a busy trip but nice to enjoy the sunshine and the time together. Our adventures continued on our flight home. Apparently you need to get to the Phoenix airport 3 hours ahead of a domestic flight especially at the start of Spring Break. We gave ourselves half that and missed our flight. We spent most of the day in the airport, then on to a flight to Chicago where we had to rent a car and drive ourselves back to Milwaukee where our car was parked. Then we had to drive from Milwaukee back to our house. Instead of being home by 4pm on Saturday we got home around 1am Sunday morning. Fun. Kiya did great and made lots of new friends in the airport.
Here is the bad part.
2) Kiya has a mild case of pneumonia. Sunday morning after just a few hours of sleep from our long travel day, we took Kiya to urgent care. We left with a prescription for antibiotics. She has this horrible cough. Her cast doesn't help. She wasn't eating really much of anything. We are a couple of days into her medication and she actually asked me for food yesterday. She loves to take her medicine and seems to be getting the spring back in her step. The issue I am struggling with is her cast. She is due to get cast #7 on April 10th and I am hoping this illness won't delay that. I am so glad she is getting better though.
Here is the funk.
3) Sweet Katie turns one on Saturday and we won't be there. It is hard to know that our daughter is half a world away and hitting a milestone and we won't be there to celebrate. I try not to focus on it as there isn't much we can do but celebrate Katie here even if we aren't all together. This adoption is approaching the 3 year mark. 3 years to add to our family. It has been a long almost 3 years. I am ready to complete my family. We are getting closer. The process is moving again in Korea and we are thinking we could be in batch 6 or 7 this year so hopefully Sept/Oct to travel. Reality is this is international adoption so things could change. The phone could ring next month or it could be November. We are just praying it is this year.
So there you have it. Here's to hoping it isn't a month before I post again.
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