I talked to our adoption worker yesterday. I was wondering what the timeline would look like if we do indeed get the kids. She said this is what it normally looks like...
Best interest staffing - Ours is Friday and we are the only family involved so we will be chosen.
Paperwork sent to SRS - They must approve the chosen family. Worker said this usually takes about a week.
File Read - we will travel to adoption agency office to read over the kids' file and say "yes" to the adoption. We will do this as soon as one day after SRS approval.
Paperwork sent back to SRS - SRS will schedule a subsidy meeting. We will travel back to the county the kids are in for the meeting and we will sign the APA (Adoption Placement Agreement). Worker said this could take a couple of weeks to get set up.
Transition - Usually there is a 1 to 2 month transition plan made where we viisit the kids and then they visit us before moving in.
In our case everyone at our adoption agency will be working hard to get everything done as quickly as humanly possible but they don't have any control over the SRS portions of it. Also there will be very little to no transition in our case, these kiddos will need to move to us immediately. Worst case scenario we're thinking the week of Thanksgiving but hopefully it's sooner!
I hope the SRS approval comes quickly after we are chosen. That is when we will be able to begin buying things and setting up the rooms. Plus I'm tired of saying "IF we get the kids". Lexy is so excited and obsessed with talking about the kids right now so I have to say those words many many times a day to remind her that this is not a sure thing. :(
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Pumpkin Patch 2011
Lexy has been begging to go to the Pumpkin Patch so we set time aside over the weekend to visit a new one that Papa & Grammy found! It was a beautiful day and Lexy loved everything they had to offer but she did tell me "this would be even more fun if I had little brothers and sisters to play with". :) Hopefully soon!! (Brooke had a cross country commitment so she wasn't with us, sadly this is happening more and more)
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| This one's for you Dad! hehe |
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| Lexy decorated her pumpkins as a bat and a black cat! |
Monday, October 24, 2011
Thriller
On Friday Brooke's cheer squad performed a dance to "Thriller" at halftime. I think it was one of my favorites...possibly because it reminded me of my middle school days doing that dance at the skating rink with all my friends! :-)
Brooke doesn't care to have her hair messed up or to look not put together so we weren't sure how far she would go with the whole "look like a zombie" thing but we were pleasantly surprised that she really got into it!
Brooke doesn't care to have her hair messed up or to look not put together so we weren't sure how far she would go with the whole "look like a zombie" thing but we were pleasantly surprised that she really got into it!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Adoption Scoop
Ok so I haven't given an update on the best interest staffing for the 4 pack of kiddos that took place on 9/27 because we still haven't heard the outcome. We did talk with our adoption worker after the staffing and she filled us in on the additional needs and challenges that the kids have that were brought up in the staffing. These kids will take a HUGE commitment and I'm really not sure that one family could take all of it on and be successful.
NOW TO THE SHOCK OF MY LIFE!
Background:
This past May we were set to be in a staffing for three kids. We were the only family and were preparing for these kids to be a part of our family. Two days before the staffing we were told that the foster parent was now (again) interested in adopting the kids and the team had decided to do the staffing with only the foster parent.
Several weeks ago, in passing, our worker mentioned that something weird was happening with that case.
A couple of weeks ago I had a dream that our worker showed up at our door with these three children saying "we had to move them, can you take them?" and pushing them in the door.
On Monday night:
We got a call from our adoption worker asking if we were still interested in adopting these three kids. Of course we are! She couldn't share why but she said that the children were being removed very soon from their foster home and the team's hope was that these kids could be moved directly to us for adoption versus going to another foster home. She told us that there had to be a two week notice for a best interest staffing but that they would send out the notice the next day if we wanted the kids. She also said that we needed to go ahead and pick out beds, bedding, etc. and have those things ready to buy because if it happened it would be a quick transition. So you can bet we went "shopping" online that night and picked out everything we would need!
On Wednesday:
We got an e-mail from our worker saying that the notice was sent on Tuesday and the staffing was scheduled for 10/28!! Now we wait for word that we need to go ahead and buy the beds, bedding, etc.!
NOW FOR THE SMALL PRINT:
As we know, anything can happen when it comes to "the system" so this by no means is a sure thing. There are so many variables and this could all fall apart and lead our family to more heartbreak. Our worker suggested we not share with our girls until we were sure of the outcome (b/c of past heartbreaks)...and that lasted all of five minutes and then I had to tell them. So for now in our home about every other sentence includes the words "IF we get the kids..." :)
OH BTW...the children include a 4 yr. old boy, a 3 (later this month) year old girl and a 1 1/2 year old boy! :)
NOW TO THE SHOCK OF MY LIFE!
Background:
This past May we were set to be in a staffing for three kids. We were the only family and were preparing for these kids to be a part of our family. Two days before the staffing we were told that the foster parent was now (again) interested in adopting the kids and the team had decided to do the staffing with only the foster parent.
Several weeks ago, in passing, our worker mentioned that something weird was happening with that case.
A couple of weeks ago I had a dream that our worker showed up at our door with these three children saying "we had to move them, can you take them?" and pushing them in the door.
On Monday night:
We got a call from our adoption worker asking if we were still interested in adopting these three kids. Of course we are! She couldn't share why but she said that the children were being removed very soon from their foster home and the team's hope was that these kids could be moved directly to us for adoption versus going to another foster home. She told us that there had to be a two week notice for a best interest staffing but that they would send out the notice the next day if we wanted the kids. She also said that we needed to go ahead and pick out beds, bedding, etc. and have those things ready to buy because if it happened it would be a quick transition. So you can bet we went "shopping" online that night and picked out everything we would need!
On Wednesday:
We got an e-mail from our worker saying that the notice was sent on Tuesday and the staffing was scheduled for 10/28!! Now we wait for word that we need to go ahead and buy the beds, bedding, etc.!
NOW FOR THE SMALL PRINT:
As we know, anything can happen when it comes to "the system" so this by no means is a sure thing. There are so many variables and this could all fall apart and lead our family to more heartbreak. Our worker suggested we not share with our girls until we were sure of the outcome (b/c of past heartbreaks)...and that lasted all of five minutes and then I had to tell them. So for now in our home about every other sentence includes the words "IF we get the kids..." :)
OH BTW...the children include a 4 yr. old boy, a 3 (later this month) year old girl and a 1 1/2 year old boy! :)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Toby's 2!
On Sunday CJ & Jess brought Johnny home from the hospital and bravely invited family over to celebrate Toby's birthday.
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| Brooke AKA the baby hog wore herself out :) |
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| Lexy spent her time hanging around with cousins! |
Introducing Johnny
On Friday a new little cousin/nephew joined our family. CJ and Jess welcomed Johnny Lee into the world. We went up on Sat. morning to meet and hold him. He is such a cute little...or I mean BIG thing :)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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