We know we can, we know we can, we know we can...we're chuggin' along on the legal formalities side of this roller coaster ride. T's California agency confirmed that they have received all of our paperwork and can now get started on the forms she and the birth father need to take care of. This agency probably won't contact us until after the baby is born to get our autographs on a few things, but it's just good to know that they're working ahead of time with T and that we're making some progress now.
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As is mentioned in earlier posts, we were drawn to our agency because of their resources for both the birth mother and us. We are so thankful for their approach to training which groups adoptive couples together so that we have a built in support network. And, we were excited that working with them meant that our birth mother would likely be local to us in Northern Colorado and that they had decades of experience with the hospitals and court system there. Many of our questions would already be answered just by them having done this so many times before.Well, our birth mother isn't from Northern Colorado, but she's from a place even closer to our hearts. And, we're so happy that both Mommy and Meadow will be transplanted California girls when we all get home. Still, the change in geography has meant that we're all learning about a new way of doing an adoption together.
We have the same plethera of questions, but the answers are coming in as they're learned, not familiar-like-the-back-of-my-hand style. Many, many hours have been spent figuring out new state systems, additional requirements and then passing that information along to us through emails, texts, phone calls, overnight packages and the new, treasured video call. Then we share it all (well most of it) with you on this blog.
We had a good talk with our agency ladies yesterday over skype. It was fun to see them and it was good to regroup visually instead of only through emails and quick phone calls. I guess it was possible to provide long distance support in the past through beautifully penned letters, but if we had to wait for the pony express for a little emotional recharge while we were out here, we would be writing very different posts.
Still despite all of their efforts to keep us informed remotely and guide us along in an emotionally healthy way, it seems their best advice already exists in our friend's cupboard. After our skype call, we decided to settle into an afternoon cup of tea.
We've heard many comments on how our love and support of each other is what is going to help immensely through these coming weeks. Our agency counselors reminded us of that again on our skype call. Shortly thereafter, Josh got this advice from his tea bag tag. (Lucky me!)
Advice to get some sleep now comes to us at least twice a day, in some form or another. The agency stressed the importance of it again yesterday just before I settled into this cup of tea.
So, maybe we could get all of the support we need from drinking tea every day. Nah, we don't think so. Thanks to all of you for being here with us!
