So I'm considering switching over to Word.press because I like some of their features, but I want a new name to go with the new blog. And ideas on a good name? I want the name to encompass our life, rather than just the adoption. Plus, I don't want it to have our names in the address. My creative juices are sapped, since I can't get my mind off of this sparkly little peanut I get to call my son.
Let me know in the comments what you think the new name should be!
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Okay, I know the title of this blog is "Ribar ADOPTION Adventure", but when all we are doing is waiting, I find myself blogging about the rest of our life. You don't have to read if you don't want to, but this is like my journal. It's therapeutic for me to write this all down, and to look back to see what our life has held for the past year. No one's been complaining, but I figured I'd put that disclaimer out there!!
Adoption timeline
- August 2006 - Decided to adopt from Philippines
- September 2006 - Attended Hand in Hand Orientation (found out I had to be 27 before sending in our dossier)
- January 2007 - Sent in application and fee to Hand in Hand to begin the adoption process
- February 2007 - Met with Karin at Hand in Hand to begin the plethora of paperwork that would become our dossier
- February, March and April 2007 - attended 3 day-long training classes at Hand in Hand regarding adoption
- June 2007 - Had our psych eval that proved we are sane enough to adopt (or maybe insane enough to adopt?)
- July 13 2007 - Had our homestudy with Diane the social worker
- July 16 2007 - Sent the remaining paperwork to Hand in Hand
- August 3 2007 - Our dossier was sent out for the appropriate U.S. signatures
- August 17 2007 - Our dossier was sent to the Philippines (ICAB)
- September 30 2007 - We are approved to adopt from the Philippines
- November 29 2007 - We FIND OUT that we are approved to adopt from the Philippines, and our names are added to the list of Prospective Adoptive Parents - PAPs (and discover we've already "officially" been waiting for 2 months - woot!)
- July 14 2008 - Received our referral for Ezekiel!!
- July 15 2008 - Received our photo of Ezekiel
Blogs I read
- The Petersen Fam (the coolest peeps ever)
- Will Family (good good friends)
- Renee and Brian (Philippines adoption)
- Bricolage (Philippines adoption)
- The Sparrows Nest (Philippines adoption)
- Lea's blog (Philippines adoption)
- Officially Expecting (Philippines adoption)
- Our Growing Family (Philippines adoption)
- Peter and Robin's Adoption Journey (Philippines adoption)
- Uzbek? Ubet! (Uzbekistan adoption)
- Cravens adoption blog (Russia adoption)
- Johnson-McCormick Family Blog (Haiti adoption)
- Livesay Haiti (Haiti adoption)
- Meadows Adoption (Guatemala adoption)
- Praising God for Ben (China adoption)
- Follow the Narrow Path (International adoption)
- Namaste (International adoption)
- They Grow In Your Heart (Domestic adoption)
- thoughts from the mind of maydaygirl (IF blog)
- Confessions of a CF Husband (a melt-your-heart and pray for them blog)
Adoption Ticker
Time since we sent our dossier to PI
7 comments:
Fresh
.... becase you will have a fresh outlook on life, your family will be having a fresh start with your new son, your son will be starting fresh in the US as a memeber of a real family.... it is all new and fresh. :)
How about something like Baby Steps. It will reflect on how you approach all the new things in your lives and actual Ezekiel steps.
How about "superduperhappyfamilyblog" - pretty self explanatory actually.
Or you could do the blog from Gus's perspective like Gus and Family - a story of a Schnoodle, his parents and his Filipino brother.
How about 'Life on EZ Street' (EZ=Ezekial?)..though I do like the title about life from Gus's perspective...made me laugh outloud!
How about:
Life in the Family Lane
RED Zone, (Rachel, Ekekiel, Dave)
what is the filipino way to say family? or Together?
tagalong-dictionary.com says pamilya means family and
magkasama means together
tiyaga means having patience and putting forth a steady effort
I love these!! Keep 'em coming, Dave and I are going to decide this week on what we want to do. We've loved hearing all of these different ideas!!
I dont have any good ideas for you. I just wanted you to know how happy we are for you. You know your son's name! That is undescribable.
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