Adoption Update – 10 Months Waiting

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Chinese Hello Kitty

10 Months, Really? We have officially been on the Waiting Child list with CCAI for 10 months…they told us it would take 6-12 months to be matched. And we still have no news on our adoption story. I called a couple of months ago and asked if we were getting closer to the top of… [Continue Reading]

My Conversation with Author & Adoption Advocate John Simmons – Series Finale

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My Conversation with John Simmons

Thank you for joining me this month as I shared my “conversation” with John Simmons. I’ve really enjoyed this series and I hope y’all have too. You can catch up with Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. I’m also happy to report that I made a few new FB friends from… [Continue Reading]

My Conversation with Author & Adoption Advocate John Simmons – Part 3

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John Simmons

Welcome to Part 3 of my “conversation” with John Simmons. You can catch up with Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This week we talk about Russia’s recent decision to ban all adoptions of  Russian children by US citizens. I read your article in the Huffington Post about maybe there’s a “silver lining.” Of… [Continue Reading]

My Conversation with Author and Adoption Advocate John Simmons – Part 2

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My Conversation with John Simmons

Thank you for coming back to Part 2 of my “interview” with John Simmons. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here. Q-  I understand you have adopted both domestically and internationally. Could you compare the processes? No. Next question? Seriously, they couldn’t be more different. Like my wife and me, many people… [Continue Reading]

My Conversation with Author and Adoption Advocate, John Simmons – Part 1

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John Simmons - Author & Adoption Advocate

Recently I had the chance to “interview” author and adoption advocate, John Simmons. I write “interview” because I didn’t actually speak with him, although that was my choice. I wrote out some questions that I then emailed to his publicity person and she emailed them to him. I chose to go this route because as… [Continue Reading]

Adoption Update: Paper Chase Complete

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adoption-ultrasound

Today we got word that our LAST piece of paper was received by our agency, CCAI Adoption Services. We were able to get all of our paperwork to them and checked in on December 6, 2012. This gave them time to look through it all to make sure that it was accurate. So once they… [Continue Reading]

2013: Personal & Family Goals

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Our last family picture before we'll be a family of 5

Earlier this week I started writing a post with my goals for 2013. It looked like it might get a little wordy…so I decided to turn it into a series. This post will include personal and family goals. (I was going to put crafty goals with this too, but once you read the rest of… [Continue Reading]

Adoption: What Comes Next?

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great wall of china

Adoption is a long, emotional road. If you’ve checked our Adoption Timeline then you kind of know where we are in the process, but maybe not exactly where we go from here. The Paper Chase This week we had our Biometrics (fingerprints) taken at the local USCIS (immigration) application center. It was a very quick,… [Continue Reading]