Adoption is sometimes called a “paper pregnancy”, due to the lack of a visible baby bump on the mama-to-be, and due to the amount of forms required to proceed with an adoption….
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NO SCHOOL! NO SCHOOL! And actually real news to share
I know it sounds juvenile, but THERE’S NO SCHOOL TOMORROW! It’s going to be colder than I don’t even know what, so school has been cancelled. Whee! Four day weekend! Four day weekend!
***I am trying not to think of all of the families put in a bind because their kids suddenly don’t have school–juggling work schedules, appointments, etc….if Junior’s daycare suddenly closed on a day I was expecting to go to work, I’d be irked. But for whatever reason, it’s acceptable to do this in a school setting. And since I work for peanuts and seem to catch communicable diseases by the week at my place of employment, I am going to enjoy every minute of my bonus day.
But I will not remember January 15, 2009 as the night I cracked opened the Riesling as I got the text message that school was canceled for the next day.
JANUARY 15, 2009 is Junior’s Adoption Day!! After a nice family lunch with the grandparents, we all headed down to the City-County Building to make it official. MAM did a serious potty dance while we were in line to get through security (funny, unlike so many places, the courthouse is not filled with understanding patrons and staff who would let us through to the potty–we had to wait a loooonnnggg five minutes through the cue). Once we got upstairs though, it was smooth sailing. The judge (different from MAMs hearing) was lovely, our attorney is really nice, and well, it was easy the second time around. We answered some questions, and left with the official decree!
An Adoption Filled Weekend
This past weekend was a full one, and much of it was adoption related. Saturday was the much anticipated meeting of adoptive parents from our agency. Seven families braved a wintry mix to meet and mingle. All four of us went, and it was a really nice time. Junior made eyes at an older woman, a delightful baby girl who was born and placed just a month before him. MAM ran around like a crazy person with a boy just six months older, and two younger toddlers. And BgK and I both enjoyed chatting with other parents who know where we are coming from. The group has decided to move online, and to meet quarterly in person. I feel like it is the beginning of a very fabulous venture!
Sunday, after breakfast with Santa (which deserves its own post) and an afternoon siesta, we ventured to visit J (the kids’ bmom) and Z (their biobro) for the holidays. We visited at Z’s paternal grandparents’ house, where they are both living. J’s had a rough fall, and it was good to see her doing fairly well. J’s mom was also there which was nice–we hadn’t seen her in over a year. MAM and Z had a ball, it turns out that he a huge fan of lining up matchbox cars all over the house too. It was very low-key visit, and of course, everyone was smitten with Junior. He smiled and cooed and did his floor exercises for everyone.
With as much as adoption was one the mind and in the conversation this weekend, MAM hasn’t had any questions/revelations on the topic. I’m sure they will come at some point….