Today I joined the conference call AGCI holds with several other families. We learned some new things and reviews a lot of the known. It was a good thing.
One thing I learned that I didn't know: when we have the birth family meeting, the girls go with us. They will see their mom again! I will be honest and say that freaks me and my husband out. How are we going to calm them down after that? It's tradition and how things are done but ugh..that sounds very hard. At the age of 6 and 3 they know what is going on. How will or could they be happy with going with us then?
Still haven't heard anything about the tb test results. Hoping this week..tomorrow maybe?
The drywall is up in the girls room:
For Memorial Day we enjoyed swimming and grilling out at our friends home..here's some snap shots of our boys with their friends. Life is good!:
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I hope you hear about their TB tests SOON!!!! We were on the conference call today too. I was the one who asked about the shoe size. :) We are in the middle of a remodeling/addition too. We are making our loft the girls' room and adding on a new loft. Wow, what a job!
There is NO way we'll travel in June. With our court date not being until the 8th and the girls need the TB test. Wish I was going with you though. :)
Hi Amber! I still don't know if we'll be going Saturday. I just called the visa center again, and they said to call and check tomorrow.. We had our travel call yesterday. It will be hard having the birth mother meeting. I've been wondering how our girl will handle it. It's not easy for any one involved I'm sure! I never realized how many emotions went along with adoptions..
Oh, my goodness. I have to say, it sounds so difficult to have the kids there and I spoke with a family about this once. The AP said that now they have a picture of her daughter with her birth mother that will they treasure. It was hard. They all sobbed, but in the end it was worth it :)
Harmony
Hey, just to let you know Almaz is the angel on earth...and the birth family meeting is amazing!!! Pray over it, but realize it is just as hard for the bio family as it is for you. Ask those questions you will want to tell them later....and know that they and you will be extremely grateful for this meeting for years to come. Take video...pics....and take notes on it afterwards. I know it is scary, but know it will mean soo much!!! Almaz again knows the situations with all the kids, and she is great at knowing how to keep it in the perameters and sweet, and not too much. I think you will be surprised over the whole situation. I will be praying for peace over it!!!!!
Praying for good TB results....
The Birth Family mtg is HARD! No way around it... it's supposed to help in the future. The best part is that you'll become close to the families you travel with and you'll hold one another after each others meetings. Our BM brought 11 of her closest friends... we have pics of all of them. Again - for another time. We all cried! THey cried a lot over M and he bawled, A LOT! It was so sad to see. Did I mention that it was hard. Got me in tears again.
O God give me strength!!
Thank you for commenting on this. I think this shocking news has weighed in on me more than I admit. I have wanted to meet their bmom all along. I pray for that. But the girls..now I have to pray for their hearts to be prepared.
I KNOW it is for the best..someday..but for right now it is going to hurt. Just like a shot!
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