The Good Stuff Feb. 12 Edition.

[theatrepal]

Big or small, what good things are going on adoption/foster care board?

[theatrepal]

1) The U12B girls hockey team we coach won a game. The first game all season and it was in the district playoffs. It was so exciting! The playoffs continue on Saturday.

2) We are going away for a mini-vacation 2/20-2/22. I can't wait. We are off to Denver to see the city with a half day of hiking too.

3) We are getting oh so close at being able to spend a month at my mom's cabin this summer. We can work remote and whitewater kayak on the weekends.

[perumom]

I love this!!
1) Looking forward to spending this northeast coast frigid long weekend doing what I love, painting and refurbishing old furniture into new.
2) Going to visit my Jersey family for the day tomorrow.
3) Looking forward to a neighborhood party Sunday night.

Anything that takes my mind out of the waiting period, yes please!!

[shemarie82]

We have most of the painting done, just need to work on detailing it hopefully by this weekend. We currently have a full bed in that room, and will keep it until we know what age child we are getting. Obviously, we need to get a new bedspread.

[jwinct]

1) Going to see Fifty Shades of Grey tonight and I cannot wait. I am slightly obsessed with Jamie Dornan, so I've been impatiently waiting for this movie. I'm also looking forward to a yummy Mexican dinner and margaritas beforehand with my friends. (My hubby refuses to see this movie with me because of my love for Jamie Dornan. LOL)

2) Our friends invited us to stay at their beach-front condo in North Carolina this summer (as long as I have enough vacation time accrued, which may not happen because it snows a foot here every week and school keeps closing). We love these friends so much and their daughter and our daughters get along so well. It will be a blast. We don't see them all that often because they live a little over 4 hours away, but we visit them several times a year.

3)I feel like this board is a lot more active that TB adoption board was, and I like it!

[browneyes8]

Made my way over here!

Unfortunately not much on the adoption front, still waiting (14+ months now) so added two other outreach sources to our national agency.  

Looking forward to our upcoming Disney trip.  DS is so excited!

[hootiemommytobe]

1. Going to see FSOG this weekend...and actually got my hubby to go with me. LOL!
2. Still waiting on the adoption front. It's been 6 months since we've been actively waiting. Not complaining though. It feels like forever some days, but others it feels just right. Keep the hope, faith and spirits high.

[pinkie]

1) our little guy slept 10 hrs straight last night. I'm not sure if it was from being tired from shots or for real but he's been doing 8 hours sometimes so I'm hoping it's for real. He even took a bottle and then gave me another 2 hrs in the swing
2) our older son's birthday is in a few weeks. I'm so excited for him to see all his Mickey decorations - he's going to go nuts.
3) Feb is half over . Maybe this horrible winter will end before i have to go back to work.

[roxy]

Our adoption profile officially went live yesterday!! So our profile is now listed on the private social workers website for the state. I'm so excited and nervous. Work has been crazy lately so I haven't had much of a life out side of that.

[chicago]

Hi there, I'm an infrequent poster that has come over from TB ... hope to be more active here.

For this week ... Officially waiting 3 weeks ...
- After getting the essentials for day 1 (Car seat, few bottles, crib etc.) we are starting to do some decorating stuff. I told myself that I would wait ... but it's keeping us busy while waiting
- While my husband was getting his haircut this week he found out his hair stylist is a Birthmom to a 4 year old. They have a great open adoption which reinforced how much we want an open adoption for all involved.
- People are starting to hear that we are waiting. The response has been incredible ... from calls, texts and emails. We have already gotten a number of books and other small gifts from people.

So it's been a good week in the adoption world for us.

[carolinah]

1. Also going to see 50 shades with a friend tomorrow. I'm Shouldn't be, but I'm excited about it.

2. My running times have actually improved lately. It feels good to keep working on getting more fit.

3. The boys I watch seem to have gotten past their recent warpath and I can breath easily again.

[gnomesweetgnome]

Had a good, candid conversation with B's BM over text earlier today.

Our court date is getting closer.

We are making plans to move next year probably, so talking about that.

Also thinking about how to decorate B's room when we move him to a big boy bed, which is fun.

[pinkie]

Sorry had to add one more. I went to pick up our older son at daycare today and he said "mama come see" and pulled me to his cubby. He gave me a valentines day art project they made with a hand print and footprint to spell out love. He was so proud and I was just about to be the crazy lady crying in daycare but I held it together until we were in the car. He told me "don't drop it mamma" on the way to the car LOL.

[spooko]

I've got a fun day planned tomorrow: After dropping the kids off at school, I'm going to get a mocha from Starbucks and do a little shopping alone. Then I'm meeting up with my aunt to see FSOG (haven't read it, but she wanted someone to tag along) and then we're having lunch together. Afterwards, DH is going to pick DS up from school and drop him off at my grandma's for a sleepover (she'll be getting DD from preschool while I'm at the movie) and DH and I have the whole night to ourselves. We'll head to a bigger town and shop, do dinner, and just see where the wind takes us, kid-free! It's a little V-Day/Birthday/Date combo deal.

Sunday DS has a wrestling tournament. It doesn't always go the way I'd like, but I do enjoy watching him, so that should be fun. DD is QUITE the little cheerleader for him. She's got all of the various phrases down pat and she loves to shout to him when he's on the mat. What she says doesn't always fit what he needs to do in the moment, but she's clearly learned a lot from all these weekend tournaments!

[Captain Serious]

I'm going to the home inspection for the house we are considering buying for our big move tomorrow. This would be our dream house and home for the next 20 or so years if all goes well....

[jenn]

I've missed these! I will be more active here - I promise!

1. I'm wearing a size 14 dress today for the first time since... middle school I think?
2. Tomorrow marks our 1 year 'waiting' anniversary - not something I really planned on celebrating but such is life! haha
3. We got our taxes done on Wednesday and we're getting a pretty nice refund back so that's a good thing!

[packerfan4life]

1) we scheduled our last home visit in 2 weeks! Hopefully after that we'll get an idea of when we can finalize.

2) my project got accepted to a conference I submitted it for, which means I get to go to San Diego!

[wishuponastar]

Feb 12, 2015 13:08:24 GMT -5 roxy said:

Our adoption profile officially went live yesterday!! So our profile is now listed on the private social workers website for the state. I'm so excited and nervous. Work has been crazy lately so I haven't had much of a life out side of that.

Congrats! That's always an exciting time!!

Our Good Stuff- LO is starting to coo and social smile- I am MELTING over here!!!!

[redandblue]

roxy,Congrats on your profile going live! That is very exciting! I can't wait to hear about how your process of finding a match goes! GL

wishuponastar, I can only imagine how amazing that is for you! Congrats and I hope that this past month has been nothing but wonderful!

chicago, That sounds like a great week for adoption planning! I love that you are getting nothing but positive support! We all can benefit from supportive people around us, rooting for us during this crazy time! GL

pinkie, Yay for sleep and nothing but adorable Mommy moments! I hope that you have a place to write down all the cute little things your LO's say! I truly wish I had done more of that with DS. I started a journal for him when he was an infant, and then unfortunately life got away from me, and now he is 15 yr and most of the time I don't understand the teenage jargon that comes out of his mouth! lol

GL to all those who are still waiting.

Our good stuff this week is that our home study officially started last week (my first individual was last Tuesday). Our SW told me that she should have our approval done by the end of March! I am beyond excited by our luck with timing in this process! We were originally told approval process will be a year. But if all goes as planned, we will be approved in under 4 months! Then we get to join you all in the waiting period (which is not my strong suit at all!). I also spoke with my manager and director at work to begin discussions for planning my leave. We are eligible for 37 weeks of paternity leave, that DH and I will probably split some way, but due to being in a leadership position, there will have to be some different planning, as much as possible. I am so grateful for the agency that I work for, they are nothing but supportive and feel fortunate that I do not have that stress to worry about. We also ordered an awesome map of the world mural for the bedroom that arrived this week! So all in all it has been a great week!