Timeline (for Type A people)
There are many chat rooms and blogs about Guatemala adoptions (we spend a good chunk of every night checking them out), and almost always when someone posts a message, they leave a timeline where their "signature" would be. This is a timeline of their adoption process, probably for others to see and compare themselves. Well, I've compiled a quick timeline of our process thus far, with blanks for what is to come next. At first glance the timeline probably isn't that understandable, but it will be exciting to fill in the entries as we go along!
Homestudy approval by Social Worker: 6-5-06
I-171H received (approval by U.S. govt.): 6-26-06
Josue Moises Morales born: 7-12-06
Guatemalan dossier completed: 7-17-06
REFERRAL OF JOSUE!!: 7-24-06
Referral paperwork completed: 7-28-06
Power of Attorney sent to Guatemala: 8-7-06
Birth mom & Josue DNA match:
Approval by Guatemala family court:
Approval by PGN:
Travel date:
Return home!:
The part of the process that we are currently in, the DNA testing, begins the first of three phases that could take a while. You just never know. We appreciate all the messages of support and thank God for all of you.
Andy
Homestudy approval by Social Worker: 6-5-06
I-171H received (approval by U.S. govt.): 6-26-06
Josue Moises Morales born: 7-12-06
Guatemalan dossier completed: 7-17-06
REFERRAL OF JOSUE!!: 7-24-06
Referral paperwork completed: 7-28-06
Power of Attorney sent to Guatemala: 8-7-06
Birth mom & Josue DNA match:
Approval by Guatemala family court:
Approval by PGN:
Travel date:
Return home!:
The part of the process that we are currently in, the DNA testing, begins the first of three phases that could take a while. You just never know. We appreciate all the messages of support and thank God for all of you.
Andy
posted by A. Pratt @ 12:19 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:59 PM,
Anonymous said…
Andy and Erin-
Yes, I admit I am type A, and the timeline is great! I especially look forward to seeing more of the times filled in along the way.
-Kristen
At 9:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
As a bonafide Type A personallity, I must weigh in that your time line -- while both exciting and informative -- is only mildly Type A.
Missing line items may include:
1) Finish decorating the nursery.
2) Complete online course entitled "Type A Personality Parenting for Dummies"
3) Stock newly painted kitchen cabinets with baby food items purchased in bulk. (Mmm, thirty jars of Mushed-Up Peas!)
4) Brush up on your conversational Spanish -- just in case there is some confussion when you return to the Guatemalan fast food drive through that Erin mistakenly drives away from without her order.
5) Lock in your pre-set fantasy football draft order, ensuring that your team will be comprised of only players named Henry, Josue or Laurence Maroney.
6) Purcahse Henry's first pair of hockey skates. (Sorry, Andy - you live in Duluth - it's inescapable!!)
7) Start work-out routine focused on lifting +/- 18 pounds from as many awkward and contorted positions imagineable. As your comfort level allows, begin training yourself to then set said +/- 18 pound item down without waking it up. YOU MUST NEVER SNEEZE!
8) Visualize yourself laughing as you retell the tail of the first time that Henry decides that the opportune time to relieve himself is when you are in the middle of changing his diaper...in a public restroom...when you are down to your last diaper. Trust me, hindsight is precious in these moments.
9) Begin realizing that you soon will be so enthralled in the every action of your new addition, that things that once seemed so important to you will -- without notice -- one day occur to you as something you hadn't thought about in months.
This is only the beginning of a much longer list! The beauty of it is that the longer the list, the more joy you have to look forward to!
-bic
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