Wish #67 is from my cousin's family. Maria and Todd have really showed us so much support and we love the kids t-shirt the turned into a fabric square for the quilt. The horses are so fitting of our family and I am grateful for the meaning.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Wish #67
Wish #67 is from my cousin's family. Maria and Todd have really showed us so much support and we love the kids t-shirt the turned into a fabric square for the quilt. The horses are so fitting of our family and I am grateful for the meaning.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Wish #66
Wish #66 is from Tracy Keniston. She is a dear friend from PA school and a large supporter of our adoption. She just informed me that one of her other friends was recently matched and I couldn't be more thrilled for them. We continue to be cautiously optimistic about our wait time. Her wish is from Rascal Flatts and she made it fit perfectly for our little one. Thanks Tracy!
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Long Awaited Update
First I want to apologize for all of our followers. We have not updated in a long time. We have had a run of not so great news and I became somewhat defeated. I stopped working on the quilt and posting in on the blog. When I realized I wasn't going to hit my goal of our timeline, I lost a little motivation but I am determined to get back on track.
This is where we are in the process. Taiwan changed their laws and adoption process. The last few months has been a lot of changes. Taiwan is now requiring home studies for their domestic adoptions and additional education prior to starting the adoption process. This is similar to what we already require in the U.S. This will be very beneficial for their domestic adoption process. Also, they started a central registry for all the orphanages that allows for all the children to be available throughout the country for adoption. They must be available for domestic adoption only for the first 45 days and then become available for international adoption. Since this is a new process, all the children in the country were put on hold June 1st for 45 days. No adoptions occurred during this time and no updates were given. This hold just ended last week and we are very hopeful for a new update soon.
This process continues to be the hardest decision we have ever made but we continue to be hopeful and eager to become parents. I am close to finishing the entire top portion of my quilt and will post pictures in the next few days. I also plan to keep posting wishes. Thank you so much for all of your support and keep hanging in there with us.
This is where we are in the process. Taiwan changed their laws and adoption process. The last few months has been a lot of changes. Taiwan is now requiring home studies for their domestic adoptions and additional education prior to starting the adoption process. This is similar to what we already require in the U.S. This will be very beneficial for their domestic adoption process. Also, they started a central registry for all the orphanages that allows for all the children to be available throughout the country for adoption. They must be available for domestic adoption only for the first 45 days and then become available for international adoption. Since this is a new process, all the children in the country were put on hold June 1st for 45 days. No adoptions occurred during this time and no updates were given. This hold just ended last week and we are very hopeful for a new update soon.
This process continues to be the hardest decision we have ever made but we continue to be hopeful and eager to become parents. I am close to finishing the entire top portion of my quilt and will post pictures in the next few days. I also plan to keep posting wishes. Thank you so much for all of your support and keep hanging in there with us.
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