Attachment

I have spent the last month taking a summer class on early childhood development to renew my teaching license.  Little did I know that it would have a huge impact on our adoption.  Every book we've read so far and the trainings we have taken have talked about the importance of attachment with your children and strategies to help this.  Little did I know that my class would also emphasize the importance of attachment.  I'll spare you with the boring details of Attachment Theory by John Bowlby, but attachment is crucial to a child's development and can really hinder them in the future if they do not attach correctly.

So, once we get our children, we may be doing some things with our children that may seem a little drastic to some of you.  But we have the support, recommendation, and encourage from our Case Worker, Family Coordinator, and now my professor. =)

Keep watching, details of our plans for attachment will be posted on this blog once we are closer to getting our babies.

Hello Rwanda

Our dossier is officially in Rwanda!!!  It even arrived early, gotta love FedEx.  Now the real wait begins!!!

DTR (Dossier to Rwanda)

After 7.5 months of paper chasing and multiple bumps in the road, our dossier is finally on its way to Rwanda.  We are so excited and relieved.  Now I get to watch our papers journey to Africa via FedEx tracking.

Still Waiting

We are still waiting for our papers to be done at the embassy.  Surprisingly, I'm really at peace about it.  God's timing is perfect.  Even though I would love to go get our babies right now, that is not what God has planned.  We still have a long wait ahead of us, making that moment we get our children that much more special!

I would like to ask you all to be praying.  There have been some families adopting from Rwanda that have been waiting for quite some time.  Pray for them and the people in Rwanda who process all the paperwork.

Dossier Update

Our dossier has been at the Rwanda Embassy (in Washington D.C.) for 2 weeks now.  I found out today from our family coordinator that it is going to take longer to get our dossier authenticated  at the Rwanda Embassy because they are short staffed right now.  We've hit yet another bump that may make us wait longer, but God's timing is perfect. =)