After a spastic trip down a couple of steps and a few other misgivings today I was not in the greatest of moods. Austin was out getting the mail that he forgot to get yesterday so he missed the lovely display of grace. The only thing in the mail was a single letter, from the attorney!! We have a court date for Austin’s adoption! November 30th, 2006 at 10:00am. When I told Austin, he went to the calendar and counted the days, can you believe it? How touching! What a touching sentiment of validation that I am doing the right thing.
Talk about a productive day! We took the Honda in for it’s 30,000 mile service and 6 month oil change, then headed to the Attorney’s office to see what the hubbub was all about.
No court date yet. BM needs to sign more paperwork which is due on the 25th. Having a due date makes me think we will not be losing our spot on the waiting list status. We had to resign the final packet which just needed a couple changes. So please keep us in your thoughts over the next 10 days that all goes well and BM signs the new papers.
We then went to the mall so I could exchange some clothes I bought online. I found a beautiful suit for court and a really pretty sweater to wear with my skirts. They are so pretty, and I can’t wait to wear them since the first time I will wear it, will be to adopt my sweet little boy! I am so glad we got all this stuff out of the way so next week isn’t as busy.
I switched over to beta.blogger.com, I am not sure it will make a difference in how YOU see my blog, but it has a bunch of nifty new things for me… which brings me to announce the birth of a second blog… http://wl4sumnerrain.blogspot.com/
It is set to private, so only those I invite can read it. Since it is not public, I have NO intention of censoring myself, so be warned. If you wish to be added to my allow list, you know the drill… Email Me with your email address so I can send you an invite. Sorry for any inconvenience this adds, but I am in not willing to put myself out there more than I already am.
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I got a call from the school today, the counselor called the mom of the boy who was bullying Austin. The counselor had the date wrong, so the mom was super defensive saying we were lying and such because he was with her all day. The mom said that her son was too small to do anything like that. The average weight of a normal 10 yr old boy is between 60-70 lbs, Austin is the smallest boy in his grade and below the 5th percentile for weight and height (50 lbs) so that is not a far stretch by any means. The counselor is going to call back with the correct dates and the police report and hopefully after talking to the witnesses to see what the mom says THIS time about her precious baby being unable to be a bully .
PARENTS: PLEASE GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND! Any child can be a bully!! Instead of refusing to think that little Johnny or Sally is capable because they are a perfect angel who can do no wrong; listen to the facts and DEAL with it!! Please talk to your kids, do not put anything past them, and deal with the problem instead of thinking your child is too good to be bad! Austin is a GOOD boy, very good, but he has had problems in the past and we worked through it because no child is immune to having behavior problems. Ok, stepping off my soap box now.
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When I was driving to the attorney’s office today I saw a man on a Honda who was trying to look cooler than what he was. He was wearing a helmet and a windbreaker that matched his motorcycle and BRIGHT white shoes (my dad calls them Honda riding boots). I giggled a bit because he was trying to look like a mean biker… Later, I saw him again in the parking lot of Safeway and it reminded me of a comment that Christopher made when he was 6.
Austin and Christopher and I were at the mall where we saw a motorcycle being given away as a prize in a drawing. Chris went up to the gas tank and read the logo, “Hon-da” he read out loud, then said to me “mom, does that Honda want to be a REAL Harley Davidson when it grows up?”
So, today at Safeway I giggle to myself and tell Matthew that when that Honda grows up, it wants to be a REAL Harley and I go on my way shopping. After shopping I was unloading my groceries and looked over and in the spot where the Honda was, and in the same spot was a Harley Davidson motorcycle! I about peed myself laughing, I guess it really DID want to grow up to be a Harley!
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We have some new baby tricks. He climbed INTO the playpen today, the pictures below were after the fact. The playpen, which was resting against the recliner had some toys in it he wanted, so he climbed onto the recliner and then lowered himself into the playpen and then threw out all the toys. Somehow it became my job to save him from the situation he got himself into. *UPDATE* I shot and added pictures of him climbing in, shown below.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Proof My Child is a Monkey, Part One and Two.
He also learned a new word. “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-tiiiiiiiiiiiiii” which is Matthewism for “Austin”. He was standing at the bottom of the stairs calling for Austin to come down. Maybe we yell for the boys too much… oops! He still is not saying more than a half dozen words or coppying what we say, so I will be bringing that up at his 18 month checkup. Christopher was slow to talk too and I just got papers from the school to continue speech therapy. Both were/are tongue tied, but I am not sure how much of a role that plays in it.
It’s official! I am not a hardened criminal and I have the documents to prove it! So this is it, all my paperwork is done and will be turned into the attorney on Monday! Hopefully he will file it promptly and we will get a court date soon! I don’t know how long it will take to:
A) be notified of our court date and
B) how long of backlog there is and how soon they can get us in.
I will update as soon as I know more!
Added a timeline on the side for Austin’s adoption stolen from here. Let me know what you think!
So, Austin’s bio-mom signed the consent for adoption. Once I get my FBI background check back (in 4-6 more weeks) my attorney can file the papers and get my court date! HOPEFULLY by Christmas I will get what I always wanted from Santa, and that is my oldest boy to be my own legal child as long as everything goes smoothly.
I also spoke with Child Support Enforcement today about BM, the new worker said she will do everything in her power to get BM’s case in her last state closed out so she won’t be harassed anymore and threatened for not paying. My home state CSE worker also said that once the adoption is final they can set up a small payment plan with BM so she’s not struggling to pay back her arrears.
So, good news. Hopefully this new plan is one that works best for all parties involved.
Bobby has a new job HR welcomed him to the company and he should have the complete offer (with the pay negotiation complete) by the end of the week. I am tickled pink!!
I have been feeling pretty nauseous the last 3-4 days so I have not been updating that much not sure if I am coming down with something or if its stress (I think its the latter).
So, rumor has it Bobby should be getting a job offer this week. HR called him this morning and I am waiting on him to call me and tell me what he knows. This job would be here in town in the company he wanted replacing the person who got the job in Texas he interviewed with. I am not counting my chickens yet, but I willupdate once he gets the offer.
Bobby started college today, he is taking two easy shmeasy IT classes this term to get into the swing of things, I am so proud of him!
Next month I am going to Washington for a few weeks to visit friends and family. It will be Matthew’s first flight.
Ok, the news I could not mention in my earlier post…
I am an auntie again! I will not go into the nitty gritty of it all since its complicated or post pictures since she’s my sister’s child, not mine, but she is BEAUTIFUL and her name is 0livia and I just cannot wait to hold her in my arms!!
The biggest news of all. We have retained an Attorney, I am adopting Austin!! We are all very excited! Austin is very happy (yet sad too, which is expected) and told me the other day he cannot wait until the adoption is final. I have already gotten my fingerprinting done, I just need to go get some money orders, a notary and head to the post office for my background check.
Anyways, that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
