Tuesday, March 23, 2010

6 month post placement visit + more







Tonight we had our first post placement visit since Gotcha Day. It was a few questions, a home visit and filling out a couple of forms. Not a big deal at all after going through the initial process. This report needs to be in Russia fairly soon so our two agencies will work on this over the next couple of weeks and send it to Russia.

We are still struggling with getting a SS# for Jackson. Since the local SS office is making me feel (very) angry, Bill and Jackson will go down there in person tomorrow and try to work everything out. Keep your fingers crossed.

In other news, we were visited by Carolyn, Jeff and Emily last weekend. Emily turned 3 years old, so we had a bit of cake and just enjoyed each others company. As you see in the pictures, Emily is a pro at blowing out candles. Also, since Jack never had a 1 year old birthday party, we sang to him and he blew out a candle and got a little messy as well. The kids really enjoyed each others company. They were always holding hands and playing together. It was really cute. I wish they lived closer so we could be with them more often.

We also recently conducted a birth family search for Jack's biological family. The search was successful and we now have photos of his parents and siblings. I feel that this will be a true gift for Jackson as he gets older and explores who he is. Other than photos, we do not have a lot of information because the searcher is in process of moving out of the region. As a side note, Jack's biological Mother looks a lot like me, and the similarities in our features are very surprising. I guess this is why everyone thinks that Jackson looks a lot like me. Pretty cool really.

8 comments:

  1. Jack gets cuter and cuter with every new post!!! :) 6 months already...boy time sure flies! We are getting ready to try getting a SS# for Matt....hope we have better luck than you guys have had!!! Keep the posts coming...love to see new pics and progress Jack is making!!

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  2. It's already been 6 months?
    Yours is one of my very favorite blogs...you helped ease my mind a lot as we went through Aubree's adoption. Glad you continue to post pictures too!
    Interested in that birth family search...would like to know more just in case.

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  3. I love reading your blog and Jack is just so precious.

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  4. Jack is so darn cute! Sorry about this whole social security number business. Hope it gets resolved soon! Can you belive it? Six months! It seems like only yesterday! Miss you guys lots!

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  5. WOW time flies! Jack is beyond cute and I just can't believe that is the same little boy you brought home! AMAZING! Thank you for your support and info on strabismus... we already have an appt. for cupcake with a pediatric ophthalmologist 2 days after we get back.

    We have been discussing a birth family search and recently saw a post on FRUA about the Vlad searcher moving out of the region. Glad he was successful for you ~ that info is definitely a gift for your son.

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  6. Man he is a gorgeous boy!! loving the pics! 6 months flies by doesn't it??

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  7. good luck with the SS we had problem too it all depend who you have. After the second lady we had no problem as they are entitle of it without the passport

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  8. Could I ask how you went about finding a person to discover your son's birth family? We are thinking about it for our son (also from Vlad). Thanks

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