So I warned you all that I may turn this blog into a journal of everyday life while we wait for Zachy. (Which is what my son, Jake, calls him now)
A couple of guys at work were talking outside of my office and the conversation went something like this.
"What do you think about Boeing right now?"
"Bowling. Yea, I like bowling."
The next thing I know 7 of us are headed to the local bowling establishment for a quick 2 game tournament over the lunch hour. I'm proud to announce that I was the "winner take all". I now have 50 extra dollars that I didn't have when I woke up this morning. The funny part was seeing a bunch of guys in their 30's dressed in suits and ties out on the bowling lanes. I'm sure people were wondering what in the world we were doing.
The 50 bucks will come in handy this weekend while I'm at the Husker game on Saturday and the Chiefs game on Sunday. Go Red!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Birthday Boy
Our little Zac is turning 2 years old next week. We really thought that we would have him home by now, so there is some emotion floating around this event. Regardless, Katie and I have decided to have a birthday party for our little guy. (just us, our kids and our parents) Obviously, we'll be missing the "boy of the day"...
Additionally, we found out that our agency is going to attempt to deliver a cake to Zac's orphanage on his birthday. How cool is that? Even bigger than that, they are going to try to capture pictues of him the day of his birthday. The ultimate would be if he got a haircut for his birthday. (I'm quickly stepping up into the role of his father, aren't I? ..... "cut that hair, boy")
Of course, it goes without saying that we'd much rather have him here in person, but if we can't have that, then I'm glad that he'll have something.
Additionally, we found out that our agency is going to attempt to deliver a cake to Zac's orphanage on his birthday. How cool is that? Even bigger than that, they are going to try to capture pictues of him the day of his birthday. The ultimate would be if he got a haircut for his birthday. (I'm quickly stepping up into the role of his father, aren't I? ..... "cut that hair, boy")
Of course, it goes without saying that we'd much rather have him here in person, but if we can't have that, then I'm glad that he'll have something.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Won't give up
Well,
Obviously we had some changes last week. Of course, we are disappointed, but by NO means have we given up hope. To be honest, I'm feeling quite a bit of relief these past few days. I didn't realize how much this "unknown" stuff was weighing on me.
I have seriously considered letting this blog go "dark" for 4 or 5 months until we're back on track with the adoption, but honestly I've grown rather addicted to the process of blogging. I never realized how theraputic it was. Plus, I don't want to disappoint my "fan base". (Anyone? Anyone? Oh yes, thanks mom... send cookies)
Therefore, I have decided to keep it going - BUT I must warn you all that I will most likely deviate from the topic of adoption. It is very likely that this will blog will be evolving into a "life at our house" type of blog. Even scarier, this may be nothing more than a "My thought of the day" blog.
I really wanted this blog to be focused on our adoption process (with the intention of Zac being able to read it someday) BUT I really don't think that I'll be able to come up with a unique and interesting way of saying "we're still waiting" for the next 143 days.
Therefore, welcome to my new blog.
Obviously we had some changes last week. Of course, we are disappointed, but by NO means have we given up hope. To be honest, I'm feeling quite a bit of relief these past few days. I didn't realize how much this "unknown" stuff was weighing on me.
I have seriously considered letting this blog go "dark" for 4 or 5 months until we're back on track with the adoption, but honestly I've grown rather addicted to the process of blogging. I never realized how theraputic it was. Plus, I don't want to disappoint my "fan base". (Anyone? Anyone? Oh yes, thanks mom... send cookies)
Therefore, I have decided to keep it going - BUT I must warn you all that I will most likely deviate from the topic of adoption. It is very likely that this will blog will be evolving into a "life at our house" type of blog. Even scarier, this may be nothing more than a "My thought of the day" blog.
I really wanted this blog to be focused on our adoption process (with the intention of Zac being able to read it someday) BUT I really don't think that I'll be able to come up with a unique and interesting way of saying "we're still waiting" for the next 143 days.
Therefore, welcome to my new blog.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
1 day down
Alright.... sweet..... we made it the first day.
Only 145 days left.
(Don't worry, I'm not going to do this every day)
Only 145 days left.
(Don't worry, I'm not going to do this every day)
Thank you friends
Can I just say that I have the best blog-friends in the world? Before we started our adoption process (and before I started this blog), I would have never guess that I would develop meaningful "cyber-friends". The concept seems silly. Friends via the internet? Who knew?
But these last two days has proved me wrong. I DO have good friends out there. A special thanks goes to Steve and his comments on his blog. An additional thanks goes to Tricia and everything she is going through. It's no secret that this Russian adoption thing is a difficult journey. We've all had our up days and down days.
Thanks for support everyone!
But these last two days has proved me wrong. I DO have good friends out there. A special thanks goes to Steve and his comments on his blog. An additional thanks goes to Tricia and everything she is going through. It's no secret that this Russian adoption thing is a difficult journey. We've all had our up days and down days.
Thanks for support everyone!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
We received the following email today:
Dear Ryan and Katherine,
Unfortunately, I have to inform you that we have bad news for you.
We were informed that your child was put at the account of the Federal Data Bank only on August 28, 2007. It means that the child will be available for adoption only after February 28, 2008 because according to the law, all children left without parental care must be listed at the account of the Federal Data Bank for 6 months, after that they are available for adoption.
As the regional inspector explained us, this problem appeared due to some computer failure that happened when your child’s data was first sent from the Department of Education of Kemerovo Region to Moscow Federal Data Bank.
The only thing that I can guarantee you now is that you child will have a special care during that time and I am sending you new pictures. We will provide you with any information about your child that you want.
Once again, I am very sorry that such unpleasant situation happened to you and you faced this delay.
Hmmm.... believe it or not, one of the many emotions we have is that of relief. I'm not really looking forward to waiting 5 more months, but simply KNOWING that I have wait rather than wondering day by day is somewhat comforting. Additionally, we were able to get a few new updated pictures. Zac is still as cute as ever. (Although, they must not put much value in haircuts in Russia - he's starting to look pretty "shaggy").
I'll keep the posts coming. We're refusing to let this get us down. Life is full of choices and we're going to choose to make the most of these next 5 months. Sulking for 5 months does NO GOOD whatsoever.
Have a Happy Day!!!
Dear Ryan and Katherine,
Unfortunately, I have to inform you that we have bad news for you.
We were informed that your child was put at the account of the Federal Data Bank only on August 28, 2007. It means that the child will be available for adoption only after February 28, 2008 because according to the law, all children left without parental care must be listed at the account of the Federal Data Bank for 6 months, after that they are available for adoption.
As the regional inspector explained us, this problem appeared due to some computer failure that happened when your child’s data was first sent from the Department of Education of Kemerovo Region to Moscow Federal Data Bank.
The only thing that I can guarantee you now is that you child will have a special care during that time and I am sending you new pictures. We will provide you with any information about your child that you want.
Once again, I am very sorry that such unpleasant situation happened to you and you faced this delay.
Hmmm.... believe it or not, one of the many emotions we have is that of relief. I'm not really looking forward to waiting 5 more months, but simply KNOWING that I have wait rather than wondering day by day is somewhat comforting. Additionally, we were able to get a few new updated pictures. Zac is still as cute as ever. (Although, they must not put much value in haircuts in Russia - he's starting to look pretty "shaggy").
I'll keep the posts coming. We're refusing to let this get us down. Life is full of choices and we're going to choose to make the most of these next 5 months. Sulking for 5 months does NO GOOD whatsoever.
Have a Happy Day!!!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Sad News
Well, we heard some sad news from our agency today. After further investigation it seems that Zac was not on the official Russian databank when we received our referral and this is the reason for the delay in getting a court date. There are four other families that all traveled around the same time as us with the same problem. It seems that the regional office sent the paperwork to Moscow about these children before we even received the referral but somewhere between their office and Moscow the children never were officially put on the databank of orphans.
We could ask a million questions that we would never get the answer to and place blame on so many people but that really does no good. The fact of the matter is that Zac has to be on that databank six months before he can be adopted internationally. We hope to find out tomorrow when he was officially put on the databank so that we can estimate when we might go back to get him and bring him home. The scary thing for us is that during this time he could be adopted by a Russian family.
We are trying to remain positive and hopeful. The "good" news in all this is for Zac. If the worst happens and we do not get to adopt him we can be thankful that it was this process that put his name on the databank so that he had a chance at adoption and a family. Of course, we hope that is our family.
We will let you all know when he was placed on the databank. The only other remote possiblity is that maybe because this is happening with all four families they will decide to start his six month wait from the original date that they sent in his documents to Moscow (pretty far fetched).
Thanks for your prayers and support. Please pass our story on to anyone you think might want to know so that we don't have to tell the story over and over again.
We are still going to choose to focus on what we do have, choose to be thankful for it and hope that Zac will still be ours.
We could ask a million questions that we would never get the answer to and place blame on so many people but that really does no good. The fact of the matter is that Zac has to be on that databank six months before he can be adopted internationally. We hope to find out tomorrow when he was officially put on the databank so that we can estimate when we might go back to get him and bring him home. The scary thing for us is that during this time he could be adopted by a Russian family.
We are trying to remain positive and hopeful. The "good" news in all this is for Zac. If the worst happens and we do not get to adopt him we can be thankful that it was this process that put his name on the databank so that he had a chance at adoption and a family. Of course, we hope that is our family.
We will let you all know when he was placed on the databank. The only other remote possiblity is that maybe because this is happening with all four families they will decide to start his six month wait from the original date that they sent in his documents to Moscow (pretty far fetched).
Thanks for your prayers and support. Please pass our story on to anyone you think might want to know so that we don't have to tell the story over and over again.
We are still going to choose to focus on what we do have, choose to be thankful for it and hope that Zac will still be ours.
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