Funny Conversation

Today while P and I were swinging we had a conversation about his new baby brother or sister. I told him we needed to think about names, and did he have any ideas. His first name was Lollipop, next came Popcorn, third was Head and then Feet. After many laughs and me reminding him that those weren't really good names, the list only got worse from there, let's just say he is 3 3/4 years old and likes dirt, poop and bugs.
I changed the subject after that. We are still waiting to officially start our paperwork. But, these conversations are priceless!

Waiting and Wanting

We are in a bit of a wait mode, waiting for the official packet from the agency. I have the paperwork templates from our last adoption, but I need the new packet to cross check. We do have our first appointment with our social worker scheduled so the homestudy can get started. This is my very busy time at work, so between that and this there may be some late nights getting everything done.
We have having ongoing conversations with P about the new brother or sister. He is marginally on board, I can't say he is overjoyed, but interested maybe?
This is the P man last week on a mom/son hike.

Application Packet in the mail!

The CSS application packet went out in the mail today. Because of the Labor Day Holiday Weekend we don't expect it to even get opened until September 7th. In other good news we have our first appointment with Kate our social worker on September 14th. We took her first available time because her schedule and ours are so busy in September. I can't wait to get our dossier packet to compare the papers with the last time (Carol at CSS said they weren't much different) and start working on them. The most time consuming part is the home study and getting all the background checks done. I have also started the lists, lists of names, lists of what we need, color cards for a girls room, all those fun things.

Almost there

Well, we are almost finished with the agency application. I need a few signatures from hubby, and one letter from the doctor. SO my hope is that by next Wednesday the paperwork is the the mail. Once the application goes in we should hear from the agency in about a week with our Dossier packet. I have a note on the calendar to call Kate our social worker on Monday and get our first home study appointment. I am much better organized and aware this time around. There is some specific papers that Kate will have to do for us for St. Petersburg, so I will give her that information at our first meeting. I am planning on organizing all the templates this weekend so when it is a go, it will be a quick turn around.j
P is doing great, we are talking a little about the next adoption. We are concentrating on sharing mommy right now. We are also doing lots of cleaning out of the house, getting rid of junk. We are also thinking about the things we need to get and even souvenirs we would like to buy this time.

And so it begins again!

We have been discussing the possibility of adopting again since our third post placement visit in June. We decided this week while out to dinner for our 9th wedding anniversary that it was the right choice for our family. P needs a sibling. Let me qualify that by saying he is going to have to learn to share mommy, and that is not going to be easy. He and I had a conversation in the car the other day that went something like this:

Me: Would you like a little brother or sister?
P: ok
Me: That means you are going to have to share your toys.
P: No, my toys
Me: Well you could share some of them.
P: No, all my toys.

I guess we have some work to do.
We have also had a few conversations with the dogs this week, oh how their lives will change. Mia is just learning to tolerate P touching her, add another youngin into the mixture and I think she might move out.

We have just started our application paperwork for the adoption agency. I am gathering all the necessary bits of information needed.
In the sidebar I will keep a list of the paperchase and milestones.

I hope you enjoy the journey to our second Russian love.