So much has happened since I last got to blog, I have thought about blogging and WANTING to write so much in the last 9 weeks, and honestly it has all been a little crazy.
Here is a quick recap and my plan for the blog moving forward:
Oct 29, 2012- I flew to Ethiopia without a Court decree in the hopes that I would land and be able to take custody of the kids on Nov 1.
Oct 30, 2012- I landed and received word we HAD OUR COURT DECREE!! Two more Huff's had officially joined our family. The plan was for me to do three visits to the orphanage and then take custody on Nov 1. The purpose of this was that the social worker here in the states thought a gradual transition for the kids would be better than just taking them right away... so on Oct 30 I went to the orphanage to be reunited with my babies after 11 months of being separated. PLANS TO RECAP THIS LATER ON
Oct 31, 2012- After a long sleepless night, I made the decision to take the kids from the orphanage and NOT do the gradual transition. WE LEFT TOGETHER BEFORE LUNCH!
After much drama with USCIS, we finally cleared Embassy the day after Thanksgiving, along with Ricky who had joined me in Ethiopia a week before, we left for the US on Black Friday =)
We have now been home 4 1/2 weeks. We have had a multitude of company the last week, celebrated Christmas for the first time as a whole family and had much time to bond.
Here is what I have learned: Things never go as you expect. I want to elaborate more on this, and I will. I have been keeping a list in my head of the things I want to blog about. Things that I think every adoptive parent should know. Things I wish the world around us knew about adoption. Things I need to processes through.
So in short here is the plan for 2013 and this blog...
I want to recap our time in Ethiopia (complete with pictures and some of my thoughts and the people we met).
I want to touch on a few topics of things I am processes through as an adoptive parent... like how the entire world does not see this adoption the same way I do.
I want to touch on some things I wish the world around me knew about adoption in general... but this one might take some time.. because I need to pray about how to deliver some of what I am wanting to say.
I left my computer cord at the office, to which I haven't been to in a while... like 3 months... and so I am using Ricky's until I can figure it out on the ipad... blog posts might be few and far between, but I want to get it all down. I want to remember these moments and have something to look back at in a year, two years and three years.
As I am writing, Ricky tells me he gets an email notification every-time I post a blog... something wigs me out about having my own husband read this... GET OVER IT B!!
Here is a quick recap and my plan for the blog moving forward:
Oct 29, 2012- I flew to Ethiopia without a Court decree in the hopes that I would land and be able to take custody of the kids on Nov 1.
Oct 30, 2012- I landed and received word we HAD OUR COURT DECREE!! Two more Huff's had officially joined our family. The plan was for me to do three visits to the orphanage and then take custody on Nov 1. The purpose of this was that the social worker here in the states thought a gradual transition for the kids would be better than just taking them right away... so on Oct 30 I went to the orphanage to be reunited with my babies after 11 months of being separated. PLANS TO RECAP THIS LATER ON
Oct 31, 2012- After a long sleepless night, I made the decision to take the kids from the orphanage and NOT do the gradual transition. WE LEFT TOGETHER BEFORE LUNCH!
After much drama with USCIS, we finally cleared Embassy the day after Thanksgiving, along with Ricky who had joined me in Ethiopia a week before, we left for the US on Black Friday =)
We have now been home 4 1/2 weeks. We have had a multitude of company the last week, celebrated Christmas for the first time as a whole family and had much time to bond.
Here is what I have learned: Things never go as you expect. I want to elaborate more on this, and I will. I have been keeping a list in my head of the things I want to blog about. Things that I think every adoptive parent should know. Things I wish the world around us knew about adoption. Things I need to processes through.
So in short here is the plan for 2013 and this blog...
I want to recap our time in Ethiopia (complete with pictures and some of my thoughts and the people we met).
I want to touch on a few topics of things I am processes through as an adoptive parent... like how the entire world does not see this adoption the same way I do.
I want to touch on some things I wish the world around me knew about adoption in general... but this one might take some time.. because I need to pray about how to deliver some of what I am wanting to say.
I left my computer cord at the office, to which I haven't been to in a while... like 3 months... and so I am using Ricky's until I can figure it out on the ipad... blog posts might be few and far between, but I want to get it all down. I want to remember these moments and have something to look back at in a year, two years and three years.
