Saturday, May 9, 2009

No More Posts About Sleep...Did I Speak TOo SOon?

After posting my blog entry last night about all of LIlly's progress on the sleep front, we had a terrible night last night. We attended a farewell dinner for TOm's commander at a beachside restaurant, and it got to be a late night for Lilly (and a late dinner time...she was hungry). There were LOTS of people there, all eager to say hi and give Lilly a smile. Lilly was, to say the least, completely overwhelmed. She also has arunny nose and a nasty cough.

So, sleeping last night was sparse. She was up at least every hour (sometimes more than once each hour) between 10pm and 3am, then up for good at 7am. It was apparent that she was having some night terrors again. She was also having trouble sleeping because of her cough, so I finaly gave her some cough medicine around 3am.

I am so tired today. Back to feeling like a zombie, wondering if life will ever seem normal, and lacking energy to complete much of anything. Yuck.

So, praying that tonight will be better, that Lilly's day today (which might involve going to a birthday party for a little 1-year-old friend of ours) will not overwhelm her, and that her cold symptoms will clear up quickly.

No longer will I be posting about her great sleep habits...it seems to backfire! :)
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2 comments:

Nili said...

i thought the same thing about posting Ren's good nights...kinda like a jinx. but with all things i keep telling myself this to shall pass. hang in there Amy you are doing a wonderful job!!

May 9, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Traci Brunner said...

A step or two back is nothing compared to all that you have accomplished in such a shot time. One day you won't even remember all these sleep issues. :) You are handling things in such a remarkable manor that I have faith it will all work out.
Think positive!!

May 10, 2009 at 5:39 PM

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Why Adoption? Why China?

I'm sure that many of you, when you learned that Tom and I were pursuing adoption of a little girl from China, wondered "why?!" We may have taken some of you by surprise, and we thought it might be nice to share some of our thinking about this journey we are undertaking.

Adoption is something that, even from the earliest years of our marriage, we talked about as "maybe someday." The idea of adoption is appealing to us for many reasons. As Christians, we are adopted by God as his children through faith in Jesus. Adoption allows us to provide a child with the needed love, warmth, and financial resources we have been blessed with as a family. Finally, adoption allows us to add to our family at a time when our biological children are old enough to be more self-sufficient, and we are in a position financially to be able to welcome a child into our family in this way. What we hope to gain is an additional family member to love and learn from, and an opportunity to share the joy and love of our family.

We recognize that an adoption will bring unique parenting challenges to our family--especially since we are considering a child with special needs--and it is likely to put unique stresses on our family in a variety of ways. We are grateful for Tom's medical knowledge and for the great medical coverage we get through Tom's Air Force career, and we look forward to providing a forever family for a child whose medical needs might make it more difficult for another family to take on.

Finally, why China? My love for China, the Chinese language, and the Chinese people made China the natural choice. It was never really even a consideration whether to go with a domestic adoption or international; China was simply the natural choice that we immediately pursued, especially since there are so many children in China that need a forever family.

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Our Adoption Timeline

  • Travel Dates--11-26 March
  • Swearing In Ceremony at Consulate--25 March (Lilly's 3rd Birthday!)
  • Consulate Appointment (CA)--24 March
  • Travel Approval (TA)--19 February 2009
  • Received Letter of Approval (LOA)--22 January 2009
  • Received Pre-Approval (PA)--25 November
  • Submitted Letter of Intent (LOI) to adopt An Xiao Xue, soon to be named Lillian Joy Xiao Xue, 1 November (logged in at CCAA 21 November)
  • Referral Call from CCAI asking us to consider An Xiao Xue's profile--31 October
  • Dossier Log-in-Date (LID) 3 July 2008
  • Dossier to China (DTC)--June 27 2008
  • Dossier Submitted to CCAI--June 2008
  • Fingerprinted at USCIS Jacksonville--April 2008
  • Application Approval ("We're Pregnant!") January 2008
  • Submitted Adoption Application and 3 References--December 2007
  • Requested Application from Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI) --November 2007
  • Decided to Investigate Agencies--October 2007