adoption news
I've gotten in touch with a girl in Guatemala, who's ministry is helping with adoptions. She knows a lot about it and if nothing else she has helped me to feel more at ease with this whole process. It's like I have someone on my side now. Not that I had anyone against me... except time. The US government is putting into effect the Hague something or other, that will eliminate all US adoptions out of Guatemala starting January 2008. So, there's that.
Anyhoo. Melissa has sent me some papers that I can fill out to get me started. I still need to get a job before I can even think about getting the homestudy done. But that will come in due time. Right now, after filling this paperwork out I can get started with the FBI fingerprinting and things like that.
So, the process is starting... but I'm still not in the clear yet. I still could be denied I guess. But the good thing is that if I am NOT denied, this probably means I will have her by January. That's just my guess anyway. I figure since they're cutting off adoptions to the US, they'll get all the ones already in progress pushed through before then!! Or maybe that's just my naive thinking.. either way, I'd rather be optimistic!! I have to be...
I was talking to Gino about it last night, just filling him in on the new news I've gotten. He said, "Speaking of that, when you adopt her are you going to chenge her name?" I have to admit that I hadn't even thought about that. But it is a good question and something I should really think about. Gino does have some say in this, but he doesn't have the final say. But he says he would prefer to change it because Flor de Maria is such a typical Mayan name, to put his words nicely. We actually have a girl's name picked out since forever ago. Virginia Rose. But I've also always wanted to name my daughter after my mother, but in Spanish. Like Susanna Isabel or Isabella Asucena. Of course, there's always my mother's real name, Susan Elizabeth.
But I also wonder if Flor is too old now and if that would confuse her. She's 2 1/2 years old. So....
Poll Should I change Flor's name?
Anyhoo. Melissa has sent me some papers that I can fill out to get me started. I still need to get a job before I can even think about getting the homestudy done. But that will come in due time. Right now, after filling this paperwork out I can get started with the FBI fingerprinting and things like that.
So, the process is starting... but I'm still not in the clear yet. I still could be denied I guess. But the good thing is that if I am NOT denied, this probably means I will have her by January. That's just my guess anyway. I figure since they're cutting off adoptions to the US, they'll get all the ones already in progress pushed through before then!! Or maybe that's just my naive thinking.. either way, I'd rather be optimistic!! I have to be...
I was talking to Gino about it last night, just filling him in on the new news I've gotten. He said, "Speaking of that, when you adopt her are you going to chenge her name?" I have to admit that I hadn't even thought about that. But it is a good question and something I should really think about. Gino does have some say in this, but he doesn't have the final say. But he says he would prefer to change it because Flor de Maria is such a typical Mayan name, to put his words nicely. We actually have a girl's name picked out since forever ago. Virginia Rose. But I've also always wanted to name my daughter after my mother, but in Spanish. Like Susanna Isabel or Isabella Asucena. Of course, there's always my mother's real name, Susan Elizabeth.
But I also wonder if Flor is too old now and if that would confuse her. She's 2 1/2 years old. So....
Poll Should I change Flor's name?