Lillisms for the summer
Me: Lily Grace, this room better be clean by the time your daddy gets home or he will not be happy!
Lily: I don't want to clean my room! Mia made the mess! (probably true but no proof to back it up)
Me: well I'm sorry but it has to be cleaned.
Lily: why?!!!!
Me: because I said so!
Lily: well I say it doesn't have to be cleaned! there! ( with hands on hips) I said so!!
Me: I'm the mother and you are the child!
Lily: well, I still said so!
Lily: Momma are there roads in Heaven?
Me: yes I think so
Lily: are there cars?
Me: probably not, I don't think God likes pollution.
Lily: will there be McDonalds?
Me: uh no but the food there will be much better than McDonalds and better for you
Lily: (indignant) well what kind of place doesn't have a McDonalds?
There and Back Again: The Rhoden's Bulgarian Adoption
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Officially Registered!!!!
We heard from TOL yesterday that we are officially registered in Bulgaria.
Our official registration date is April 19, 2011. However, the Bulgarian MOJ has had our dossier in hand since February.
So, we are registered. What does that mean? It means they have approved our dossier and we are waiting on a referral. It could be a year or two before we have a referral, but we will have to keep everything (paperwork) up to date. We will have to renew FBI clearance letters soon. I have the fingerprints in hand so it's a matter of sending them off. Both times we have done this our clearance letters have come back within 10 weeks.
We will have to have physicals done every 6 months as well. And in December, Bethany will have to do an updated home study. (They are only good for 12 months)
Luckily we don't have to do much more than that.
But now is the real waiting...
Hey at least we know we're registered!
Please pray for us and most importantly for patience. We are not patient people.
Lily just finished her first year of Jr. K and was given the "Eager" Award for her character award. She gets it honestly.
Our official registration date is April 19, 2011. However, the Bulgarian MOJ has had our dossier in hand since February.
So, we are registered. What does that mean? It means they have approved our dossier and we are waiting on a referral. It could be a year or two before we have a referral, but we will have to keep everything (paperwork) up to date. We will have to renew FBI clearance letters soon. I have the fingerprints in hand so it's a matter of sending them off. Both times we have done this our clearance letters have come back within 10 weeks.
We will have to have physicals done every 6 months as well. And in December, Bethany will have to do an updated home study. (They are only good for 12 months)
Luckily we don't have to do much more than that.
But now is the real waiting...
Hey at least we know we're registered!
Please pray for us and most importantly for patience. We are not patient people.
Lily just finished her first year of Jr. K and was given the "Eager" Award for her character award. She gets it honestly.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sorry so long...
Well I assume you know that nothing has happened.
We did have a bureaucratic set back: As we were supposed to be registered in January, we received word that Bulgaria was requiring another document to be signed, notarized, notarized, and apostilled. This of course took a month to do and get sent. Being that it was the same document we had already agreed to, signed, notarized, notarized, and apostilled, just in another form, we were not happy.
So, technically, we do not know if we are registered (officially). Waiting to hear back from our agency on that.
In other news:
Lily turned 5 in March.
Mia had tubes put in her ears in March.
Garry has started his own law firm.
I am seeing our associate pastor for grief counseling.
Huh...what else...
Wow, when you list it like that your life looks pretty boring.
OH, Lily is signed up for swim lessons this summer and
...Patton (the dog) just ate a mesh bag with red doll hair..then threw it back up...
no that's not a typo.
Gotta go
We did have a bureaucratic set back: As we were supposed to be registered in January, we received word that Bulgaria was requiring another document to be signed, notarized, notarized, and apostilled. This of course took a month to do and get sent. Being that it was the same document we had already agreed to, signed, notarized, notarized, and apostilled, just in another form, we were not happy.
So, technically, we do not know if we are registered (officially). Waiting to hear back from our agency on that.
In other news:
Lily turned 5 in March.
Mia had tubes put in her ears in March.
Garry has started his own law firm.
I am seeing our associate pastor for grief counseling.
Huh...what else...
Wow, when you list it like that your life looks pretty boring.
OH, Lily is signed up for swim lessons this summer and
...Patton (the dog) just ate a mesh bag with red doll hair..then threw it back up...
no that's not a typo.
Gotta go
Monday, January 3, 2011
Let the games begin...
or the waiting...So now, we wait. By January 27, we will be officially registered and then we just wait...and wait...and wait...
Hopefully I don't have to add another wait to that...
But good news is...we have a name
Lily named her brother Sam (Samuel).
She said it was after Nana's cat, but we won't tell him that. But he has a name. So that's good. We don't just call him "the boy" or "your brother" or "our son".
It's nice to have a name; Well unless your Eugene, or Burchell, or anything along those lines that will get you stuffed into a trash can or toilet as soon as you enter junior high.
Hopefully I don't have to add another wait to that...
But good news is...we have a name
Lily named her brother Sam (Samuel).
She said it was after Nana's cat, but we won't tell him that. But he has a name. So that's good. We don't just call him "the boy" or "your brother" or "our son".
It's nice to have a name; Well unless your Eugene, or Burchell, or anything along those lines that will get you stuffed into a trash can or toilet as soon as you enter junior high.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
In Translation
So our dossier is in the process of translation. I can only imagine how exhausting the ordeal of translating English into Bulgarian is. Wow.
We've been told this could take some time (4-6 weeks) and when it is complete we will be sent off to the Ministry to be registered. Once registered it could be any time. We highly doubt we will receive a referral before this summer. Maybe we will be surprised but I doubt it.
Lily has named her brother. She is calling him by this name. I really like the name, Garry does not. He seems to always find a way to make fun of the name (just as boys will do with all boy names, simply because they are boys) I've told Garry no matter the name we choose, our son's friends will find a way to tease him for his name. There is no 'nickname-proof' name for a guy.
We've been told this could take some time (4-6 weeks) and when it is complete we will be sent off to the Ministry to be registered. Once registered it could be any time. We highly doubt we will receive a referral before this summer. Maybe we will be surprised but I doubt it.
Lily has named her brother. She is calling him by this name. I really like the name, Garry does not. He seems to always find a way to make fun of the name (just as boys will do with all boy names, simply because they are boys) I've told Garry no matter the name we choose, our son's friends will find a way to tease him for his name. There is no 'nickname-proof' name for a guy.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Waiting game begins...
So our dossier was shipped off to Bulgaria 2 weeks ago. We're still waiting to hear if they received it. But while we wait there are plenty of things to do here.
Thanksgiving was ok. Different, but ok. Pop and the Polks were here in Memphis and the kids enjoyed their time playing together. Paige attempted her first turkey and was successful...even if we had no idea what was inside the turkey. The boys played video games or watched football while we cooked up a storm.
The dinner table was hard. If mom were here we would have sat at the table for hours and talked, munching on the food and going back to munch some more. That will be something I miss terribly.
We have the knowledge that nothing will ever be like it was when Momma was here but that knowledge is still head knowledge and not heart. Holidays will be tough. I'm almost ashamed to say that I am dreading Christmas. In one ear I have God telling me I shouldn't dread it and I'm promptly yelling back (in my head, of course) smart remarks like "Well, you shouldn't have taken my momma!"
It's normal, luckily. Of course, I've never been considered totally normal anyway so why should I try to be now.
Lily and Mia have started gymnastics and both enjoy the exercise. I get to "help" assist Mia in her class and she's so funny because she pushes my hands away. "No momma, No," she says. Funny thing.
OH and Lily's favorite saying "Shake your Booty" has become her sister's as well.. Mia says "Sake you OOty" though...
Thanksgiving was ok. Different, but ok. Pop and the Polks were here in Memphis and the kids enjoyed their time playing together. Paige attempted her first turkey and was successful...even if we had no idea what was inside the turkey. The boys played video games or watched football while we cooked up a storm.
The dinner table was hard. If mom were here we would have sat at the table for hours and talked, munching on the food and going back to munch some more. That will be something I miss terribly.
We have the knowledge that nothing will ever be like it was when Momma was here but that knowledge is still head knowledge and not heart. Holidays will be tough. I'm almost ashamed to say that I am dreading Christmas. In one ear I have God telling me I shouldn't dread it and I'm promptly yelling back (in my head, of course) smart remarks like "Well, you shouldn't have taken my momma!"
It's normal, luckily. Of course, I've never been considered totally normal anyway so why should I try to be now.
Lily and Mia have started gymnastics and both enjoy the exercise. I get to "help" assist Mia in her class and she's so funny because she pushes my hands away. "No momma, No," she says. Funny thing.
OH and Lily's favorite saying "Shake your Booty" has become her sister's as well.. Mia says "Sake you OOty" though...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
FBI Clearance
Just waiting on the FBI Clearance Letter to come back. It's been 10 weeks. If it's not back next week, they will be getting a call from a friend of Garry's. Ha.
Everything else is sent away to our agency. Oh wait, not the marriage license, but we will send that off tomorrow.
The girls have both been sick with croup and ear infections so we've stayed around the house a bit more than usual. And the time change has throw us all for a loop...9 o'clock rolls around and I can barely keep my eyes open.
Everything else is sent away to our agency. Oh wait, not the marriage license, but we will send that off tomorrow.
The girls have both been sick with croup and ear infections so we've stayed around the house a bit more than usual. And the time change has throw us all for a loop...9 o'clock rolls around and I can barely keep my eyes open.
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