tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24583483507627784922012-02-16T08:16:23.271-06:00MaisyThe Root'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09358595277188863296noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458348350762778492.post-74587486952851346002010-01-06T23:15:00.001-06:002010-01-06T23:15:55.335-06:00

I stole the title of this entry from a song by Faith Hill, I think it's Faith Hill, anyway, it's a Christmas song and if you haven't heard it---you should.  Obviously we are back from China.  China was beyond description.  Maisy is a miracle.  I love her so much that if I contemplate it for too long, it takes my breath away.  She has always been mine.  I truly believe that before time began, God

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This time tomorrow we will have been in the sky for 10 minutes, if our plane takes off on time, that is.  We are packed, unpacked and repacked.  I have determined that if Ben takes one pair of pants and a toothbrush, I can take a lot more stuff!!!  We have packed everything from batteries to cheerios.  We've also packed oodles and gobs of power bars (odwalla--they're pretty darn good), dried

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Today our pastor preached a sermon about how Joseph named his first son Manasseh because it means "The Lord causes me to forget."  With Manasseh's birth Joseph was able to forget, through God's grace and mercy, the hate that Joseph's brothers had for him, his being sold as a slave to a caravan, being taken to Egypt, and being wrongfully accused and then imprisoned.  With the birth of a child, God

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Last Thursday we mailed our passports (gasp, choke, not in the least bit easy, Kids) to Great Wall so that they could mail them and the ever present paperwork to the Chinese consulate in Houston.  I've been counquered by the suprise fee monster.  I held out for as long as I could but now, if anybody says the word "adoption" to me I just hand them money.  Please, don't try it.  I have no defenses

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All three of you,(okay, four counting my new pal, Robyn) already knew that we were on the WC List and that Maisy would have some sort of special little thing goin' on....but, for those of you who are new to this here blog, it's called a nevus.  It's like a mole, only bigger.  Sometimes, if a nevus is not removed it can become cancerous.  We already have a doctor here in OKC prepared to remove

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Here she is, our long awaited baby girl.  Maisy currently weighs about 18 pounds and can stand for a moment by herself.  She will be about 10.5 months old when we finally get to hold her in China.  She's all we've dreamed of.  Thank you, God. Love, Amy

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Today we received approval for our adoption.  I feel like shouting it from the rooftop---if only I could haul my rear up there!!  We weren't expecting our approval until the end of October.  Again,  The Great I AM has sped things up.  I had been praying that we would be able to hold Maisy before she turned 1 year old.  Now we will be doing just that.  We are slated to travel around November 1. 

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Maisy's SWI sent us pictures taken the day before.  That was seriously nice.  We got several pictures and an update on her growth.  She is brilliant, social, beautiful and very loved.  In one of her pictures her Auntie is holding her.  Maybe I will get to meet this lady and maybe I won't, but I will be eternally grateful to her for the care and compassion she has shown my daughter.  Maisy already

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Clearly, a word one is castigated for using in law school (check me out Professor C. "clearly, clearly, clearly...) my daughter is the most beautiful and important baby in China.  I know this because we already have our Pre-Approval.  Oh sure, most of the time it takes 2 to 4 weeks to get the PA, but the CCAA must know that our Maisy is a princess, so, we got ours in 4 business days.  Can't beat

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I was going to try and fake people out that this post was no big deal....COULD NOT DO IT!!!  We got our referral and have already sent in our LOI (letter of intent) and are waiting for our Pre-Approval!!!  I can't post a pic or any identifying information until we get the pre-approval but---know this---she is one cute muffin.  She is 9 months old and just perfect.  Last night Ben and I sent all

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Nothing has happened.  This post is obligatory---I try to post  once a month----but if anything really exciting had happened all 3 of you would have known by now :-)       Last night I was checking my e-mail with Abby looking over my shoulder.  I had ordered a rug from Wal-Mart.Com and had it delivered Site to Store.  So, I get the e-mail that my order is in and I can go pick it up.  I told Abby

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Okay, I'm not apologizing for not blogging for such a dang long time----I've really thought about doing it----I just haven't done it. Kind of like exercising or going to bed early or charging my phone----I mean well, but, it just hasn't worked out. So, here goes, anyway. We went to the picnic with our regional adoption group and had a really good time. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not

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Okay, It's been a while since I've posted.  I have no excuse to give ya----I just haven't done it.  I cannot even remember some of the stuff I said I'd post about in this post from the last post-----Here goes!   Bobby and Poppy (my dad) went turkey hunting over the Easter break.  That seems funny to me, but anyway, Bobby killed a turkey and I was obligated to cook it.  Those of you who know me

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I know it's been some time since I have posted to this here blog----but the three of you have other things to do anyway.  I'm not that exciting Kids.  However, it is exciting (at least to me) that I have left Eagle Ridge Institute, flown the coop, ditched the nest, took to the skys...whatever....I'm outta there.  I spent 33 months at ERI.  I left in God's time by and through His provision and I

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Hmmm...I guess this is the month for timing things.  On March 23rd we marked our 2nd year of being in the adoption process.  On the 17th we marked LID month number 15.  I recently went into Maisy's closet to look at her clothes and found stuff I'd forgotten that I purchased.  I really do have good taste!!   A bit of housekeeping before I forget---The site where Ben and I discovered some seriously

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Spring Break is drawing to a close and I figured it was time to update all 3 of you (You know who you are:) ) regarding the latest news around the Root hacienda.    For starters, far be it from me to relax, or allow anyone else to do so, when there is cleaning to be done!!  I cleaned the inside of the windows and Ben cleaned the outside.  He got a brand new squeegee just for that purpose!  Hey,

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I spent the day with my daughter doing everything she wanted to do.  "How is that different from any other day" you may ask.  It isn't.  I would be kidding myself to think or state otherwise.  I value honesty too much to try and hide the truth.  I did learn several things today however.  Allow me to share: 1.) My dad (aka "Papa") has been abducted by aliens.  My mom ("Yaya") probably has been,

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I meant to write this post the day before Valentines Day. I didn't make it.  We had a nice little holiday.  Ben got me a dozen pink roses, a box of my favorite candy, a cookie cake, and two cards, one of which plays a Chicago classic.  We have reached that age where we embarass our kids for kicks and they fall for it every time---SHEER GREATNESS!!  All we have to do is kiss or do some of our 1980

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I woke up this morning annoyed and determined to vent the reason for said annoyance on this blog.  I was pretty convinced that I was fueled by righteous indignation (not jealousy, frustration, sadness or impatience-----yeah, right).  See, this entire blog was going to be concerned with my feelings regarding those who already have two or three children adopted from China and are currently in the

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Well, the rumors proved true.  The CCAA referred only two days this time around.  Folks with LIDs of 3/1/06 and 3/2/06 received pictures of their babies.  They will most likely travel to China in 4 to 6 weeks.  Hurrah!!! for all of those families even though this was a sickeningly small referral group.  On the other hand (isn't there always another hand?) the CCAA has referred three times in 6.5

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I genuinely needed new furniture.  Our green sofa had suffered through eleven years of kids, snacks, pets, spills, maybe the occasional diaper change and multitudinous other stuff---so the logical thing to do was get another one.  We went to Bob Mills Furniture (no longer the "Working Man's Friend" like he was in the early 90s---now he's your "Home's Best Friend".  My home doesn't need a "best

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We have been LID for 13 months now. It is better than having been LID for only 3 months, but the distance to Gotcha Day seems about the same---the wait is still LONG. Sometimes I feel as though Chinese adoption is just an urban legend---something I "believe in" but can't really say I've ever seen or experienced. I guess that's the reason I'm a blog stalker...I have to know that somewhere out

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Christmas is many things to many people. For some it is a source of stress…picking the perfect gift, making the perfect meal, getting it all done and slapping on a bow…. For some folks it is a sad time because it reminds them of deficits–in love, forgiveness, finances or hope. For some people it is a time to gather family and friends and try to put aside the stress and commercialism and

The Root'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09358595277188863296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458348350762778492.post-101409418654371512008-11-19T14:42:00.000-06:002009-01-12T14:43:06.075-06:00

My favorite Peanuts character is Rerun. Rerun is a baby and he just rides around on the back of his mom’s bike delivering words (or thoughts) of wisdom. Rerun can go all day and never have his feet hit the ground, but the problem is that his mom frequently crashes the bike into trees and other such stationary objects. I feel like Rerun in this adoption process. The CCAA is pedaling the bike

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We are approaching the nine month waiting mark and I’m not sure how I feel about that. It’s better than approaching the one month waiting mark, at least!We have been busy this past month enjoying watching the Olympics from Beijing and cheering on the Americans (okay, and the Chinese) and, by order of Abby, standing up every time we hear the National Anthem. Turns out, Abby is a huge fan of the

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Hmmm….If I were giving birth to Maisy I would be approaching the shining moment–just a little trip on a gurney and some stitches in the old gut instead of months of wondering and a veritable hole in my heart…such is the adoption process. Would I change anything? Pick another country? Just “get over it and be happy?” Absolutely not. Our daughter is in China and in God’s time we will go get

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As of June 17, 2008 we have been LID for six months!! I do hate waiting, and even more than that I hate hearing about long wait times and/or the possibility of wait times getting even longer. But what I hate the most is hearing people WHINE. Bringing children into the world is not easy–I don’t care how you do it. People have asked me, “Why China, doesn’t it take FOREVER?” First of all–Maisy

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Happy (actual) Easter! We just got home from our wonderful holiday in Lawton with Laura, John and the little muffins. My great sister had a super lunch fixed and had a fairy princess birthday cake for Moi! Admit it–we all have an inner princess. I just like to let mine out more often than most. The kids played in the moon bounce and enjoyed the bubble machine and you couldn’t take two steps

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I have a sneaking suspicion that about two people read this blog, otherwise it’s just me rambling on for my own edification… . Anyway, happy Easter! I love Easter, mostly because it is a celebration of the Resurrection and the Salvation offered by my Lord and Savior to me and the rest of mankind every single day. Can you imagine Mary Magdalene in the garden weeping; being confronted by the man

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Our regional representative with Great Wall, Paige, told me that most people who want to adopt have thought about it for so long that once they make the committment they’re ready for it to have happened yesterday. We are no different. Waiting is so hard for us–I can just imagine holding Maisy for the first time and it feels as though my heart is going to tear in half. In the midst of all of

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After last weeks emotional and physical doldrums I am back with a vengeance!! According to my doctor I am amazing, brilliant and going to live forever. I might have exaggerated a little bit–but not much and I’ll leave it to you to figure out where I tweaked the truth!As everyone knows I have sworn off looking for info. regarding Chinese adoptions and the CCAA wait time from anywhere except our

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Happy Year of the Rat Everybody!! I began this exciting year with a monster stomach flu. From Wednesday afternoon until Sunday at noon is pretty much a drug and dehydration induced blur. I put enough clothes on to go to the doctor on Friday. He promptly gave me 2 big ol’ shots of phenegran and tried to get an iv started. After four attempts everybody gave up. I was too dehydrated and the

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I’m not sure where I’m going with this particular post, so here goes… .I must say (to toot my own proverbial horn), I am an awesome aunt. My nephews, Aidan, Zachary and Brody, collect and love all things MICKEY MOUSE. This love includes all of Mickey’s friends–and therein lies the problem. You see, they had Mickey and Minnie, Goofy and Pluto, Donald and NO DAISY!!!!!!!!!!! That’s right those

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Oh yes, You know it! We got our Log in Date today. It is December 17, 2007. Our dossier is now either being translated into Mandarin or has already been translated and is in Review (now wouldn’t that be something!)!! We will be able to track the progress of our LID group through the process by e-mail. Good thing I’m so incredibly technological.I am so full of praise for the Lord. We are

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It has been a wonderful Christmas at our house! Bobby received the new bike that he “just knew” he wasn’t going to get and Abby has kept her new kareoke machine HOT! Her daddy is also quite the kareoke singer–we have pics to prove it. We had a lovely time at home on Christmas day and then celebrated again with my sister, her family and our parents at Laura’s and John’s the next day. Laura and

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No, I’m not asking anyone to be quiet…LID stands for “Log in Date.” Our LID will be the day that our dossier is registered in China. Our DTC was December 14, 2007–very memorable. We are now in the referral stage of our adoption and will miss our sweet Diedra who knew just what to say when I was depressed or discouraged. She even called and let me bawl when I didn’t think we could make it

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Here’s a little update for everyone! We heard from our wonderful dossier specialist, Diedra Connolly at Great Wall China Adoption and she had some wonderful news. Our I-171H and our home study have been certified by the Oklahoma Secretary of State and have been taken by courier through the consulate in Houston so, (prepare for all caps) ON DECEMBER 14TH OUR DOSSIER WILL GO TO CHINA!!! We will

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TAH DAH!! The I171H arrived on our 12th wedding anniversary. My sweet husband bought me a spa day for our anniversary and then picked me up in my car (which he had washed) and handed me a big anniversary card. My first thought was “hmmm…this card is thick, I wonder if there’s money in it (a strange anniversary gift but who am I to turn down cash–even from my beloved) and then I opened it! All

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Well, the FBI has not contacted me to inform me that my fingerprints were not “readable” so that means I just slid right on through!! Ben got an e-mail from USCIS today saying they do not need any additional information or documents from us so we should just wait for our I171H. From the time that USCIS has all documentation until we receive our I171H is approximately 60 days. Our 60 days

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I should buy stock in lotion because I sure have used a lot of it. Bright and early on the morning of Sept. 29th I was removing my sandals and watch under the careful scrutiny of the USCIS security guards. They remembered me as the woman with the insulin pump and so refrained from “wanding” me this time (not a fun experience in case you are wondering). I went through the usual process of form

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This is the second time I’ve typed this post. It is very difficult to be as technologically inept as myself–don’t try it at home.Ben and I went to CIS and were fingerprinted on the 18th of Aug. Last week we found out that my prints were rejected by the FBI because they were “unreadable”. When I had the prints done on the computer the technician told me that because I handle so much paper and have

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Not without an appointment anyway! We have received a letter from our regional office of the USCIS saying that they had received our I600A and that we would soon receive our appointments for fingerprinting. We have been warned NOT to attempt to reschedule these appointments otherwise we may get moved to the end of the line. We do not want that to happen! USCIS said that processing time for the

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Well, today Earlene came by and dropped off our official notarized home study; exactly what we needed to send off the I600A to CIS. We checked the CIS website and it doesn’t look like they are moving very quickly since they are currently processing orphan petitions that were received on March 15th of this year. That doesn’t seem like a long time unless you are really bad at waiting like yours

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Well, Maisy has more clothes! I have become addicted to buying baby clothes and baby stuff. I just cannot walk past little nightgowns with bunny mittens attached (even if Aunt Laura does say Maisy will hate them and she is going to cut them off). We even have bunny slippers now!We are doing the nursery in Beatrix Potter so there are plenty of bunnies around there too. Ben has bought Maisy her

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Well, our home study has been approved by our agency office in China. This means that as soon as we receive our notarized copies of the home study from our worker we will send it, our I600A and the appropriate documents (ie:birth certificates and marriage license) along with the fee to CIS (citizenship and immigration services) and wait for the I171H to arrive from CIS. When we have the I171H

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We have turned in our Mailer 1 documents and are working on our Mailer 2 docs. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we get our baby!Ok, I have no idea as to how to create a new post so I just have to add to this one even though it was actually posted a couple of weeks ago. Maybe Moose and squirrel are catching up…I’m just not sure about the rapidity of our progress!We had our home study last

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