Josh can't catch a break

Josh is finally gotten over the Hand Foot and Mouth and feeling back to normal. Feeling better last night before bed, he was running around the den like a mad man. He tripped over a toy and hit his mouth on the coffee table. Needless to say, Mitch and I took him to the ER. Joshua received his first stitch last night. So today he has a swollen lip, and we go back to the doctor in a week to get it removed.

As far adoption news, we received our state clearance a few days ago. We also have our home study on Saturday. Very excited about that. How great is the timing of Joshua's swollen lip. As the social worker meets Joshua, we can say "We promise we are good parents!"

One sick kiddo

Not much to report on the adoption front this week. Just sent all of our paperwork for the home study to the social worker today. We still have the home study set up for this coming up Saturday (June 2). This weekend we are getting the house ready. We have had quite a week with Joshua. He is so sick. The doctor thinks it is Hand, Foot and Mouth. Needless to say, he has had a very high fever all week. I think he finally shook the fever last night but still feels pretty bad. So say prayers for my sanity. Will post next week after the home study.

The timeline to this point

Just to give an idea of when we started and what we have done so far.....
1. Submitted our application to the agency on March 26, 2007
2. Mailed our I-600A to CIS on April 30, 2007
3. Passport application (Christy) May 1, 2007
4. Mailed in State of Texas background check May 7, 2007
5. Home study scheduled for June 2, 2007

The beginning of our journey to bringing home our daughter

I am writing this blog for our friends and family to read now and for our daughter to read in the future. Let me introduce myself for anyone new who may read this blog. My name is Christy and I live in Houston, TX. My husband, Mitchell, and I have always had adoption in the big picture of our family. We went into this with no specific direction to go in. We have decided to adopt from Vietnam after giving it a lot of thought and prayers. We are very excited and working on getting big brother, Joshua, on board. He is three and still does not like Mommy paying much attention to another child. Wish us luck on our journey.