4 posts from June 2008

Another Month

So the end of June is fast approaching, (it's Monday) and we have no baby news. We have kept in contact with our social worker. Our social worker is still optimistic which we take as a good sign. She said in her most recent email, "I hope you will have good news soon!" That comment makes for her second use of an exclamation point. Throughout this process, there have been times our social worker has been unable to give us all the details, so I took this latest comment as we are getting closer but she just can't tell us. Who knows? I could be wrong, but this is a person who uses her exclamation points sparingly which I can only assume also means wisely. :)

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Vietnam Child's Right Campaign

Previously, we asked for your help with Vietnam Child's Right Campaign. I got another email from JCICS, so I'm letting you know. 


"The letter to Secretary Rice, advocating for a new MOU [Memo of Understanding] for Vietnam, is now circulating to all of the congressional offices and has been well received.

 

We are requesting you to e-mail or call your elected officials on Thursday, June 19th and Friday, June 20th in support of the campaign, if you have not done so. If you did, please help forward this e-mail to your families, friends, requesting them to visit http://www.jcics.org/Vietnam.htm for instructions on how to call or e-mail. This campaign has received overwhelming support so far, and we appreciate your help on such short notice. It is our hope that with even more phone calls and e-mails in the next two days, the letter to Secretary Rice will receive a large number of signatories."


Many of you have already participated, and we thank you for that. If you didn't get a chance to participate before, now you can. Thanks!

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Bikinis and Bugaboos

First, I want to thank everyone who emailed your Senator. I called which was a weird experience because I didn't know what to say. They basically told me to just read my statement, so then it was easy.


Anyway, I thought you might be dying for an update on my swimsuit dilemma. I actually ordered a tankini, but it was the wrong size. I tried to exchange it, but it is on backorder until July 11. I took this as sign that God wants me to wear a bikini. :) Don't worry; it's a modest one.

So, onto the Bugaboo...the Bugaboo is a stroller, and I have wanted the Bugaboo Bee since it came out last year. The only problem is that it is more than Scott would ever spend on a stroller, so I started to search Craigslist. Last weekend, I was in Austin for a shopping trip to the San Marcos Outlet Mall with my mom and sister-in-law. I had found a Bugaboo Bee in Austin a couple weeks before, but I searched last Friday and found an even cheaper one. My mom and sister-in-law told me to contact the seller if I really wanted it, so I did. My mom, sister-in-law, and I ended up meeting the seller at a mall in Austin, and later my dad joined us because he had to pick up my mom. I wondered what they thought about my posse that  came with me to look at the stroller. Anyway, I bought the stroller, but it didn't come with a couple holder. I had been advised by other mothers to get one with a cup holder, but Bugaboo sells them separately. Even without a cup holder, it's still cool. :) Here's what our new stroller looks like (not the actual picture but it is the real color). :)


As we were about to walk away, the couple asked, "So where's the baby?" I said, "In Vietnam, my husband and I are adopting." I think it startled them for a second. I said, "You were expecting to see an expecting mother, a more visibly expecting one." The wife said, "You are an expecting mother," and the husband said, "We just thought a traditional one." They asked some questions about where we were in the process, and then we parted ways. I was really appreciative of their reactions. 

We're still waiting to find out who gets to use it, but we will let you when we hear something. So far our social worker as a more positive outlook on our situation, she used an exclamation point in her most recent email. I was shocked! :)

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Vietnam Child's Right Campaign

We want to ask you to call your elected officials on today June 2, 3, or 4Thursday in support of the letter the Congressional Coalition on Adoption is delivering to Secretary Rice . Please follow up your call with an email or fax.
 
We need your help to ensure the success of the Vietnam Child's Right Campaign. The support from adoptive families and your friends, colleagues and extended families is crucial for this important initiative, as the welfare of so many Vietnamese children is at stake.

Here are the directions:

a. Call both of your U.S. Senators and your representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)    Class II
517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2934
Web Form: cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con...

Hutchison, Kay Bailey- (R - TX)     Class I
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
Web Form: hutchison.senate.gov/contact.html

·      You can find your Representatives' phone numbers and email address at www.house.gov

To search for this look in the top left hand corner of the web page. You need to your zip code and the last four digits of the mailing code.

      b. Include the following in your calls and emails.
·     "I/we urge the Senator/Congressperson to join the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Co-Chairs and sign their letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice in support of the recommendations found in Joint Council's A Child's Right Campaign for Vietnam."

·     If they have not heard about the Campaign, ask them to contact the Congressional Coalition for Adoption Institute at 202-544-8500 or Joint Council on International Children's Services at 703-535-8045.

Send an email to everyone you called.
                                       ·   The e-mail is important, but the phone call should be placed first.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this! I hope you are able to participate. Also, for those of you who don't know, Scott and I are hoping to be matched to a child in either June or July. We'll keep you updated. Thanks again!

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