Monday, August 31, 2009
finally got the blog up
Well, I have finally got this blog created and hopefully I'll be able to post a few pictures and details in the next couple of weeks. We started this second journey to parenthood in 2007 when our application to adopt a second child from China was registered in Beijing. We adopted our first child in 2005 and unbeknownst to us, the timelines for adopting from China were already starting to lengthen.
While we waited only seven months for our referral for Ella, we knew we would have to wait about two years for the next child. A few months later, when the waiting time seemed to be getting even longer, we decided to transfer our application to another program called waiting children. This is a program for children who have some special, usually correctable, need such as cleft lip, missing limbs or digits, or heart conditions. We had met families who adopted through this program; in fact, one family travelled with us in our first adoption group. Once in this new program, we waited about one year for our referral and then seven agonizingly long months for our letter seeking confirmation - basically our nod to come on over and collect our son.
In January, 2009, we received a referral for a two year old little boy named Yang, Heng Lan who had been born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. He was just over a year in the photos we received, so we were quite anxious to see recent photos of him and we received them on August 4th, 2009. We are naming him Isaac Lan McGrath. His birthday is November 13th, 2006. His lip was repaired when he was six months old. We don't know much about his palate, but we will take him to sick kids hospital as soon as we get back.
While we waited only seven months for our referral for Ella, we knew we would have to wait about two years for the next child. A few months later, when the waiting time seemed to be getting even longer, we decided to transfer our application to another program called waiting children. This is a program for children who have some special, usually correctable, need such as cleft lip, missing limbs or digits, or heart conditions. We had met families who adopted through this program; in fact, one family travelled with us in our first adoption group. Once in this new program, we waited about one year for our referral and then seven agonizingly long months for our letter seeking confirmation - basically our nod to come on over and collect our son.
In January, 2009, we received a referral for a two year old little boy named Yang, Heng Lan who had been born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. He was just over a year in the photos we received, so we were quite anxious to see recent photos of him and we received them on August 4th, 2009. We are naming him Isaac Lan McGrath. His birthday is November 13th, 2006. His lip was repaired when he was six months old. We don't know much about his palate, but we will take him to sick kids hospital as soon as we get back.
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