Double Oh Mommy

2009-12-15T14:26:00.000-08:00

Introducing Lillian Bezenash Zander!!!! We passed court today and now all that is left is ---- MORE PAPERWORK --- and a quick trip to Ethiopia possibly around January 15!!!

2009-12-15T14:24:00.000-08:00

My friends the Seig's got her to give me a big smile!!! Check out the chubby little legs!!

2009-12-15T14:23:00.001-08:00

Bez is also a thinker!!

2009-12-15T14:21:00.001-08:00

Thanks to the Kern Family for Snapping this great PIC!!! Check out the dimple!

2009-12-15T14:20:00.000-08:00

My first picture of BEZ!!!

LONG TIME, LOTS OF NEWS

2009-11-23T06:33:00.000-08:00

Well, first things I RECIEVED MY REFERRAL on 10/28. She is 4 months old (well 5 months now) and a good healthy weight and height. She has the Zander head being in the 75th percetile.

Second I have my court date which is 12/13. This is both good and not so good. This date is a Sunday so my agency is trying to figure this out for me right now. This could mean the date is really the friday before, 12/11, or Monday after, 12/14. Or this could mean needing to be reassigned an entirly new date. I won't know the real date for about 2 weeks.

I recieved 3 lovely pictures of my little one with the referral. Now there are 3 families traveling this and next month who will be taking extra photos for me. They are so nice.

I sent my first care package, a "My first Christmas" onsie, some of those cool links and a teething ring.

I am a horrible blogger!! So Sorry!

2009-09-26T06:01:00.000-07:00

8 Months 4 Days

2009-09-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

I am patiently awaiting my referral... Well patiently may be an overstatement. I am going nuttsy crazy. I am driving my good and true friend Linda a little crazy I think. She is so good and listens/consoles me so truly patiently!! To top that off she will by my travel partner to Ethiopia to help out and generally keep me on the staight and narrow!!

I have now purchased enough cloths for a 3, 6 and 9 months old. I don't know how old my daughter will be when I meet her but I figure anything too small can be left for the Transitional home.

I went on a crazy jag to keep my baby warm and bought 8 blankets (buy 1 get one half off!)

I have crocheted 2 and half blankets.

So now I've gotten all my travel size items.

So basically I'm going crazy!! I guess if I was pregnant you would call it nesting.

Boo Hoo I want my Baby!!

See you soon

7 7 7 Let's sing a song of 7

2009-08-06T19:45:00.000-07:00

OK, it has been 7 months now!! 2 to 4 left to go....

The big tasks for me this month...

Find a pediatrician
Find Day Care
Rename my Dog

Ok My dog who I love enormously is remotely named a family name which I may now want to give my daughter. Is that too weird....

So after a long search for a name that fit..

Brindy - She is kind of brindle
Shadow - She is blackish and always right behind me
Jabberwocky - She has jaws that bite and claws that catch (ever so softly) plus my Dad used to recite this poem to us. This had an issue because the second part sound a bit like walk and she would go crazy when I called her this.

Mimsy is her name now...

' Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All MIMSY were the borogoves And Mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwack, My Son! The Jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"

Six Months

2009-07-17T21:27:00.000-07:00

Well, 6 Months (and 9 Days.) On the unofficial list I am in the top ten YEAH!! Unfortunately that doesn't mean anything!!

This month has been very slow for referrals, after last month with an unprecedented 5 baby girls it is kind of a bummer.

5 Months Down

2009-06-11T17:55:00.000-07:00

OK, I am five months into the waiting game. Someone said the other day that my baby is on the earth somewhere right now. Talk about a mind spinning thought.

We got 4 referrals today in our Yahoo Group, plus two we are thinking might come to light soon. (It's a long story, just be excited.)

On the unoffical list I am number 11 for a Girl, and 14 for a Girl/Either. The girl referrals seem to come in about 2 a month so we are still looking at another 5 to 6 months.

All sorts of stuff and rumors going around about the Ethiopian process right now. A third Judge being added, the court not closing, a special investigation on abandoned children being completed. I'm not sure where to substantiate any of this information but I am hopeful these things are true.

Obligated

2009-05-29T20:58:00.000-07:00

OK I feel very obligated to try and make my BLOG stalk-worthy. So here are my deep dark secretes for today.

We (my Yahoo Group) are in desperate need of referals. Our mood has not been the best. There has been a court slow down along with the lack of referals.
I am around (and unofficially) number 28 on the unofficial waiting list. But number 12 on the girl only line, with around 5 either's in the mix.
I like peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches.
I am adoption crazed!!

I am very Frustrated

2009-05-19T19:01:00.000-07:00

Someone out there has used my name "Double Oh Mommy" on some kind of process or product. Now they did add dashes in the name "Double-Oh-Mommy" but this is far too similar for my taste.

Four Months Gone, Yip Yip YIPPIE

2009-05-19T18:43:00.000-07:00

OK I am 4 months into my wait and still hanging on!!

My adoption process tip for this month is for those from NC. Please remember whatever you are told to get EVERYTHING notarized and authenticated. NC is one of the two or three states that require this so the agencies (at least mine) sometimes forget this.

Also a really good book for the international adoption process is "The Complete Book of International Adoption - A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child" by Dawn Davenport. It covers all the phases of the adoption. In the travel portion she recommends 3 sets of undies per traveler; this to me is insane.

2009-05-03T18:41:00.000-07:00

Whales have Calves
Cats have Kittens
Bears have Cubs
Bats have Bittens
Swawns have Cygnets
Seals have Puppies
But Guppies Just have Little Guppies

2009-04-09T12:10:00.000-07:00

Three months gone!! (Around) 8 Months to go!!

2009-02-25T20:26:00.001-08:00

Just waiting around for what I hear is about another 10 Months......

2009-01-10T17:58:00.000-08:00

OK! My Dossier is in a metal attache case handcuffed to a FedEx delivery guy. I got the word yesterday that it is on it's way. I think that meas, in YG Terms, I am officially DTE (date to Ethiopia.) The countdown begins.....

2008-12-12T10:15:00.000-08:00

OK. I recieved my I171I (the last piece of the Dossier) on 12/10. That evening until 1:30 I photocopied and stapled everything (5 copies, 2 for AWAA, 2 for me stapled and 1 for me unstapled in case another copy was needed.)

Got to Fedex on 12/11 at 1:30 and it was signed for by RHalon at AWAA on 12/12/08 at 12:52.

Got to love Fedex!!

I know no one reads this blog and that's OK just trying to keep track of dates and times!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

2008-11-14T07:26:00.000-08:00

OK Post 2. Not much else going on just working on creating the Blog.

The adoption thing is very frustrating!! Paperchasing... Oh you forgot this, Oh this has a T that isn't crossed, Oh didn't we tell you about that, Oh Oh Oh Oh OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo...

2008-11-04T12:15:00.001-08:00

This is my first blog test. I can't figure out the floating baby or time in ethiopia. No one knows of my blog so they will never see this.