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Monday, January 29, 2007

How cute is this face

I'm back & survived my 2 day seminar that I attended!! I will do a post soon on what I all learnt. My advice to you all is if you can attend an AdopTalk seminar, you should!!

And I also wanted to let you all know that I was FORCED to do the switch to BETA....grrr, but hopefully everything will work out!!!

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/29/2007 04:06:00 PM 12 comments

Thursday, January 25, 2007

AdopTalk Seminar



Tomorrow I will be hitting the highway and travelling 2.5 hours north to attend a 2 day AdopTalk seminar which is being put on by Children's Bridge. Even though I'm not using Children's Bridge as my agency I could still attend by of course paying a little more!! I really think it will helpful and hopefully I will come home with learning lots!! A big bonus is that I will be able to meet up with some of my bloggy friends that I have been talking with for months such as Lorraine & Rowan, Norma, Liam & Sherry-Lou and of course I will be travelling with Jeff & Cory.

Here is the outline of the seminar:

1) Coming Home- The “Coming Home” workshop will provide couples/singles with strategies to transition into parenthood. After attending the workshop, the participants will learn how to meet their child’s physical and emotional needs. Also, participants will discover the importance of establishing a support system for themselves through this transition period.

2) Health Matters- The “Health Matters” workshop will provide support and guidelines for families with infants, toddlers and preschool children. The goal of the workshop is to create awareness around the various health issues that our children will face when adopted internationally and provide resources and support for those families who need help.

3) Bonding & Attachment- “Bonding and Attachment” will provide pre-adoption support for families preparing to create their family through adoption. After attending the workshop the participants may become more aware of the issues around attachment, bonding and separation anxiety. “Make the Connection” methodology will also be used in this workshop.

4) Interracial Issues in Adoptive Families- The “Interracial Issues in Adoptive Families” workshop will provide support and strategies for families with children adopted from a different racial background. After attending the workshop, the participants will become more aware of the greater identity challenges their children will face and will be given effective strategies to assist their children with this special challenge.

5) Talking to your child about Adoption- The “Talking to Your Child About Adoption” workshop will provide participants with the tools and resources to support their child throughout the ages and stages of development. As well, the participants will learn the importance of networking within the adoption community and accessing post adoption services.

6) Journey of a Lifetime: Trip Preparation- In the "Journey of a Lifetime - Trip Preparation" workshop, prospective adoptive parents will learn about the referral process, and will also be provided with practical tips for their adoption travel journey.

We will start our day off tomorrow by of course doing a little "shoppy" and then we plan on meeting up with a few others for coffee/drinks. We will probably go to bed early as the seminar starts bright and early Saturday morning. Then for supper on Saturday Lorraine has made arragements for a large group of us to go to a Chinese restaurant for supper. I cant wait!!

Here is what someone who had attended the seminar before said:

“It’s BOOT CAMP for adoptive parents!”

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/25/2007 09:16:00 AM 16 comments

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

One Referral, Two Referrals

Came across this on Sandy's blog and thought it was too cute not to post, especially at this crazy time!!

One Referral, Two Referrals
A poem based on the book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
(by Dr. Seuss)

One Referral,
Two Referrals,
Red Referrals,
Blue Referrals.

Would you like one anywhere?
Would you like one with a mouse?
Would you like one here or there?
Would you like one anywhere?

Would you accept one frrom UPS,
Or a mailman in a dress?
Would you take one from Fed-Ex?
Would it be okay from a guy named Tex?

Would you run around the block,
To get a Referral in your frock?
Would you get upon your knees,
And beg for a Referral "please oh please?"

Would you give up fudge and cookies,
To get a Referral from Star Wars Wookies?
Would you dance nekkid like a loon,
If you knew your Referal was coming soon?

You'll get a Referral, oh yes you will
And of the wait you'll have had your fill.
Be you nekkid or with a Wookie,
Found with fudge cake or a cookie,
Around the block or in a frock,
In a house or with a mouse,
Referral it will come,
Because your child needs a mum! (like you)

~~Author unknown(adapted)

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/23/2007 04:30:00 PM 9 comments

Monday, January 22, 2007

Secret Pal

This weeks theme was "Meal Time"......Now look at those sweet bibs that my SP sent. The yellow one says "spit happens" and the other one says "Channing". WOW my SP is one creative woman!! And Channing also received a bowl that suction cups to the highchair, a spill proof sippy cup and lots of fun spoons!!! I think my SP must be a Mom already...she always seems to know what to send. Ohhh and I cant foget to say she sent a little ladybug too!!! Thank you so much SP....it has been a very stressful time and today when I was opening the package I had a sense of CALM......oh what fun things!!!

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/22/2007 06:17:00 PM 8 comments

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Any guesses??

I have seen this before on other people's blogs, so I thought I would play too!! I'm so close to referral I just know it. I really think ANYDAY now I will get the call......yippee!!!

Ok, please enter your guess for these 4 questions:
1. Gender: Channing will be a girl or boy
2. Age: Channing will be xx months old or xx years old on referral day
3. Province: Channing is from xxx province (click on the map below to enlarge it)
4. Weight: Channing will weigh xx.x pounds at the time of referral

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/17/2007 04:22:00 PM 22 comments

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Jazzi

This post is for Morgan. Morgan here is the newest member of your family!!! This is Jazzi. She is a 6 week old purbred Shitzu. To make a long story short, my family ended up buying Jazzi for my grandpa. But due to health reasons (& old age) he decided not to take the dog. I ended up going over for a visit to Brent & Randee's and they all fell in love with her. Jeri especially!! So a few days later I was delivering Jazzi to her new home. I'm sooo glad to see her go to a good home and especially happy to see her stay in the family!!!


Hunter absolutely adored her. He is constantly talking about Jazzi and is going to be one sad boy when he comes over and sees Jazzi is gone!!


The other night I went to have a bath and left Jazzi snoozing on this blanket. This is what I found when I came out. Good thing Saige didnt lay ontop of her!! This picture makes Saige look like a big beast!!!


Ohh and Jazzi has NO FEAR of a growling 64lbs dog eating a bone!!!

Playing with her ducky!!

Poncho loves her too!! You will die when you see them play. Anyways, we'll see you when you are home and lets work on your blog!!! Love ya!!

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/10/2007 06:38:00 PM 19 comments

Did my stork arrive???


Yesterday afternoon there was some good news past around!! One family who is using the same agency as I am posted on her blog that FOI has received 8 files of WC!! I was shocked as I wasn't expecting to hear anything until around the end of the month!!!

So with my heart racing I couldn't hold off anymore. As soon as I got home from work I had to phone my agency. I felt bad calling since Bob just returned home from China and Yulin actually stayed in China and will be there for at least another month (FOI has 3 groups going in the next month to receive their babies). But I needed to hear if he had any news for me. Something, anything really!!!

It was so nice talking to Bob on the phone since usually I just send him emails. He didn't have a lot of information to share about the NEW CCAA rules & process but he did confirm that they received 8 files of babies that need to be matched with their FOREVER FAMILIES!! Since Bob cannot read Chinese he doesn't know what special needs these babies have so I don't know if there is a heart condition little girl or not. All Bob could say about the 8 files is that half of them are girls and half are boys and he knows the ages of the babies since he can read Chinese numbers. He has sent the files off for translation and they should be ready in a few days.

My agency was hoping to get all 25 waiting WC families matched in this batch. And because CCAA has requested every family's parameters of special need, FOI was waiting for CCAA to send a specific baby for each family. Bob noted that CCAA didn't send any that specifically matched for any of the families and some with needs that none of the families requested. FOI has already requested more WC files as they were under the impression that the CCAA had agreed to match all 25 families in this batch. Bob doesn't know when the rest of the files will arrive, but my thoughts are having Yulin still in China is a good thing. I know she will stay on the CCAA and I'm guessing they will arrive very shortly.

Once the files come back from being translated Bob will have to match all these babies with their families. Bob commented that he hasn't decided how he is going to do the matching. Normally the preference is given to the families according to how long they have been waiting. First come, first serve. The good news is I'm right near the top. I think I would be sitting in the number 2 or 3 seat to be matched!! But of course Bob can only match me with a baby that meets my request and what I have been approved for.

I do have a somewhat good feeling about this batch of files!!! I will keep my fingers & toes crossed and continue to sit on pins & spikes this week!! What matters in the end is that all 8 babies will be match with their families!! I cannot wait to see pictures & hear about the soon-to-be Canadians!!


If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

~~Thomas Fuller


Don't lose hope. When it gets darkest the stars come out.

~~ Unknown

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/10/2007 09:09:00 AM 16 comments

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

5 Months LID

I almost forgot what today was......Happy, Happy 5 month LID anniversary to me! Wow......the holidays sure made this past month fly by!! Just wish they would all fly by this fast. But before we know it I will be boarding that plane and heading to China to meet my sweet Channing!! I just keep reminding myself that "good things happen to those who wait".....ahhh!!
My agency returned from China the other day, but I havent been in contact with them yet to see if they have any exciting news to tell me.......its taking my "everything" to not send an email or give them a call!!!

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/09/2007 09:15:00 AM 15 comments

Monday, January 01, 2007

~~2007~~


Happy New Year to my bloggy friends and family!
I hope that everyone had a happy, safe New Years lastnight!!
As I was "ringing" in the New Year my first thoughts were:
THIS YEAR I will see my daughters face
THIS YEAR I will have my daughter in my arms
THIS YEAR I will be going to China
THIS YEAR I will be a Mom!!!

I hope that 2007 will be a AMAZING year for all of you. Here's to many "hopes & dreams" coming true!!

posted by Tao's Mommy at 1/01/2007 11:41:00 AM 24 comments

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