Welcome to Our Blog!

I've decided to do a little blogging about our adoption process.

I've created this blog for several different reasons.

For our Family and Friends:
I hope that this blog is a good way for me to document our process and keep our family and friends up-to-date!  We are beyond thankful for the support and love we have already had through our adoption process.  We are truly, truly blessed.  We want to use this blog to share our journey to bring our sweet child home.  As we know more information, we will make sure to post it here!

For those that are in the adoption process:
I know how addicting it is to read Korean adoption blogs, so I've decided to give some of those people that are in the waiting process a little reading material.  I hope that this blog will act as a resource for those that are considering adopting from South Korea and those that are in the process.  So, if you are at that point in the adoption process that you are waiting...you know the waiting. Waiting for a referral, waiting for a court date, waiting for E.P. approval...the list goes on.  I hope this blog provides you with a little information and helps fill the addictive need to learn anything you possibly can about South Korea and its adoption process.  Maybe our timeline can help give you a clue as to how your adoption process may go!  

Note: There will be bits of information that I won't post on this blog for the privacy of our child; I want to always be respectful or his/her story, giving him/her the possession of what he/she will share with people.  There are also bits of information that I will not legally be able to share.

We hope to enlighten people about the road to adoption with this blog.  We hope to enlighten people about the beautiful gift of adoption, but also the hardships that are also involved in adoption.  I like to keep it real up in here.  I ask that you ignore any poor grammar and as with all blogs, remember that all of these are our opinions, so don't let anything offend you! :)  Enjoy!

Just a bit of information about our adoption:

• We are obviously adopting from South Korea. 
• Our child-placing agency is AIAA. <<<<Located in Michigan 
• Our Korean agency is SWS. <<<Social Welfare Society of Korea.
• Our Homestudy was sent to Korea on October 22, 2015 (HSTK). *At this point we are still     waiting for a referral.  We are a bit of a special case.  Right after we started the  adoption process South Korea (or just SWS..not really sure.) has changed the law for adopting if you have children in your home already.  Your youngest child must be at least 18 months older than the child that you adopt.  This made our wait for a referral a little bit longer than normal.  Our youngest son was born in April 2014.  Children in Korea are placed for international adoption usually after six months of age. So, with this said, April 2016 would be the soonest that we would be eligible for a six month old that was 18 months younger than J-Man.  (J-Man and E-Man will be my code names for my two children.)  Needless to say, we are quite on edge every time our phone rings.  We technically could get our referral call at any moment.   

This is definitely us right now!