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A Child Chosen - Perspectives of an Adoptive Parent

Archive for the ‘Adoption’ Category

July 25th, 2008

Happy Adoption Day AJ!

July 25, 2005
Though not on the date we anticipated, as of 10:20 am. July 25, 2005
AJP is now officially our son.

The judge was very happy with the documents we provided (thanks to
K, our social worker, and our doctors back at home) and he
happily waived the 10 day appeal period. So…we pick up Sasha (AJ)
this […]

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July 24th, 2008

Stolen Baby Found; Guatemalan Adoption Search Works

Adoption officials in Guatemala stated Wednesday that a baby has been returned to her biological mother after apparently being stolen and entered into the adoption system.
As most of you know, the Guatemalan adoption system has been under scrutiny for some time because of it’s practices. There are rumors of baby stealing and baby buying, making […]

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July 24th, 2008

Court, Again

July 24, 2005
We have court tomorrow at 9:30. All of our papers seem in order and T and H are hopeful that things will go well.
We got passport pictures yesterday and are our plane tickets so it seems like we are on schedule to fly out Tuesday evening.
Thank you to everyone for your support […]

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July 23rd, 2008

How To: Adoption Book

Personalized Adoption Stories are special books for kids to read their entire lives. There are several places to create them. If you are the super creative type you can do it yourself at places like Shutterfly or Snapfish.com.

If you want a pre-created book try books like In All The World, I am Special. 
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July 23rd, 2008

The Curse

July 23, 2005
Things are looking slightly better now that we have underwear…or should I say smelling???
For those of you who have not caught the Curse Part 1, 2, and 3…we just got our luggage today, were denied our adoption yesterday, and have pretty much had a miserable trip…except that we have had a wonderful […]

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July 22nd, 2008

How To: Chinese Olympic Cheer

Celebrate the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in true Chinese style! Make a Multi-Colored Streamer on a stick/dowel so that you can wave it when your favorite team comes up!
Will it be Guatemala, Russia, China, Vietnam, Korea, India, or the US?
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