tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25040357159173833692011-04-21T20:37:06.947-06:00This is our journey of adoption from Ethiopia.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-56826519768032931362009-01-29T20:52:00.002-07:002009-01-29T21:02:30.376-07:00

Kistet's hair was getting kind of out of control as it got longer and even her special hair product was not doing enough to keep it looking tidy so I decided to cut it myself one evening while she was in the tub. I knew I couldn't cut it in the usual fashion since she has such tight curls, so I took pieces of curls and cut them around the head until it looked even. I haven't given up on the idea

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-9750094678988090882009-01-12T16:47:00.003-07:002009-01-12T20:03:27.655-07:00

Grace had a birthday party last weekend. There were 14 adults, 7 boys from age 5 & under, and 4 baby girls. Boy, was it LOUD! I made traditional Korean ribs (a birthday tradition in our house) and of course we had to have cake! I think it was a hit with Grace. She swiped off some frosting before I could cut the cake and knew immediately that was the good stuff. I don't know how to make any

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It's hard to believe our little Grace is one today. She has been on the fast track developmentally since we brought her home; in just four months, she went from not being able to even roll over to walking holding on to furniture. We joke that she will outweigh her 3-year-old brother before long! What a gift she has been, and it's a joy when people accuse her of being a "mama's girl". We'll take

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-40991838107081666512009-01-01T11:58:00.003-07:002009-01-01T12:26:52.695-07:00

Here are some pictures of the kids from Christmas until the end of the year. Where did the year go? We wish everyone a Happy New Year. We could not have imagined that we would have ended the year with two more beautiful children from Ethiopia! Our family is now complete. We're exhausted, but we couldn't imagine life without all of our kids.

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-36337453141136581322008-12-21T23:33:00.004-07:002008-12-22T00:18:06.921-07:00

Well, it's hard to believe that the girls have been home for almost 4 months. It's their first Christmas and we are keeping it low-key for the most part. Santa did pay us an early visit, though, and in a few short minutes, there were wrapping papers, ribbons, and boxes everywhere. The kids all had different reactions: James was suspicious and announced after Santa had gone that "He's not the REAL

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-61843329609405998222008-12-01T20:38:00.002-07:002008-12-01T21:09:17.373-07:00

We were so blessed to have good friends cook us Thanksgiving meal and bring it to our house this year. With Grace now crawling all over the house, we have four mobile kids to watch. Grace has decided to hurry things along in the last couple of weeks--now she's trying her hand at pulling herself up on things, as crawling is not even a big enough accomplishment for her. We had much to be thankful

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-3866210386837387012008-11-17T22:18:00.003-07:002008-11-17T22:23:44.868-07:00

James is playing basketball, his first team sport. Here he's proudly displaying his team shirt.

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Grace is ready to crawl. She's been scooting herself forward on her elbows for a few weeks, but she finally got the idea to try to use her legs as well. She now can sit up from lying on her stomach on her own. Amazing what she can do considering 2 1/2 months ago she couldn't even sit on her own!

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-18262519430177661492008-11-08T14:14:00.003-07:002008-11-08T14:33:00.140-07:00

After trying on many costumes, the boys finally went as ninja and lion. After walking around for a while, Grace decided she'd had enough and fell asleep. Kistet was the little tiger--fitting for her, I think.

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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-66053000740603917992008-11-08T10:36:00.007-07:002008-11-08T13:52:26.028-07:00

Yes, I've been a little preoccupied to post pictures, so here are a bunch of them!

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Yesterday a friend came over so I could run to a couple of stores while the girls were napping (they're not to be left with a babysitter yet, but come on, I've got to get a break or I'm going to break). At the very first store, the clerk asked if the girls I was shopping for were my grandkids or nieces. Has this adoption really aged me 30 years? When I told her they were my daughters, she

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We saw Eden and her mom, Nancy, last week when they were in town. Eden and Grace are only one day apart in age. So cute!

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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-46397947490134400762008-09-11T13:40:00.008-06:002008-09-11T14:13:19.819-06:00

We take safe water for granted, but it takes so little to give the same to the people in Ethiopia and other countries like it. It hits us close to home; I hope you feel compelled to give in your or someone else's name.

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-53877660251619580272008-09-07T10:40:00.002-06:002008-09-07T12:13:29.146-06:00

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

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We see changes every day in the girls. Kistet's becoming very comfortable expressing all of her frustrations and jealousies as well as her charm, and Grace is stronger and more lively and giggly as ever. They couldn't be more opposites. Because of her strong personality, I think Kistet received all the attention and was allowed free rein for anything in the orphanage; whereas Grace never received

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-33669875253399189282008-09-03T21:39:00.004-06:002008-09-05T17:18:33.079-06:00

We are home. The trip to Ethiopia was the most emotional, exhausting journey I've ever been on. Our little Grace was very ill when I arrived and it was a good thing I went when I did because I seriously doubt she would have survived another two months in the orphanage. We went through several days of worry with her after our arrival, but it's been amazing how quickly she has improved since I took

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-37308432323110756052008-08-20T14:53:00.002-06:002008-08-20T15:07:22.567-06:00

Well, the final lag of our journey to our daughters in Ethiopia will begin very early tomorrow morning when my friend (also Mary) and I board the first plane. The bags are packed and almost overflowing with stuff. The final errands are finished and just the last minute things are left to toss into the last carry-on bag. I'm very excited now and even my nervousness about flying isn't overshadowing

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-75788748466637858312008-08-17T00:56:00.004-06:002008-08-17T00:59:55.694-06:00

These are from my friend, Nancy, who spent 7 weeks in Ethiopia!

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-63799608823734902252008-08-16T08:08:00.002-06:002008-08-16T08:21:23.354-06:00

Including today, I leave in five days. I only have five days to get everything ready to go. So much to do! My baby shower is tomorrow; I'm looking forward to seeing some of my very dear friends. I leave first thing Thursday morning and return the following Saturday night, very late. At least I won't have as much luggage coming back--it'll be hard enough carrying and juggling the girls! But what

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-17593706988149075162008-08-14T22:13:00.002-06:002008-08-14T22:39:32.682-06:00

Kistet is 15 months old today so she's been in my thoughts. I will be able to hold her in one week--well, if she lets me. It may take a few days before she'll warm up to me. I'm trying to fit everything into every bag I'm allowed to take, but it's a lot of organizing, re-organizing, unpacking, packing, taking things out, adding things, etc., etc. One of my friends is giving me a baby shower on

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-52510582012263965642008-08-06T11:01:00.005-06:002008-08-06T11:33:17.053-06:00

Here are our girls! The first five pictures are Grace Mestawot McCormick, 7 months old. The next five are of Kistet Madeleine McCormick, 14 months old.Aren't they just gorgeous? I'll be able to hold them in about two weeks! What a great day!

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-58826611285886685422008-08-04T16:08:00.002-06:002008-08-04T16:22:18.118-06:00

Two days until court date. It's hard to keep my focus on anything, but the non-stop vigil by the computer for several weeks has worn me out. My brain's going 90 miles an hour, but my body is exhausted. We had friends visiting for a couple of days, which was great distraction, but also more exhausting. I'm busier this week with other things and not checking the e-mail so often. I'm not sure if

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-33635419686381213692008-07-28T07:02:00.003-06:002008-07-28T08:48:47.965-06:00

I just read a very interesting book that shows a family's struggle with two adopted children who have various forms of attachment disorder. It's called "What Every Adoptive Parent Needs to Know: Healing Your Child's Wounded Heart" by Kate Cremer-Vogel, MS, LCPC and Dan and Cassie Richards. The parents write this book along with a therapist, who adds her observations. The children were adopted

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-22539701922313858632008-07-25T11:46:00.002-06:002008-07-25T11:56:47.677-06:00

It's been disappointing to know we'll be sitting around for another two weeks before any news comes in. If they would have just stuck with the original October court date, I would have been happy, but because they tried to move us up and our hopes were raised, if things get moved back after August 6 we'll be devastated. Why did they do that? One of my friends has offered to plan a baby shower

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-90108560243638828022008-07-23T08:24:00.003-06:002008-07-23T08:29:10.349-06:00

Well, our new court date is now August 6, with travel at the end of August or first week of September. Such a letdown. It's the last possible day that the court is open before the rainy season closure. Our agency is pretty positive we will pass that day because there's nothing else to wait on, but I'm not counting on anything. At least airfares may be better by then. Now we have two more weeks of

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-86448959823054775782008-07-22T22:33:00.002-06:002008-07-22T22:39:27.640-06:00

Well, our court date came and went and we did not get through. The clearance papers came in, but no one could sign them or something like that. I wasn't very clear on what the reason was, but we're still waiting for clarification. There was no news today, which made it even more difficult. None of the waiting families from our agency passed either. Our agency thought we could still make it

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-82704872612304210322008-07-20T21:36:00.002-06:002008-07-20T21:48:22.161-06:00

Tomorrow's the big court date, which we don't know if it will actually happen because we never heard whether the clearance papers came in or not. It's a big day one way or the other. I hope the news comes in early so I'm not sitting in front of the computer, willing it to send me a message all day. We had a family day out in Yellowstone National Park today, which was a much needed break. Whatever

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-55666318500941393472008-07-18T11:19:00.002-06:002008-07-18T11:34:20.519-06:00

Ok, so I've been on the phone and on the computer the last two days trying to figure out flights, dates, etc. Apparently August is a terrible time to be traveling, especially coming back to the U.S. But what would our experience be like if it wasn't complicated every step of the way? Finally I think I found the travel agency that can get us there and back. A dear friend has offered to go with me,

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-49351802295308203372008-07-16T23:00:00.002-06:002008-07-16T23:11:51.159-06:00

Well, after months of uncertainty, waiting, bad news, more waiting, our roller coaster ride is coming to a rather sudden end, it seems. We received news today that our court date is now July 21, which is NEXT MONDAY! The only snag would be if they do not receive the clearance papers on the girls in time. If they do, and we pass court, we will be getting the girls in about three weeks! We are in

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-90503491307198034392008-07-12T17:26:00.002-06:002008-07-12T17:36:14.811-06:00

Well, it looks like courts will resume next week. Several families have court dates now before the August closure. We now have a court date of October 6, so we could potentially plan to pick up the girls about three weeks after that. It's a relief; I was despairing we would not travel until December. Just having some idea of when things might happen gives me a huge lift. Two of our online friends

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-27309762771023623272008-07-02T07:11:00.003-06:002008-07-02T07:25:40.342-06:00

We finally received the child profiles on the girls last weekend. We feel relieved that the baby is okay. Both of them have some issues, but nothing we weren't prepared for and nothing we're not willing to face. They were both abandoned this spring so their birth dates are estimated, which is sad. Now that we know what they need, it makes the waiting even harder. Another family is in Ethiopia

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-32825864589166649502008-06-24T19:06:00.002-06:002008-06-24T19:18:33.924-06:00

Today we received pictures of our girls from another family who picked up their daughter last week. They were better than the few we had received with the referral. It was a much needed lift. Yesterday we heard our child profile reports with the medicals won't get to us for another week and that the little one had to have additional tests. No one knows what they are for. We can't get any

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-35717242737368970202008-06-15T10:33:00.002-06:002008-06-15T11:02:41.778-06:00

Please view these short videos, 1)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7428936.stm, 2)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7444998.stm, and 3)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7449722.stm on the food crisis in Ethiopia. After watching these, I realize I have absolutely no complaints. Please pray for the people of Ethiopia and help in any way you can; if nothing else, be thankful! Especially

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-21053252731038006812008-06-14T12:38:00.002-06:002008-06-14T12:45:38.862-06:00

This last week was disappointing. Three families from our agency didn't pass court. They had to cancel all their travel plans. Hopefully court will resume next week and they will still travel before the August closure. It looks like we won't even be thinking about traveling until winter. How will we wait? The child profile reports for our girls won't get to us until end of next week. So much

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-65500409214816370582008-06-02T21:24:00.004-06:002008-06-02T21:45:24.745-06:00

Our agency called this morning and announced we had two referrals! The older, Kistet, (means "something is happening or has happened") is thirteen months. She is such a happy-looking girl and her smile melted our hearts immediately. Such bright, sparkling eyes! The younger, Mesterwot, (means "mirror") is five months old with calm, watchful eyes and is quite plump! They both look so healthy--

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-54428485243097013762008-05-31T21:42:00.002-06:002008-05-31T21:52:43.746-06:00

Our oldest turned 5 several days ago. Hard to believe! He can't wait to go to school this fall.

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-71649847627350350132008-05-31T20:25:00.003-06:002008-05-31T20:27:55.501-06:00

We got the e-mail today saying they have a referral for us. The bad thing is, that's all we know. We have to find out all the rest of the information when they send it from Ethiopia next week. Hopefully we will hear Monday! We were all jumping for joy (literally) this evening! We can't wait to see her!

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-83414197889580939632008-05-20T20:08:00.003-06:002008-05-20T20:18:38.202-06:00

I just opened my e-mail and found a note from the adoption agency that our dossier is on its way to Ethiopia! Finally things are happening! We all yelled for joy and the boys both yelled, "I'm so excited to see our baby!" I heard James telling his little brother in the bath tub "The dossier is going and we'll have our baby soon". It's funny to hear a 4-year-old using the term "dossier". What a

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-87663161372773058942008-05-12T12:55:00.002-06:002008-05-12T12:59:09.493-06:00

Ugh! Our updated dossier paperwork got to our agency this morning, but one of the forms was not done correctly so I have to do another one and send it again overnight mail, if it's possible to have it done today. None of this would be happening if our first agency had done things right or had sent the paperwork from the beginning! The drama continues...

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-63804539686449130972008-05-11T10:38:00.004-06:002008-05-11T21:34:00.506-06:00

It was still snowing a month ago, but I happened to look at the spring clothes that had just come out and I just couldn't resist buying some of them! They're so cute! Of course I have no idea what size to buy, but I got a range of them. I'm not exactly known to wait patiently...

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-7587584170133908012008-05-09T23:44:00.005-06:002008-05-10T17:37:51.527-06:00

After two months of frustration and heartache, we have an agency on our side. Most people adopting from Ethiopia have referrals by now, but our process has taken much longer due to problems with our home study agency. We switched from China program in February. Still, our dossier should have traveled in March. Now we are fully in capable hands with our placement agency and I no longer feel like

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-46863070003905785692008-04-21T16:24:00.003-06:002008-05-10T17:41:28.254-06:00

It's hard to believe that our baby boy is already three! He's starting to ask where his sister is. We're all so anxious and we don't even have a referral yet!

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-51808591996437499892008-04-14T16:53:00.001-06:002008-05-10T17:12:23.169-06:00

This is our annual trip to Yellowstone National Park in April, before vehicles are allowed on the roads. We're only 90 miles from West Yellowstone. We could have bicycled or walked and this year we walked. Although we had a lot of snow this spring, this particular day was very warm. A bison calf (in the second picture) had been born that morning on the road. The snow was too deep for the mother

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-17700819269251360152008-03-29T21:47:00.000-06:002008-05-10T19:26:23.920-06:00

We can't get any answers from our agency. I've e-mailed or called them almost every day for the last month and nothing's happened. They told me our dossier would be going to the placement agency this week, but that never happened. I have to ask and ask to get anything. When I expressed my frustration, they were snippy. What are they doing?!

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-39184199916972174162008-03-12T19:11:00.001-06:002008-05-10T19:21:13.529-06:00

We have decided to adopt from Ethiopia. Everything just felt right, even though we ran into a lot of opposition about our decision. We've read about the country, the people, read adoption stories, and she's there. Now we're frustrated with our agency because they have all of our dossier paperwork, but still haven't changed the home study. I've joined a blog group online and I'm learning tons. We

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-57084074734615416392008-02-25T22:35:00.000-07:002008-05-10T19:11:21.951-06:00

It seems like the process in China is taking longer. Now we're facing a possible 3-year wait. We talked to our agency about other programs and they mentioned Ethiopia. Mike and I had never considered an African country, only because we assumed we'd have an Asian daughter. But we wondered if we wanted to start over with an infant in three years and have that much age difference between her and the

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-6053108230243655742007-11-17T22:00:00.002-07:002008-05-10T18:59:54.347-06:00

James was pretending with me the other day and told me he was a race car driver who had to go pick up his baby in China. He talks about "his baby" a lot. We talked about "Emily" as being her name and he said there was a train on "Thomas the Tank Engine" named Emily. So if we do choose that name, we'll have quite a connection to the show (James, Thomas, and Emily). James is so bossy and jealous

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-68523500277356905872007-09-04T21:30:00.000-06:002008-05-10T18:48:11.835-06:00

Our home study visit went well. Today we went to the adoption agency for another visit. The social worker was very easy to talk to. The boys were wild when she was at the house, but they didn't go with us today. Most of our paperwork is done. China has gotten very strict lately on who qualifies. Does this mean things will speed up? We're doing some reading on attachment issues. Mostly it's for

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-15749427050990362422007-08-04T22:00:00.000-06:002008-05-10T18:41:47.336-06:00

Well, two agencies that I checked into showed that Mike is too old for us to request an infant from Korea. One agency that I talked to said we couldn't request a girl at all since there's such a long list of people wanting girls. So we have decided on China. It will take at least two years, but we can start saving miles on the credit cards! We picked an agency and sent in our preliminary contract

Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14280642299141718542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2504035715917383369.post-86572655074042715302007-07-20T18:20:00.001-06:002008-05-10T18:30:14.351-06:00

We're looking into whether we can adopt from Korea. Now that we're actually looking, we're assuming it will be an Asian country, but I don't think we really care. I'm doing some agency research online to see what the requirements are. Since Mike's in his 40's, I don't know if we qualify to get an infant from Korea. It's exciting!

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