Well, today marks 6 weeks that we received the Article 5 letter. The count to our High Court order began. The adopting agency told us the average is 8 weeks. So theoretically, we should hear in 2 weeks.
I'll tell you right now, I don't believe it. I think we have at least 4 more weeks before we hear. My friends, that arrived in Hong Kong this morning, had to wait 10 & 1/2 weeks to get their HCO :0(
That would put us in Hong Kong the week of Christmas. Oh, I do NOT want to be in HK the week of Christmas. But, if that is that is what it takes to bring John home then we'll be there with bells on.
On a brighter note, they finally told John that he has a mommy and daddy! He didn't understand why we were changing his name from Kevin to John. How do you explain to a 3 year old that his older brother's name is Calvin which is way to similar to Kevin?
Funny thing is, on the video that we sent to John, I kept saying Calvin's name. That confused John since he thought I was saying "Kevin". Oh, this is going to be confusing when we get him home.
I'm not sure if I mentioned the video we sent John before, but it was about a 10 minute tour of the house. We made sure to go out in the back yard and show him the play set. Calvin and Holley Kate demonstrated the swings and slide. Apparently, the ladies in HK asked John if he was scared to go down the slide. His response was no, that he would sit in his sister's lap and go down.
Our heart melted! Holley Kate cried; I cried; I think we had everyone in the house in tears. It means so much to Holley Kate to hear that John wants a big sister. She loves him already.
So, for the most important part! Pictures! HK is real weird about us showing pictures of the kids. I have another blog that has pictures of John since I couldn't figure out how to password protect certain posts here.
So, here is the address:
schrammclan.wordpress.com
The wordpress blog is password protected so if you want to see the pictures just private message me and I'll send you the password. You can do it via Face book or my regular email which is :
schramm.julie@gmail.com
Love to all!
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