Frequently Asked Questions

As I wait and wait and wait for word, I have found that at this point in the process it is kind of hard to have a large support system. I don't want to sound ungrateful. I LOVE that so many people have been apart of our journey and that so many people are longing for Simon to come home....but the wait seems harder when several times a day, I have to say out loud...."NOPE, no news....still waiting." :(

But then I thought, well that is silly, of course people are going to ask you questions....you haven't updated your blog in OVER a MONTH! So I thought perhaps I would do one of those frequently asked questions blogs.

So when are you bringing your boy home?
Well the short answer is I don't know. The long answer is, I am waiting for Bulgaria to give me travel dates. This is how I understand what is happening right now. My paperwork is waiting for a signature. Once it is signed it will be sent to get assigned a court date. Then court will happen, which we don't have to be there for and our lawyer will take care of for us!! After court declares Simon legally ours, they will give us travel dates. I am a little unclear how long it will be after the legal decree and our traveling, my guess is 2-3 weeks.

How is Simon doing?
Up until two days ago I had no answer to this. We don't get updates while we wait. HOWEVER the Lord blessed me with a very nice woman seeing SImon not once but twice while she was in country visiting her friend's kiddos. So according to her, he is doing well, and his baba is very protective of him. So at least I know that he won't be leaving with an American other than me :).

Will Simon speak English?
....No, he won't. He also doesn't speak Bulgaria. He was severely neglected for so long that he never learned to speak. But while we were there, he did make some vowel sounds that I was very excited about, I am planning on trying to teach him some simple signs to start with and see if he picks them up.

Will Ishmael and Simon share a room?
Yes and I think Ishmael is finally coming around to the idea. Jonathan's mom has given us a dutch trundle bed, it fits under Ishmael's twin bed for storage and when we slide it out it has sides that come up. So it will be very close to the ground with railings all around. We are hoping that will work for Simon. If not we will just have to do some kind of quick change up! This way we don't have to put him in a crib and we also don't have to fit a crib and a bed in a very small room.

Do you have everything you need?
I think so, I hope so. I am still working on getting things organized in Ishmael and Simon's room. We have enough clothes to start, as long as heaven forbid, we aren't picking Simon up in the fall. :) I think we are pretty much fully funded. I do have a few items that I still haven't sold, that will cover any surprises and should cover post adoption charges. I just got a large, very late bill from my doctor's office for our medical exams we had to do for the adoption. I am also taking that in stride...I just need to sell a guitar :) The Lord provides.

Who will be traveling on the pick up trip?
Jonathan and I will be both be traveling and we hope to be bringing Jonathan's sister Rachel along. We are hoping that her work will let her off to go with us, whenever that might be :) She is a pediatric nurse and an experienced traveler. So it will be nice to have her along. She will also be that extra person so that no one has to go out alone. I have sort of been expecting us to be hanging out in the hotel room with Simon pretty much the whole time we are in country. But it is possible that he will be fine with going out and about and we will all just go out together. If not, when Jonathan has to go out for more baby food, Rachel can go with him. :)

Are you fully funded?
Sure. I have always been hesitant to say yes to that question just in case something crazy comes up. But as of now, I have some sort of credit going with my adoption agency, you better believe I called them several times and demanded proof but it seems to stand. :)


Well if you can think of more that I haven't answered, please let me know! :)