Referral! It's a Boy!!!

[yellowdogmom]

Hi Everyone,

We got our referral call last night! HOORAY!!! Our son was born on January 12th and was a hair over 7 lbs. We are just so thrilled!

Our social worker called last night around 7:00 p.m. right after we had had the "no referral today" discussion over dinner - what a fantastic surprise!

Our referral packet is being put together and we're meeting with our social worker on Friday to receive it. I can't wait to see his sweet little face!

I'm on cloud 9!

[amyliv]

Congratulations Kristen!! That was a great surprise to get the call in the evening.Friday is going to be so wonderful!! enjoy, hope your son will be home soon. Amy: homestudy sent to Korea 11/03

[momathome]

Kristin-
What fabulous news!!! You must be thrilled! I can't wait to hear about your journey to bring your little boy home!!! When do you think you might be travelling? Congratulations!
-Lauren

[malie]

Now the really hard wait begins. Of course the good news is that it's the beginning of the year so you don't have to worry about the Korean Gov't hitting their exit passport limit. Here's to a quick I-600 approval and an speedy travel call

[McQ]

I'm so happy for you!!! Do post a picture when you get your referral packet. When do you think you're going to travel? Please keep us updated!

Allison
~ mommy to Declan 3.24.03

[sbjf]

Congratulations, how wonderful!! Can't wait to hear all about him! Any name ideas yet?

[NEVE and TRISTAN]

Kristen,
What exciting news...congrats!!! I know you are thrilled!!!!
I can't wait to see pictures...

Neve
http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties

[Kimberly H]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

It's the most amazing thing, isn't it? I'm so excited for you!!!

Please post photos and more info as soon as you have them.

[yellowdogmom]

Thanks everyone!

Amy, you should be up next, right??? What agency are you with?

Malie, you are so right about not getting stuck in quota - I am truly thankful that our timing has fallen into place and that we won't get stuck in that long, long wait.

Lauren, our wait from here should be about 3 or 4 months and we're going to meet him at the airport. With Korea, families have the option of traveling or having the children escorted. We've decided to escort because of limited leave time for my DH. Then we'll go back as a family in a few years to visit the country.

We're waiting to see his picture to decide on a name, but Theo is our front runner and is pretty far out front. :)

I'll keep you all posted tomorrow after our meeting! I just can't wait!!!

[momathome]

Kristin-
You must be so thrilled! Theo is an adorable name! And, duh, I knew from research that you could use escorts for Korean adoptions - this is something we will probably do if we pursue the Korean adoption route because of our 2 girls - kind of hard travelling to another continent with 2 small children! Best of luck to you!
-Lauren