It has been far too long and we concede that. Sorry. Here are a couple of major things that have taken place in our life in the last few months.
1) Andrew graduated in May from Appalachian State with his Masters in College Student Development
2) We moved to Dallas for the summer to hang out with family and allow Andrew time to apply for jobs all over the country
3) Leigh went back to work at Medical City Children's Hospital in July
4) Rorey, Leigh and Leigh's family went to the UK for 16 days in August (Andrew was in the throws of interviewing with various universities and needed to be in the US)
5) Andrew accepted a job at Texas A&M University working for the Memorial Student Center as a Program Advisor and started at the end of September
6) Rorey and Leigh continue to commute to and from Dallas until January 1st when Andrew's health insurance kicks in
7) We received the paperwork to start the adoption process over again on October 1st
8) October 5th we received a phone call about a potential birth mother
9) Rorey was a one-eyed monster for Halloween
10) November 15th, 2011- Rorey turned 18 months old
10) November 16th, 2011- our son John Richard Carruth was born at 2:45 pm. He weighed in at 6 lbs 8oz and is 18.5 inches long.
Side note- We are currently in the process of adopting John. We have reached the first of multiple milestones that must be met in order for him to become permanently a part of our family. Here is a list of those milestones:
Birth
48 Hours- Birth mom can sign a relinquishment of her rights
32 Days- Our attorney will file to terminate birth father rights
45 Days- Our attorney will go to court to verify that all parental rights have been terminated
90 Days- We go to court to finalize and make John 100% non-refundable
We will also be completing a homestudy within the next few weeks.
We are grateful for all of the love and support that we have received these last few months. We ask that prayers continue to be offered on our behalf. Thank you for coming on this journey with us. We also ask that no mention of John be done on any social media sites (ie Facebook, Twitter, etc) until we have finalized the adoption.
Thank you...for everything.
Our Growing Family
Our miracle worker: Dr Kim Vernon
Rorey hanging out with her new little brother
Kisses!! What a good big sister!!
1) Andrew graduated in May from Appalachian State with his Masters in College Student Development
2) We moved to Dallas for the summer to hang out with family and allow Andrew time to apply for jobs all over the country
3) Leigh went back to work at Medical City Children's Hospital in July
4) Rorey, Leigh and Leigh's family went to the UK for 16 days in August (Andrew was in the throws of interviewing with various universities and needed to be in the US)
5) Andrew accepted a job at Texas A&M University working for the Memorial Student Center as a Program Advisor and started at the end of September
6) Rorey and Leigh continue to commute to and from Dallas until January 1st when Andrew's health insurance kicks in
7) We received the paperwork to start the adoption process over again on October 1st
8) October 5th we received a phone call about a potential birth mother
9) Rorey was a one-eyed monster for Halloween
10) November 15th, 2011- Rorey turned 18 months old
10) November 16th, 2011- our son John Richard Carruth was born at 2:45 pm. He weighed in at 6 lbs 8oz and is 18.5 inches long.
Side note- We are currently in the process of adopting John. We have reached the first of multiple milestones that must be met in order for him to become permanently a part of our family. Here is a list of those milestones:
Birth
48 Hours- Birth mom can sign a relinquishment of her rights
32 Days- Our attorney will file to terminate birth father rights
45 Days- Our attorney will go to court to verify that all parental rights have been terminated
90 Days- We go to court to finalize and make John 100% non-refundable
We will also be completing a homestudy within the next few weeks.
We are grateful for all of the love and support that we have received these last few months. We ask that prayers continue to be offered on our behalf. Thank you for coming on this journey with us. We also ask that no mention of John be done on any social media sites (ie Facebook, Twitter, etc) until we have finalized the adoption.
Thank you...for everything.
Our Growing Family
Our miracle worker: Dr Kim Vernon
Rorey hanging out with her new little brother
Kisses!! What a good big sister!!
Thanks so much for the update! We love all the photos!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! Rorey just makes my day better!
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