No news is irritating

So the social worker does not work on Friday’s and the court date was on Wednesday. I completely forgot to call in time and Thursday evening I left her a message only to realize I have to wait until Monday to hear if their was another continuance, or the posting in the paper, for how long that would be. Hopefully bright and ealrly on Monday she will be able to give me an update so I can have a timeline. We are hoping to move and break this hour commute in half. I don’t want to move until the adoption is finalized or there will be more of a wait (which I refuse to impose upon myself).

Now for updates: He seems to be teething recently beacuse Wednesday night I think I got a collective 3 hours in 45 min bursts. Lots of tears. Mostly on his part, but a few on mine. Last dr’s visit he was 27 pounds, yet he still works 12 months most of the times. He is talking up a storm and it is so funny. He likes broccoli but pronounces it cockly. He’s starting to get an affinity for chocolate, yet calls is cockerlit. He loves taking his socks off, but when he sees them in the laundry basket he says, oh my cox! It’s too darn funny. He dropped a marker a few days ago and said, whoopsy. I knew he could say uh, oh, but whoopsy, so funny! He is now working this ’shy’ routine, kinda irritating in a large group setting, but if everyone was 3 feet taller than me I think I’d be a little shy as well. He is also starting to learn colors in his toddler class. So far he knows red, green, blue, brown, and pink. I think that’s pretty impressive, but I would. He just turned 19 months on the 18th and has been very excited by potty training. He goes virtually every time and is starting to tell me before he needs to go. I bought him the cutest darn underpants, but I am so afraid I will be mopping up pee puddles that I have been too scared to use them, maybe in March. He is very aggreable at times and will follow most request with, ‘kay’ or a high pitched ‘uh huh.’ Apparently he picked up an accent somewhere along the way. He can do the whole kissy lip thing, but not on demand unless he’s saying goodbye to g-grammy in the ‘home.’ That’s about it.

Updates to follow (hopefully by Monday).

The latest

(I warn you, this is one rambling update…I have a ton going on in my head right now, maybe once it is a little clearer I can prioritize.)

Korbin’s social worker came by on Tuesday and shared some of the newest information. Apparently they (the court) is only needing to inform his dad of the TPR hearings. His bio mom has been notified and still didn’t show. This is good news for me. At least she knows and hasn’t showed, I was so concerned she would try to prove competency or something like that. The SW said, oh I think mom is busy with the new baby. What! New baby, hmmm, that is interesting. So, we’ll have to see what happens there. If dad still doesn’t show after this next hearing they have to post it in the paper, and wait for a couple of weeks. Then there is still the whole process of paperwork and waiting for it to process, but at least it will be moving in the direction we need it too. Should be a fun and continually crazy ride.

Continuance!

So the bio’s were no shows.  Which means no TPR until they have had proper notification.  That makes sense, just more waiting.  Grrr.  The next hearing seemed to be scheduled pretty quickly.  It’s on the 28th of this month; then if they are no shows that day, the next step is to post the hearing in the paper.  I hope it’s a three strikes and you’re out type of thing, but since my social worker is new to the adoption unitshe doesn’t know how the whole process goes.  Anyway, even though I knew Korbin’s family wasn’t visibly fighting for him, it is kind of nice (and so heartbreakingly sad at the same time) to know they are not making any effort right now.  So emotionally I’m all mixed up.  I’m really getting excited to see things moved a few steps forward, yet it’s so sad to know he will grow up not having bio-family that fought to keep him.  Well at least I’m fighting to keep him.  I am so over the moon for this little guy.  He is too funny.  Recently he has started to learn animal sounds and I must video tape it so everyone can experience his silliness.  Apparently a bird says teet, teet; a cat says mow; and a dog pants.  I love it!  More excitement to follow over the next few weeks.

Happy Anniversary

So today marks the six month anniversary of Korbin being home. As of today he has officially been with me longer than anyone else. How cool is that. I thought a few photos might be in order. These are from a few months ago, so he has grown a ton and has a lot more hair, but here ya go…[caption id="attachment_88" align="alignnone" width="180" caption="Summertime at our school"][/caption]

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