<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Adoption) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Adoption @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>It takes about a month</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/it_takes_about_a_month.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/it_takes_about_a_month.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=it%5Ftakes%5Fabout%5Fa%5Fmonth</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I realized today that, despite all the muddy paw prints and all the extra time outdoors de-energizing, despite the bigger vet bill and the chewed up toys, there is no way I could take Milo back to the Humane Society and drop him off now.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Our profile gets another look see</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_profile_gets_another_look_see.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_profile_gets_another_look_see.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=our%5Fprofile%5Fgets%5Fanother%5Flook%5Fsee</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our social worker called today and said there&#39;s a family interested in us.&nbsp; They found our Bethany profile online and, having looked through all the profiles, are really just interested in us.&nbsp; I find this astounding.&nbsp; First, becau]]></description></item><item><title>Dog of the Week: St. Milo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/st_milo.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/st_milo.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=st%5Fmilo</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hmmmm...I wonder if there was an actual St. Milo[quick google]It appears there is a Blessed Milo of Selincourt.&nbsp; But we will not be talking about him.&nbsp; We will be talking about the Best Puppy in the World, our new puppy Milo. &nbsp;What a g]]></description><category>dogs</category><category>mutts</category><category>shelter dogs</category><category>humane society</category></item><item><title>I thought I had a spare kong around here...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_thought_i_had_a_spare_kong_around_here.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_thought_i_had_a_spare_kong_around_here.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fthought%5Fi%5Fhad%5Fa%5Fspare%5Fkong%5Faround%5Fhere</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...but I can&#39;t seem to find it.&nbsp; I thought for sure that Rosie had one, once upon a time.&nbsp; She hardly ever used it.&nbsp;&nbsp; She was never a chewer.&nbsp; In fact, she was never destructive at all.&nbsp; So most of the toys we got, i]]></description><category>dogs</category><category>adoption</category></item><item><title>Name that dog</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_that_dog.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_that_dog.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=name%5Fthat%5Fdog</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Though as everyone I know knows, I&#39;m not very good with change.&nbsp; So though it&#39;s really entirely my idea, I&#39;m excited but nervous about deciding to adopt Aztec.&nbsp; There are plenty of variables here: how will Rosie react, how will]]></description><category>names</category><category>dog names</category></item><item><title>3 years ago today, I became Max&apos;s mother</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/3_years_ago_today_i_became_maxs_mother.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/3_years_ago_today_i_became_maxs_mother.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=3%5Fyears%5Fago%5Ftoday%5Fi%5Fbecame%5Fmaxs%5Fmother</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was thinking about this last night as I was going to sleep.&nbsp; With the time zone difference, I was already into today then and thinking about how I&#39;d have just have been getting up and getting ready for our court date.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a sn]]></description><category>russian adoption</category><category>adoption</category><category>russia</category></item><item><title>The big question</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_big_question.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_big_question.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fbig%5Fquestion</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two days ago, Max asked the question I&#39;d been dreading for awhile: &quot;Mommy, was I in your tummy?&quot;We&#39;d been talking about my friend, A.M., who has a baby in her tummy and is a little worried about it right now.&nbsp; So we&#39;ve been]]></description><category>adoption</category><category>russian adoption</category></item><item><title>Last of the Post-placement reports</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_of_the_postplacement_reports.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_of_the_postplacement_reports.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=last%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fpostplacement%5Freports</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today our social worker called and we had the last our our 4 post-placement interviews for Max&#39;s adoption.&nbsp; It was painless.&nbsp; The last two have been by phone, in fact.&nbsp; We didn&#39;t even have to go in.&nbsp; I just had to give our]]></description><category>russian adoption</category><category>postplacement reports</category><category>adoption</category></item><item><title>Our adoption profile gets a look see</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_adoption_profile_gets_a_look_see.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/our_adoption_profile_gets_a_look_see.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=our%5Fadoption%5Fprofile%5Fgets%5Fa%5Flook%5Fsee</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After moping earlier this week  that it&#39;s never going to happen for us, I got a call yesterday from our social worker.&nbsp; He has someone coming in on Monday to whom he&#39;s planning to show our profile.&nbsp; She&#39;s due July 9th. &nbsp;Jul]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption time frame delay</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/adoption_time_frame_delay.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/adoption_time_frame_delay.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=adoption%5Ftime%5Fframe%5Fdelay</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Before our vacation, J. called up our social worker to see how our profile was doing: had it had any visitors, etc.&nbsp; And our social worker told us that no, no one had looked at it yet, and, unfortunately, the time frame for the average time fram]]></description></item><item><title>New study on adoptive parents</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_study_on_adoptive_parents.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_study_on_adoptive_parents.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fstudy%5Fon%5Fadoptive%5Fparents</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From the news release:&nbsp; &quot;BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Adoptive parents invest more time and financial resources in their children compared with biological parents, according to the results of a national study that challenges the more conventional v]]></description><category>adoption</category><category>adoptive parents</category></item><item><title>1st homestudy visit</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_homestudy_visit.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_homestudy_visit.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=1st%5Fhomestudy%5Fvisit</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We had our first homestudy visit with Bethany last Thursday.&nbsp; It was amazing how much less stressful it was for me than the first time we went about it.&nbsp; I feel so much more confident about this process and about my ability to be a mother.&]]></description></item><item><title>Signed, sealed, delivered...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/signed_sealed_delivered.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/signed_sealed_delivered.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=signed%5Fsealed%5Fdelivered</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...the application in the mail to Bethany .&nbsp; So we&#39;ve crossed the starting line on our second paperchase, domestic this time.&nbsp; Here&#39;s to a successful adoption.&nbsp; I surely hope we don&#39;t have to go through the whole homestudy]]></description><category>adoption</category><category>domestic adoption</category></item><item><title>More thoughts on Adoption</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_thoughts_on_adoption.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_thoughts_on_adoption.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fthoughts%5Fon%5Fadoption</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For some time now I've been lurking at adoptionblogs.com .  Most of the people there are very pro-adoption, but there are people there with negative feelings about it as well, most of them birthmothers.  So why is it that I get stuck on rea]]></description><category>adoption</category></item><item><title>Two-year anniversary</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/twoyear_anniversary.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/twoyear_anniversary.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=twoyear%5Fanniversary</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'd like to say I knew at that minute that this was my son.  But I didn't.  I really didn't have any emotion at all at hand except for perhaps shock.  This was really happening.  We were really going to travel an]]></description><category>adoption</category><category>russian adoption</category></item><item><title>Russia is...out</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/russia_isout.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/russia_isout.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=russia%5Fisout</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After much consideration, I think J. and I have decided we can't do another Russian adoption.  It's gotten too expensive for us, too complicated in terms of medical exams/stay in country, and we're not sure what exactly a psych eval]]></description><category>russian adoption</category></item><item><title>Update from our agency</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/update_from_our_agency.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/update_from_our_agency.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=update%5Ffrom%5Four%5Fagency</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The adoption situation has hit a roadblock in Russia (once again), and it impacts everyone in every agency.  On May 24, the US Embassy in Moscow announced that under a new Russian law, foreign adoption agencies operating in Russia are now being]]></description></item><item><title>The state of Russian adoption</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_state_of_russian_adoption.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_state_of_russian_adoption.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fstate%5Fof%5Frussian%5Fadoption</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the last several months there have been some developments in Russia that will making adopting from there more difficult. First, for some time now I've been hearing rumors that couples wishing to adopt will have to have 8 doctors - 8 specialist]]></description><category>russian adoption</category></item><item><title>Weird dreams</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/weird_dreams.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/weird_dreams.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=weird%5Fdreams</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I don't know what the heck is going on in my subconscious, but I've been having very detailed and vivid dreams. The night before last I dreamed my brother-in-law (not H., but it was clear we were related in that way) had gotten jilted at the]]></description></item><item><title>Max turns 2!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/max_turns_2.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/max_turns_2.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=max%5Fturns%5F2</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And he can even say it!  Sort of.  It comes out a lot like "Dooooo."  So yesterday he had a little party with Morfar and Grandma, V., Uncle K., A1 & A2. There was pizza and cake. It was very nice. I think he found being the center of at]]></description></item></channel></rss>