Our Baby Girl had her bio parents rights terminated on August 7th. We were waiting for the paper work from the TPR to go through channels and then to hear from the case management agency adoption worker. The adoption worker called about 2 weeks ago and we have an appointment for tonight!! So excited. According the Baby Girls GAL, the goal date for the case to be closed is mid November. Just around the corner.
We have decided to change Baby Girls first name and keep her middle name. We didn't decide this lightly, she is 21months old and definitely knows her name. Her current (bio mom given) first name is normally considered a boys name, although "technically" it is unisex. I have met several children with the same name....all BOYS. It also is one of those fad names that came and went about 7 years ago. Honestly I just have never liked it and can't imagine calling her by that name for the rest of my life.
Her middle name is lovely and we know it will mean a lot to her in the future to have kept it.
Her new first name is a loose combination of my middle, my mom's middle and my mother in laws middle names. It is rooted in our names, but will still be totally her own. Even people who know our middle names will probably not put it together. I know it sounds like it may be crazy, but it actually is a name that is fairly popular, but not trendy. My and my mom's middle names are the same, so we aren't combining 3 names.
I also have to admit I enjoyed naming our child. We have no bio children and so we have never had the privilege of naming a child before. We also had the added benefit of knowing some of the personality of Baby Girl before picking a name. We were considering another name, but felt it just didn't really fit her.
Can't wait to see what the adoption worker has to tell us. We have no real idea how the process works and have questions of course. On the phone she mentioned that she had some things to clarify that were in addition to our foster home study, so I am assuming that we are not going to have to do a whole new home study. Yaaay! I have heard from a couple of CM's that the foster process is much more involved that the adoption process, so hopefully things will move smoothly!! And quickly.
So it looks like we may have a forever daughter to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!
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