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Gifts~
Ditto--we were told to bring gifts to the foster mom, not the birthmom (whom we never met), and the atty if we wanted to.
I ended up getting packages together for both of them. For his foster mom, I got a big gift bag and just filled it with different things: some smelly-goods (I heard that perfume and perfumed soaps or anything are hard to get there and if they could get them most couldn't afford them), some Univ. of KY things (GO CATS!), & a plaque that says "LOVE" and had the prettiest angel figurines mounted next to the letters. And, a 'thank you' card in Espanol from us.
For our atty, heard she liked smelly-goods, too. So we bought her a big gift basket of perfumed soaps, bathoils, body spray, etc. It was gift wrapped real pretty & she said she "can never get enough of those" when we gave it to her. The best tho was when we gave our gift to the foster mom. She hugged us and kept saying 'thank you' but didn't even look in the bag. Just that she got something seemed to make her happy?
I'm also in the process now of putting together a mini-scrapbook with lots of Connor-pics, KY postcards, "U.S." stuff, and some letters journaled in it. Think she'll like that, too.
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Mommy to C&C 
Still praying...for 1 more
10/17/07-Found you
10/22-It's official
11/12-rec COA
12/21-entire dossier rec'd by atty
12/22-subm for PA
1/23/08-agency says case in "grave jeopardy"
2/12-rec PA
2/15-FLOP-WHY 
8/6- begged agency for atty to establish case w/CNA
8/13-agency says 'not likely' b/c we didn't VISIT
...new atty=new hope
10/13-new atty talks to CNA->We qualify for regularization 
10/21-Confirmed COA from agency is not a COA. Never even filed
11/5-prior atty wants to "check" on us.Tells new atty he was never pd by agency! Agrees to give our file IF we release him of all liab 
1/6/09-rec the real COA! Petition to be filed with CNA tomorrow! 
2/10-'old' atty won't release our file...w/out PAYING a fee! So much for release of liability 
2/16-Agree to pay file ransom
4/29-File FINALLY given to new atty
5/19-CNA officially approves us to begin adoption; accepts dossier
NOW MORE HOOPS 
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