The Nesting Post?

If we had time to type about nesting, I guess we would.

It's been NUTS.  So many little things have gone awry in the past few days we feel like we have "made it into the club." (This is apparently incredibly common.)  People doing these adoptions talk about spiritual warfare, and I've got to tell you, this process will make you a believer that it is real.  And yes, we're fine.

Anyway, we're getting there.  I (Susan) am packing like crazy, and Jerry is pulling together a lot of things to pass on to our kids' caregiver(s).  We have tickets.  We're having talks with the kids about what to expect.  We're having incredible problems with Skype.  My computer is nearly on the fritz.  But we're getting there!

The amount of support from friends in the community, at our parish, at my work, has been remarkable.  I can't even begin to quantify it.  We are very blessed.  And SO many people are looking forward to meeting Alex.  (We have to keep putting it out there--Alex may be "under wraps" quite a bit for a while, to get him acclimated to our family and regular life.  But it's great that people are excited!)

We had a conversation this week with the special education teacher at Bluffview, the director of the school, and a school psychologist for the district about Alex's needs and school this Fall.  We all know it is premature before we know Alex, but we wanted to have a conversation about possibilities before everyone cleared for the summer.  Well, we left the meeting pleased.  They're looking forward to the challenge and simply in terms of physical accommodations, came up with some great possibilities right away (impressive in that they have never had a Kindergarten student who could not walk).  We also talked about ELL (formerly ESL) options, and psychologically what may be possible to address.    They seem willing to do a "slow break-in" to schooling (part time, or not starting until November, etc.), given Alex may have had no schooling at all.  We're hopeful this will work out well.  I've got to say to the locals who read the blog--we do love Bluffview Montessori.

Posting may be light, but it is because we are in high gear!  Please keep us in your prayers! 
Peace, Susan