Saturday, October 28, 2000
As usual, so much has happened since I last posted here. I am a procrastinating writer for sure. I got all of the certifications and authentications done in time to be DTC on September 21, 2000. There was one small snafu with my birth certificate. I had gotten the one from vital check and come to find out it would need to be certified by the county. Anyway, after lots of phone calls I figured it would just be easier to order a new one from the Austin office that is already certified. Then after getting that, I sent it right out to be authenticated in Houston. I had sent the rest of the dossier to Houston the week before. Receiving the authenticated documents was fun and each form has a document attached that is in Chinese.
So, after receiving all of my documents, I took my dossier to school with me and made copies, copies, copies… okay, I was a little paranoid. I mailed my dossier by overnight to GWCA on September 13. I got a call from them the next day saying everything looked great and they mailed it to china on September 15. About 2 weeks later, I got a letter from them stating that my dossier was registered in China on September 21, 2000. I’m official!!! Now for the wait.
I have a possible red thread story… In the early morning hours of October 14, a Saturday, I had a dream. I dream a lot, and frequently remember several dreams when I wake up in the mornings. I had woken up that morning around 4:30 and gotten up to check on puppies (Sadie had a litter born September 6) and then gone back to bed. This is the dream I remember. I was in an operating room and I was in labor. Sherry and mom were there on either side of me, holding my hands and helping me. The doctor is at the end of the table and I am in A LOT of pain. I remember feeling this acute agony and everyone encouraging me to keep it up. The baby is finally born. The doctor checks her out and wraps her in a blanket and comes around and hands her to me. She is all bundled up in a gray blanket except for her face. I turn the baby around and look at her face and she has the most beautiful Asian face. Round cheeks and Asian eyes and I can tell she has hair but not much. I have had several dreams about the baby but have never been able to see her face! This dream was so vivid and real. I was so confused when I woke up and I still felt that joy at seeing her face. I guess time will tell if this was the day Mykayla was born. |
