Oh. my.
First, I have to start by saying how understanding she was and how patient she was with us. She told me that our time was no crazier than any other interview she tries to conduct with kids around. So that made me feel better. But oh wow - it was nuts. Absolute craziness. I had Kendall in the living room watching a movie when she got there, because I figured that would keep her occupied so we could talk. Cooper won't ever watch tv, so I had just decided she would probably end up in my lap anyway. Our social worker got there and everything just started going downhill. The girls fought over toys, Kendall needed candy (it was 10:30am!), Cooper was up and down in every chair at the kitchen table, and basically it was just super hard to sit and have a conversation. Not just a light conversation either - we are talking about my life growing up, my family, favorite moments in my life, what I love about being a mom...heavy stuff like that! And we were interrupted constantly. At one point I even had to take Kendall to time out. Awesome.
With all that, I didn't have high hopes at all for how well Kendall's interview would go. But by the time we wrapped up my portion and she was ready to talk to Kendall, she came and sat right in my lap and was very sweet and answered all of her questions! I have had a lot of people ask me what kinds of things she wanted to talk to her about - I was pretty curious as well! She started off just by talking to her about school and about her friends at school. Then she asked her what she thought about having a new little sister, and asked if she knew where she was coming from. We've talked about it before, but she must not have remembered because she just said, "I don't know." Our social worker told her China and I said, "Yes, remember who we've talked about that she may look like?" Kendall said, "Yes! Mulan!" Our social worker said, "Oh, is that someone in your class?" Um, no. Like the (very popular) Disney movie. Ha! After that she just talked to Kendall about how she would have to help teach her English and then that was pretty much it! I'm sure it gets a little more heavy as the children get older, but there's just not a lot of information you can get out of a four year old! I was proud of Kendall for speaking with her.
So that's it! Now we just wait for her to write our report and send it to Lifeline. I am excited to be finished with this part of the process and move on to Immigration.
I intended to post a picture last time of the beautiful orchid our sweet friends Mike and Chantel gave us the night before our first home visit. They are in the middle of the adoption process right now too, and it has been so neat to have friends on the same journey with us as we've begun. She said she hoped that this would remind us of the new beginning God is giving our family and that it would be a symbol to us of our daughter waiting for us. I love it so much!
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