Jane's Adoption Testimonial

Kristina is doing fabulous. She is just such a blessing to us. We just can't imagine our family without her. And she is doing fabulous in school which is a major blessing. After having foster kids with IEP's and MFE's and all the tutoring,etc., her achievements in school are such a nice surprise. The only thing she's behind in is reading and that won't be for long. She has a tutor at school and began reading about 3 weeks ago. She is such a smarty pants. I don't think one drop of the information in her paperwork from the previous family was accurate. She remembers everything! (such a woman).

She loves gymnastics and is learning to swim at the YMCA. We absolutely had to sign her up for swimming lessons right away. When I took her to our city pool right after we got her she just absolutely loved the water but couldn't swim at all. But that didn't stop her. She's a maniac in the water. She would literally swim away from me, go under and just wait for me to bring her up out of the water... and then do it again and again and again. You think after swallowing a couple gallons of water she would get the idea... But she's doing great in swimming now. She is definitely the first to volunteer to do anything the coach asks of the group.

We are just so thrilled with our entire experience. We had just about given up on the idea that we would ever be able to adopt an older child. The foster care system can be so difficult to work with when you and your kids get new case workers every other month (or no caseworker).

I'll let you know when we are coming down next. I think our next visit has to be down there, instead of a home visit, but I'm not sure.

Take care and have a great weekend.

Jane