http://beyerhome.com/blog Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:49:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday (21st September 2009), I landed a new job as Manager of Accounts and Administration at Park Avenue Accommodation Group.  I'll be starting in two weeks - they were obliging enough to give me two weeks to find a child care option that would work for us.  I feel happy ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=77 Yesterday was Family Day (Wednesday 09/09/09)!  Madison is now having real conversations with us.  She likes to repeat everything we say, but she also says things all on her own.   She likes testing us at times.  If we ask her to do something, she will often either run away or ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=76 We got the call this morning (27th August 2009).  We were approved for a rental home in Endeavour Hills.  What a weight has been lifted off our shoulders.   Now Yarra can come out of quarantine and have somewhere to go!  The modest 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home has a good ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=75 So, here we are. In Australia, finally. We left the USA on August 3rd, 2009 and arrived here in Australia on August 5th, 2009. The two week period leading up to our departure from Denver was hectic, and at times, frantic. There was soooo much to do, and it seemed ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=74 Life is busy right now.  We have the move to Australia happening on 3rd August which is less than three weeks away.  There are Customs forms to complete for the household goods we're taking, there are things to do with Yarra before he can go (buy a kennel that suits ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=73 Yesterday (Monday 6th July), a week after we met with Myra for our first homestudy, she was back at our place for our second meeting.   We have given her most of the paperwork that she needs to write the report for us.  There are just the medicals and the CBI ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=72 How many times can one person be fingerprinted?  We just went in today to be fingerprinted AGAIN.  It seemed to take forever.  Perhaps it just felt like forever because Madi was overtired and running around faster than we could keep up with her.  Perhaps it was because when it was ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=71 Well, it's official.  We've begun the paper chase again.   I went to the Orientation yesterday (Friday 19th June) at the CCAI Agency office in Greenwood Village.  We knew that a few things had changed from our first experience in terms of the paperwork, but the fact that there is a ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=70 We've started on the adoption journey again.  On Thursday, June 4th 2009, we sent the names of our three references to CCAI.  Kurt took the adoption application into the CCAI office yesterday (June 8th) along with some other paperwork.   It looks like I will be attending an orientation session on ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=69 Well here it is, 1 year ago we were introduced to our lovely Madison for the first time. Hard to believe how quickly that went. Thinking back on it, it was quite a day one year ago. We woke up in Hong Kong on the 9th knowing that at some ... http://beyerhome.com/blog/?p=68