Okay, I know a lot of people have been checking in to see if we have heard anything in reference to our latest adoption adventure. Here are the (hopefully) pre-emptive answers to your questions:
No, we haven't heard anything.
Yes, I know it has been a month since we were told we were first on the list.
Yes, I know they average two to four girl referrals a month.
Yes, it is very frustrating.
Incidentally, we have changed the working title for this adoption. Originally, we were calling her "The Next Shmunkin" or "Shmunkin II" or "Shmunkin, The Sequel". But the Original Shmunkin was having none of that, and came up with what she considered a better reference. So from now on, the working title will be "Sissy."
Sissy? Sissy?!!
C'mon. You can do better.
Heck, even Lil' Sis is better than Sissy!
Go back to the drawing board and come up with another one.
Posted by: Global Librarian | June 17, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Well, she is only four.
Posted by: PD | June 17, 2008 at 07:06 AM
You cannot leave a 4 year old in charge of such matters. How do you think Picabo Street (Former Olympic skier) got her name? She named herself. When she was four. Because her favorite game was "Peek a Boo!"
You're the parent. Take charge!
Geesh!
Posted by: Global Librarian | June 17, 2008 at 02:48 PM
First, the Picabo Street thing is a myth. She was named after a town in Idaho, whose name means "Shining Waters" in the language of the Native American tribe that lived there. I would think a research librarian would have looked into that a bit more before trying to pass a myth off as truth.
(And before you try to cite it: She never worked in an intensive care unit of a hospital, and there was never any rule saying she could not answer the phone, "Picabo, I.C.U.". Nor was she afraid of being injured in a fall, leading to a similar newspaper headline.)
Now that we have that settled, I see nothing wrong with allowing a four-year-old to give her future sibling a nickname, if it makes her feel like more a part of the process and therefore helps ease the transition from single child. And it isn't like we can do better. Unless you think "The Shmunkin" us a great nickname.
Besides, it's not like Sissy will be new baby's actual name. That will be Rapunzel.
Posted by: PD | June 17, 2008 at 10:47 PM