We are so happy! Today we are sending the petition for the finalization of the adoption, along with the baby’s progress-report. :) Here is a scarp from the report..

• The child is maintaining a steady health & her growth rate is satisfactory as per the doctor.
• She was detected underweight initially but has been gaining good weight & height since then.
• Her diet chart consists of formula food/rice/cereals/vegetables/fruits as per the advice of the pediatrician.
• She is also consuming supplements of iron & calcium for last three months.
• She is strictly following the monthly vaccination routine & her doses are up to date.
• She can now sit, crawl & stand on her own.
• She can walk herself with a support like wall, railing etc.
• She is showing good communication & social skills & seems to be enjoying company of people.
• She has just started speaking small words like ‘mama’ etc.
• She can mimic actions & gestures & she is also learning things very quickly.
• She is very active, intelligent & observant.
• She has been travelling in past few months & found to be adjusted well in all kind of new environments.
• So far she didn’t show any sign of sickness & didn’t require any medical aid either.
• Overall she is a happy & healthy child who is doing very well.

(… it’s so nice to keep for the record!)

ispirami asked: I think you'll like my other Tumblr blog on adoption http://adozione.tumblr.com/
I should have followed you with that one instead of this one actually. My mistake! Congratulations on your beautiful daughter, your story is very inspiring.
Hugs, Gabi

Now following. :) And thank you so much for your wishes.

iced-chai asked: I found you surfing the "india" tag here on tumblr and just want to say that reading your tumblr brought tears to my eyes. I'm so happy you finally have your little girl and wish you and her and the rest of your family only the best. <3

Thank you so very much for your wonderful wishes. God bless! :)

I know I’m late for an update, but I’m late for a reason, and it couldn’t have been better than the way it is…! Yes! I found my little girl people! :)

To cut long story short, we took off on our pleasure trip up North as planned, knowing little that we’d be returning home three, unbelievable! We were least prepared for our baby at this point, we just went for our first official visit to the adoption people and though we were in no. 27 in the queue of wannabe adoptive parents there the officer proposed us to have a look at the babies. They told us, since we were in town and if we find our baby, it’d be considered as a privileged case and rest of the formalities would be done on priority basis to get the necessary papers cleared immediately.  “Are they kidding?” I gasped! “Am I dreaming? Can we take our baby home now? NOW?? OMG!”

13^th October, about 10’O clock at night we visited the care centre with baited breath… and there she was, cutest ever in a baby blue jumper, silky tresses, bright eyes, sucking her thumb and smiling mischievously, a seven months old wonder! We fell for her the moment we saw her but alas! We were told that her papers were allotted for another couple already!  I told them calmly that she was the one for me, if not, we didn’t mind to be back later again, as our turn would come. We were assured that if by any chance the prospective family didn’t turn up by 18^th October, 19^th morning she’ll be considered officially ours. *sigh*

…

And there began the longest six days of our life!!

We went ahead with our trip, soaked in the beautiful nature, relaxed, enjoyed but all breathless… every phone call making our heart skipping a beat! Finally as we were driving down the highway, I watched the sun setting on 18^th evening… and I knew she was mine! 19^th morning, at the breakfast table we received the most anticipated phone call. And then, everything changed before my eyes… as if seeing through some tinted glasses, smiles and joys and hugs, unlimited phone calls, congratulations and celebrations, rescheduling and fresh booking of tickets, last moment shopping and before we realized it was actually happening in real, we were there to receive our baby girl, 24^th October evening it was.

We got home 25^th October, our baby girl in tow, we named her Kiarah! :)

Since then it’s a sweet mess at home, new arrangements for baby, working on her diet, making the house childproof, the list just goes on…

And more than a month down the line, I finally get to update my fairy tale while she sleeps in her playpen.

Pure bliss!

More later.

rebeka21 asked: I'm absolutely ecstatic for you!! I can't wait to hear about the newest addition to your family....she's a lucky girl :)

That’s very nice of you. I can’t thank you enough for this sweet gesture. :)

This is in response to the comment of embracetheworld in my last post.

The story of adoption is entirely a different ball game in India. Due to lack of awareness and exposure still there is a lot of social stigma attached to the concept.

Open adoption is still not popular in this country and it’s also very rare that parents put up their children for adoption through a proper channel when they feel that they are unable to take care of them.

It is unfortunate that the most babies arrive in the adoption agencies are found abandoned in hospitals or in any other public places. I don’t think that’s exactly a sign of a trustworthy family. Instead of building up love and trust the parents rather concentrate on remaining unidentified.

There may be a lot of debate going on, but in a country like ours, to my opinion, closed adoption is truly a boon for the child when they are irresponsibly abandoned by their birth-family in the first place.

So now you can see, I have every reason to believe that those little fellows are craving for a loving family. And on the contrary, here in India, when parents and the entire family love the baby, they NEVER put them up for adoption.

Cheers! :)