Hello Everyone:

Still nothing new. The form that we sent in to the Division of Homeland Security was returned to us. Looks as though they do not take personal checks and we should have sent in a cashier's check or money order. We got the cashier's check and sent it back in. Hopefully no more hiccups.

We haven't heard anything more about our other paperwork.

We wanted to thank everyone for what they have done for us so far. Kristen and Travis for the crib and rocker, my Mom for the stroller and car seat, Shanty and Jason for the gift card which bought a pak n' play, Laura for help, advice, toys, baby monitor, etc., Gina, Hosho and the dogs for the little tent and the chair that attaches to a dining table. We know there will be others helping in the future but we wanted to let everyone know how much we appreciate what they have given us. We also appreciate all those who give us support daily and are there when we need them. You all have made this process easy.

Hi Everyone:

Just wanted to let you know that as far as we know, our paperwork is still in Atlanta. We did get our other paperwork into the Department of Homeland Security and are waiting to hear back from them about getting our biometrics done.

We've received our stroller in the mail and registered on a website, babyage. We've now entered the long waiting period. Hoepfully we'll know hold old she will be soon and can add clothes to the registry.

That's all for now,
Julee

Getting exciting!

It seems as though all of our paperwork, so far, looks good. It now has to go to D.C. We will see what they think of our paperwork. If they like it, they send it to Ethiopia, hopefully they'll like it too. Apparently, they put us on a referral list when we sent in our application back in November. This way, once our paperwork is in and finalized they can immediately begin working on a match. Our contact at the adoption agency thinks that once Ethiopia receives our paperwork, this could possibly happen in 60 days. We'll see, there still could be hiccups along the way but if all went smoothly, we could be traveling to Africa at the end of the summer.

Today, we bought a pack n' play. We were pretty excited about it and it will match the stroller we want to get. The stroller was out of stock so we need to check back in a week or so. Justin particularly likes the stroller because the push handle can adjust upward for, what he refers to as, "normal sized people". In other words, people his height, not all of us shorties out there.

That's all for now.

Us