Paperwork Away!

Finally!!! Our dossier will be on its way tomorrow to Oregon for our agency to finish compiling with their additional paperwork. Our notaries are now all happy and state sealed. Here's how the rest of the process may work out:

1. Dossier sent to State Dept in D.C. for authentication (Courier service hand delivers)

2. Dossier then moves on to Ethiopian Embassy in D.C. for their stamp of approval (Courier again hand delivers)

3. Dossier moves on to Ethiopia to be translated and the search for our twins begins!

4. Notification of referral!

5. Scream, cry, praises lifted on high!

6. Chat with Eddie about the health status of our precious babies (I know, I am already thinking of them as part of our family!)

7. Accept referral and await a court date (sometime after October 3rd due to the court closure)

8. Await court date

9. Pass court and get assigned an Embassy date!

10. Go to pick up our babies and spend a few days in Ethiopia getting acquainted with them and complete the Embassy appointment

11. Fly home and start living the dream as one big happy family :)

That doesn't sound so bad!

Let the real waiting begin!

Jeanne

Fun in the Sun

In preparation for our trip to Florida, we put up the whale pool today. Noelle had a blast. I got my feet wet :) She really enjoyed herself. I can't wait to see how much fun we will have with Auntie Lana and family in the big pool! Enjoy the slides and her different "styles" of sliding!

Pool Party!

Guilty Confession

Do you have any idea how hard it is not to shop during sale season? Since we don't know yet if we are having boys, girls or both, I have tried soooo hard not to buy things. In a moment of weakness, the following occured.

Our day on the town

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

Today was Noelle's first train ride! We had so much fun taking a ladies day train adventure to shop on 3rd St. in Geneva. We rode the train, shopped at many stores, ate ice cream and caramels, bought fairy dust and a doll ornament, and just had a great time! We are definitely doing this again. Noelle was such a good girl and enjoyed almost every part of the trip. She was mostly patient even though our train was late due to the heavy traffic today from the Taste of Chicago. She wants to go again tomorrow, but we will wait and see. Stay tuned for the slide show and tomorrow's possible adventure!

Glitch

Today was a frustrating day. We thought it was going to be a highlight reel day of finishing off the dossier and sending it to the agency. As it turns out, we are redoing someof our documents due to notary errors. We hope to attempt a second trip into the city for official completion of the dossier at the end of next week. Here are some photos of the journey. The train ride was fun :)





Paper and alpha created by Vicki Parker Designs. Thanks!

Twice the Fun!

After chatting with our coordinator, we are definitely adopting two little ones from Ethiopia! We hope that they will be related twins, but if not, they will be two children approximately the same age. Holy Cow!! We are starting to read up on raising two kids and joining Mothers of Twins clubs and garage saling for another high chair and everything else. It is mind boggling which is great because I am sure the reality of it will actually be mind numbing so I will settle for mind-boggling right now :) Just thought I would share with those who care!

Glow Fest

Check out our weekend happenings with Uncle Jim and Aunt Kris at Glow Fest in Elgin! Noelle and all of us had a fabulous time. The "best day of my life" according to Noelle, who was sitting on Uncle Jimmy's lap at the time :)

Glow Fest Pics