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Ummmmm......so just a little update....

WE GOT OUR REFERRAL CALL THIS MORNING FROM JESSICA!!!!!!!!

Jessica called at 11:30 am mountain time this morning to tell us all about our beautiful 2 month old baby girl! She is absolutely precious.

I'll post more details later.

Amazing. Simply amazing.

smj

WE'RE THROUGH 14

14 weeks down. We know that with each passing day, we get closer and closer to baby K. Every day is a blessing! Short and sweet post this time. We pray for patience routinely now!

Onward. smj

WINDOW.

OK. Everyone stay calm. Calm. Peaceful. Calm.

OK. Whatever. WE'RE JUMPING THROUGH THE WINDOW!!! You know the window. The one that Gladney says is approximately 3 to 5 months long, where referrals are most likely to be handed out. You remember what a referral is, don't you? That ALL-IMPORTANT PHONE CALL we will get from Jessica telling us all about who our future daughter will be while we look at e-mailed photos of her. Wow.

3 MONTHS OFFICIALLY - DONE. DONE! We have completed 13 weeks and will now start week 14. Sweet!

Stay tuned!

Onward! smj

A Bright Sun-Shiney Day

Perfectly beautiful. That was today. 75 degrees and perfect for some quick yard work and our first lawn mowing of the spring! Whoo Hoo! It took a few tries but I finally got the mower fired up! Got a little sun burned even. Good times.

In adoption news - we are feeling good about wrapping up with week 12. Hard to believe we are entering the 13th week of waiting, which, upon completion, will take us to 3 MONTHS OF WAITING! "THE WINDOW" Oooooh, Ahhhhh. That exciting "window" of time where we could reasonably expect a call anytime! Stay tuned, people!

Also, GREAT news - we heard back from our very patient caseworker, Jessica on our necessary homestudy updates. We don't have to worry about updating our homestudy. She says, and I quote, "Our in country rep has informed us that dossier documents are good for two years in Ethiopia." YAY!

This week I will work on submitting our letter to USCIS requesting a new fingerprint appointment to keep our Immigration Approval letter current. This is the ever important I171-H from the US government saying we are allowed to adopt internationally. Our fingerprints expire in a couple months, and we MUST make sure this is taken care of - pray that there are no glitches with this. We can't bring home baby K without it!

Until we blog again - ONWARD!

SMJ

Eleven

We have waited 11 full weeks on the wait list now. And full they have been. On the "to do" list for this week will be doing some research on day care and pediatrician options. We will also get the taxes finalized and keep working on our basement. Chad has had his shots for travel, but I will need to get moving on mine this week as well. Some of the suggested vaccinations are yellow fever, hepatitis A & B, tetanus, and typhoid. I am also planning on reading "There's No Me Without You" - Chad's finished it, now it's my turn! There's so much more to do! Onward!

SMJ