Dreams of Diapers

Just a note... we have now waited two months for the APPOINTMENT to have our fingerprints taken. What in the world?

I had a dream last night that I had to buy diapers and I could not decide on a size. This was my first "baby dream." Does this say something?

I hope so.

No News Is Bad News

2 emails and 3 phone calls to CIS have left us with no response and no news to share.

We love fingerprints...

You would think that someone who loves fingerprinting so much would be blessed with the pleasure...
Just check out our October 7, 2007 post. ( I would put a link to it if I could figure out how.) You could look at the blog archive if you are interested...

Maybe I am missing out on something I should be doing...

Movin' Along

Just a little update. We received an email from our social worker saying that the State of Alabama approved our home study. Now it is off to USCIS. Hopefully a fingerprinting appointment will be coming soon!

Happiness is....

We have a finished homestudy in our hands right now!!!!!!!!!!!!

What more can I say....

Is it really April 30?

All of you out there know that the blog title is the hardest part. This one was easy.... is it really the end of April? Would you believe that I typed March 30 the first time? No joke....

Time is sneaky.

I would like to take a moment and thank the following fellow bloggers for encouraging this update:

Chris and Gretchen came to visit our restaurant and told us about their newest addition. They adopted Serik from Kaz and are now in the process of a domestic adoption.

And Lisa....I needed a little encouragement. :0)

There really is not much to offer. We are in the back and forth homestudy approval process. Social worker...agency...social worker...agency...social worker.... you know how it goes. Someday it will go to the state, government...Ethiopia...someday.

Now. Will it really be May in a couple of hours? Where does time go? It goes to life - school, restaurant, home, and on, and on

But..do you know what? There is a reason why events happen in a certain way. I am convinced that all the time is worth it. It is worth it. It is worth it.

As for right now.... The restaurant is ticking along. School is almost out for the summer.

Life is good.

Here we are...

Well, well, well.... How many of these "we are still alive" blogs is one site entitled to in a 6 month period?

Life is good.

On the adoption front, we received the rough draft of our homestudy from our social worker this week. It was really strange to read all of that information in one place. Our lives in a few pages...strange is the only word I have right now. Just some proofreading and editing and we will be finished! Moving along...I can't wait to have those little darlings running around the restaurant.

Oh, the restaurant...It is open! We have all worked 80+ hours this week including our day jobs. It is so worth it. For me, it is fun to see the kiddos in my class come and mash their faces on the restaurant glass to see if they can see Mrs. Cofield. Teachers do live outside of school...

Thanks to all you bloggers and friends out there for the encouraging words and support!

Jennifer