I finally got back the medical certificate from my doctors office today, it took them nearly 2 weeks to return. But, I have it now. Tomorrow, I am taking a giant stack of papers to the NC Secretary of State to have all the notary signatures authenticated. I decided to make the drive down there and hand deliver/pick up the paperwork to save some $$. Plus, I don't have to worry it is lost in the mail somewhere.

Quote

“Family need not be defined merely as those with whom they
share blood but for those for whom they would give their blood.”
--from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Sibling Connection?

I was sitting at the table with my three year old while she was eating lunch on Monday. She stopped, looked at me and said "Mama there is a baby crying. I think it's our baby brother. We need to go get him!"

Hmmmm... so I will record this and maybe November 9th is a significant day for our son. Or, maybe our three year old has an active imagination. Either way, this will be fun for both these kids to read some day.

An important paper came today!

We received the form from USCIS today saying that our fingerprints have been approved. This is big big news because as of today, we are officially on the waiting list for a referral!!

Fingerprinted

C and I had a very productive morning! Our first stop took us to the Sheriff's dept to get our criminal record checks. You'll all be surprised to hear that they are all clear :) :) The next stop was to the other side of the Triangle to the USCIS office for fingerprinting. Apparently the security there is tighter than the airport. I had to throw away the snacks I brought to entertain the littlest girl. Plus the guy dug into my purse.. did you know I had four sets of random keys in there? Neither did I! But, after the somewhat embarrassing trip through security, the rest was fine. We waited for a few minutes then had our turn with the fingerprinting computer. Its all electronic, and non-messy. Plus the young woman taking care of us was very sweet and wanted to talk about the kids (present and future) the whole time.

Two more things to mark off the to-do list!

Accepted!

I received an email from WACAP today that we have been accepted into the Ethiopia program!

These words came to me today during some quiet time... "It's my job to hear you when no one else does." At the time, I was thinking about our child who may or not even be conceived yet, much less on this earth. So, Im not sure if it is my message to him, or my message from Him.