Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Getting Closer!

I received great news when I grabbed our mail tonight!  We received our fingerprint appointments...they are on Feb 11th.  Almost as great news is that Jason is in town that day so we don't have to worry about him having to change around his schedule or airfare.  After that we will wait to receive our I-171H form from USCIS (Immigration).  That is the last piece of paperwork that we are waiting for!  A little impatience is starting to set in. :)

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Pictures from Christmas

Here's some pictures from our time in Iowa.  You can see how distinguished Lupe looks in the top picture.  Then below you can see a devotional book that I received from my Mom, titled "Heavenly Humor for the Dog Lover's Soul".  Lupe got to it before I did and she must not have liked what she saw in the Chapter titled, "Obedience School Dropout".  How funny is that!?! - Maybe she is smarter than we think! :)  Sorry Mom...and Happy Birthday!




Monday, January 3, 2011

Received and Mailed

We finally received our final Home Study Report on Dec, 30th.  It wasn't actually slow mail, just slow being mailed. :)  I am just happy that it wasn't lost.  Anyway, our documents to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services have been mailed and in 2 to 6 weeks (lets hope for two) we should receive word back to go get our fingerprinting done.  That will be our last step before being able to mail off our pile of paperwork to get approved by the country of Ethiopia.  Yea!!
We have realized that it is possible that now or in the next few months, our to-be little boy could be born.  Please pray for him and his birth parents and their tough decision ahead.

Love you guys, Janna