Do you see what I see?

Where have we been you ask? Everywhere and nowhere is the answer to that question.
Rolyn finally launched his 'top secret project' with 3 parties, in 3 states, in 7 days.
It was fun and exhausting and we definitely called it a success. Now on to the biz of sellin' DVDs.
You can SEE it here. Oh, and buy it too! ;)

We are [this] close to wrapping up all of the paperwork on our end! yay! We had a bit of a lag in there due to the business of launching Wee See, but it's all good. Our home study was the day we returned from the Wee See US tour and went well. The social worker and I had spoken several times on the phone before and I was not worried or nervous in the slightest.

I just mailed off two big envelopes of paperwork to Gladney and KBS Dossier. All that is left is: a letter from the bank, a letter from the therapist we worked with after losing Tess & Oliver and our homestudy to be certified. Then that paperwork will go to CIS (immigration) and once they accept it we have to be fingerprinted one more time and then, then we'll officially be on the wait list! yippppeeeee! I suspect we're still a few months off and according to the Gladney conference call yesterday it seems like the wait for a referral is around 6-8 months. Not sure how I will feel once we are officially waiting, but so far the hardest part has been finding a notary in NYC that starts work before 11 a.m. I'm seriosuly considering changing professions.

Ready.

Rolyn left for work earlier than me this morning. He saw this on the train and sent it to me from his phone. A sign at 8am. Made me a little teary. We're ready. Yes. We are.

p.s. even though I have a year to pack my bags, those of you that really know me will laugh at even the thought of me packing anything until less than 12 hours before the plane leaves NYC. Not saying it's right, that's just how I roll.

This just in...

Rolyn and I are very excited to announce we are growing our family. For many reasons we have decided to do this through international adoption. We are currently in the midst of stacks of paperwork and revealing every aspect of our lives, like exactly how much we spend on groceries and underwear. Just kidding, sort of. The local notary is our new BFF and we’ve learned the best technique to get a perfect fingerprint.

This process will take approximately one year before we will travel to Ethiopia to meet and bring home Davis' baby brother or sister. As we get closer to having our paperwork complete we will have a better idea of time frames, though nothing in the world of international adoption is set in stone and can change while we are in process.

I’m sure all of you have a million questions for us so we’ll be writing up a list of faq’s with answers soon. Stay tuned. You can subscribe to the RSS feed to the left and you will be notified of updates here, or just stop by to see what’s new.

This is going to be a long but VERY exciting journey and we are thrilled to have all of you in our lives to share our experience.