How the week turned out....

Well, my end of the week didn't go totally according to plan.  Thursday and Friday ended up being extremely long.  On Thursday we drive over an hour (one way) to pick up our home study documents.  There was a lot of confusion, but we ended up getting what we needed  and we got home around 3:30.  Poor Leah and Logan, they had to miss their home schooling co-op classes. But the were troopers and I was proud of them for being so mature about it.

We pretty much new we weren't going to be able to get everything done Friday morning while we were in Columbus.  I didn't have all my dossier documents.  So, we got up early and went to our fingerprint appointment.  That went smoothly and we were home by 11:00 ish.  Well, about a half an hour later Mr. UPS man brought me the rest of my documents.  We already had a sitter scheduled to come around 3:30.  I called her and she we able to be by to the house by 1:00.  So we left the 3 little ones with her and Leah, Logan and I took off back to Columbus.  We literally went right past the building we had just been in that morning.  We were able to get our documents authenticated at the State Department and be back home in time to go see Casting Crowns (great concert btw).

So, this is all good.  We did hit a couple glitches though.  One of the documents from our home study agency has to be fixed.  It states we are requesting two children and our actual home study states we are only requesting one.  Those must match.  That is something that should be cleared up on Monday.  Also, we had to get a notarized statement from our bank.  Well, the notary crossed out a date and wrote in that days' date and you cannot do that.  So, both things should be minor and easy to clear up, but they are an unwanted "hump." 

Right now my plan is to overnight our complete dossier to a courier on Tuesday.  That courier will take our dossier to the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington DC and get it authenticated one more time.  Then the courier will overnight the docs to CWA.  CWA will then forward everything to Ethiopia.  We will pay a large lump some and then we will be on the waiting list for our son!!!  Maybe even by the end of next week!

Julie