AHHHHH!

So we are slowly compiling our dossier and of course we can never be fortunate enough to avoid a problem. I was off from work two weeks ago and decided to save myself a trip down to Marietta since I still had a few more things to wait on for our dossier. Anyway, I mailed off for a certified copy of our marriage liscense instead I get a marriage certificate. I want to know can these people take the time to read requests? Now Keith will have to get up extra early and head down there before work which is not always ideal because he has been working almost 60 hours a week recently. Besides that we have been coming along pretty good since we had our last homestudy meeting on Saturday and were only waiting on birth certificates and the marriage liscense. Hopefully, we should have everything in about 2 weeks and it should hopefully be on its way to Ethiopia by April 1st at least that is what I am shooting for.

Well, in other news I have to red thread this on here. It is so amazing to see how one moment affects your life and the other people involved in your life. God is always amazing us because he works in your life without you knowing it. To go back to my ancient story of Sheridan and how meeting his mommy and daddy have changed so many lives. I met Kim and Michael on a cruise a little over a year ago. They were adopting from China, us from Vietnam, they lived only fifteen minutes away, and we both work for the same school district. What are the odds of meeting someone that close to you in the middle of the Caribbean and going through a similar life experience. Anyway, we instantly became good friends and we attend their baby shower for my future son in law (at least my mom thinks Lennah and Sheridan will one day marry). At their shower I met Laura and Tymm who were also adopting from China. During this time I had become friends with Jamie Serieka who lived in Ohio who was adopting a little girl from CHI and was placed on the waiting child list the same day as Lennah. (I am getting somewhere with this). After returning with Lennah, I soon found out Tymm and Laura were adopting from Ethiopia while they wait for their baby from China. A few months later I talked to them and they referred us to their agency and hence we are where we are. Well, I told Jamie about them and their agency and her and her family decided to also join us in adopting from Ethiopia since they too looked to expand their family. Well, last week Laura mentioned a little boy that our agency was looking to place and it looks like our friends the Serieka's are adoptiong him. I know this is crazy but is I never met our wonderful friends the Perry's, Jamie would most likely not know about this sweet boy. It is so amazing how we can touch each others lives and God's and how he makes our miniscule moments have such meaning.

Lastly, I am still doing some work on Delylah's room. We added her name to the wall which I think looks awesome. I have been working on Delylah's book and stuffed animal collection as well. I also went out this weekend and got a double stroller since Lennah will still need to be in one. Now all we need is baby Delylah in her room and stroller to complete everything.