This morning, as soon as I knew the mail should have arrived, I gave my 16 year old son a break from school. Why? So he could RUN to the post office for me!! *smile*
About 30 minutes later, he arrived home. He came in and then left again, without giving me the mail. I went to find him and there he was out front doing some cool down exercises!?! I said not so patiently, "Where's my mail?" I *knew* he *knew* what I was waiting for but he calmly, slowly, lethargically took it out of his jacket. He then slowly inspected it to see if he had the right thing... - STOP scene.
At that moment, I grabbed the envelope out of his hand, while he grined wickedly at me!! BOYS!
I quickly ripped open the envelope and after reading thoroughly, I saw that, yes, we are approved. We can step forward with our application process. Now, I haven't heard of anyone not being approved, but we are self employed and I am the accountant, so my paperwork is always rather unprofessional looking with no official accountant's stamp. Hence my nervousness until it was in my hands!
YEAH!! We can now officially sit back and wait for the next step - Referral and Court Date (where the actual Adoption takes place).
Onwards!!!
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Horray! Great news!!!
WOOOHOO! Breathing a sigh of relief with you. Now you just need that referral... come on referral!!!
Sandi
Hi,
I found your blog from the Blog Party post.
So nice to meet you.
Six sons, I'm the mom of 5 sons! How neat.
I'm also the Grammy to 3 beautiful grand-daughters. You know I'm having fun.
Blessings~
Exciting news today, I'll be praying for you!
Nice to meet you - hope you enjoy the party - party hearty... take care and don't be a stranger... We too are adopting... oh what a pain the wait is... holding out for this year to get our referral call...
Hi, I found you on UBP. :)
I'm inviting you to visit Hip Mama's Place--it's a cool online place for moms to hang out with fab giveaways, message board, and a directory to list your blog free! Thanks! :)
Jocelyn @ www.hipmamasplace.com
Horray! congrats!
Yay! Can't wait for the next "big" news - referral...who will they be????? Take care and we'll chat soon!
Tammy
hi!! first, congrats!! I found you over at the blog party and so glad I stopped by. please visit if you have a chance. again, congratulations to your family!!
Praying for your situation and for the adoption. Nice to meet you. Happy blogging.
Yeah! I still can't believe you only get mail once a week! lol
Hope you are doing well and staying positive in this wait!
You have a absolutely wonderful family and congratulations on the adoption.
I pray for all the best.
Hope to keep in touch with you...and learn more about you through your journey.
I hope you don't mind if I link to you on my page. :)
Hugs,
Sheila
yeah!
How awesome! I'm new to your blog. Where are you adopting from?
Hi Christine,
We are adopting from Ethiopia. We are in the 'waiting game' now. Our file has been over there for over 3 months and we were originally told it was a 2-6 month wait for a referral. It has upped to 3-8 months, but we are trusting that we will receive a referral in the next few months. I checked out your blog and will now follow your journey. It is so exciting to see God putting these children in families! So exciting to see how it all falls into place!
Blessings, Justine
Wow! I just read your comments to my blog. Six boys? Wow! We had five boys with only one girl and that is why when we decided to adopt previously we went for all girls. Now we have five and five. Soon, it will be uneven again, but that's okay because I think boys are easier.
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