Finally=)

I just sent our 195 page, 4lb dossier to our agency!! They should recieve it first thing Monday morning. All they have to do is make sure everything is in order then they will ship it off to Russia... woohoo!!!!

To the State.... Again

So I finally got all my papers together to resend to the state...I almost had a heart attack when the the Fedex place gave me the total cost for all my shipping.. let me just say that within the last 2 weeks I have spent a little over $200 dollars on postage between my house and the state.. I guess if I would have got the paperwork right the first time it would have been half the cost but then again who would have thought the state would be sooo picky!.. the lessons to be learned=)Maybe next week will be the week my papers make it to my agency?

Super Bunny Kind of Day

My 5 year old often refers to herself as "super bunny"... not sure why, but when she is "super bunny" she can do anything.  Well, today I decided If I called myself  "super bunny" maybe I could conquer this paperwork that needed to be redone. Well, really lots of prayer! So I called my sister-in-law and she was able to pick Kennedy up from school and I went straight from work and hit 3 government offices and my doctors office all within 1.5 hours, getting papers redone with correct ink color etc...Everyone was so nice and had no problem with redoing my papers. Now if I could only figure out the passport thing I will be doing really good! So I'm feeling pretty good at this point. As I am about to pick up the girls I look down at the documents I just got redone at the police department only to realize that the dates don't match between the letter's date and notery date...deep breath.. no worries.. tomorrow...I get home with the girls and check the messages only to find out from a friend who is also adopting from Russia that the Rockwall Appraisal District also put the wrong dates on my newly redone papers....seriously? How does she know this you may be wondering? Well, 10 min. after I walked out she walked in for the exact same thing and made the point that the dates have to match.. they then said... "oh no.. a girl was just in here for the same thing and I put the wrong dates on hers." My friend said, "Would that be Leigh Ann Cagle?"... So, she called and left me the message that I will need to go back  tomorrow to get it redone....again.  Maybe 3rd times a charm? Thank you Lord for your interventions.. I never would have checked that paper! So maybe super bunny is only for 5 year olds... Lord give me strength for tomorrow=)

FedEx Delivery!!

Today was a rainy stay at home Monday with no agenda... finally a relaxing day... I am all caught up on laundry, housework, blog update,  etc...During Mika's nap I even got some time to read a book...it's a rarity! Anyways, on Monday afternoons I keep my precious little nephew for about an hour (good refreasher coarse since he is only 18 months old).. When my sister-in-law came to pick him up she came in the door with a FedEx package..She said, "Did you know you had a package?" I looked at it and at first I thought it was one of Michael's many packages he gets from work but then I recognized the address.. "AAHHHH" It was my appostilled papers I have been waiting on.. I wasn't expecting them back so soon.. My mind automatically started calculating...(If I get the neccessary copies made for the agency  tomorrow then I can get them overnighted to the agency and maybe they could have them to Russia by the end of the week) My day was made. I opened the package and pulled out 49 beautifully apostilled documents...but wait... behind the perfect papers was an official letter with all caps and bold title RE:DEFICIENCY NOTICE OF AUTHENTICATION REQUEST...YOUR REQUEST FOR AUTHENTICATION OF A NOTARY PUBLIC COMMISSION CANNOT BE PROCCESSED AND IS BEING RETURNED TO YOU...what? I have 7 documents that have to be redone.. thats right.. redone..apperently you can't just make a photocopy of your passport and have it noterized.. I have to write a statement stateing that I am the owner and that it is indeed just a copy. Really?  I have never been so frustrated and just wanted to cry..and throw papers in the air and just say "I give up!" But I know there is a little boy on the other side of the world waiting for us so I must persevere. I have to trust that God's timing is perfect. So tomorrow after work I will start the paperchase again=)

Dossier Complete!

I'm a little overdue for an adoption update so let me bring everyone up to speed.  We are at an important point in the paperwork process.  Things are more overwhelming than I had imagined they would be. I didn't know I could be so emotional and not have hormones to blame:)) The unknown is difficult. With my pregnacies I had doctor visits every month to check on the progress of my babies, heartrate, growth, etc... I had a due date to know when to be ready... with adoption.. nada! It has been an emotional rollar coaster to say the least... but we finally got our dossier sent to the state for apostilling. Our dossier is our complete set of papers that will go to Russia. Apostilling is basically a notery on steroids.  I got everything sent off last Tuesday afternoon. The Fedex guy went over and above by waiting for me to get my "novel" shoved in an envelope before he left for the day.  As soon as papers return to us, we will send them to our agency and they forward all documents to Russia. We are praying the process goes smoothly and uniterupted!  Check out this bad boy!  It's like a Twilight sequal (haha).

Our completed dossier