Tomorrow is Artem's Birthday! He will be 2 years old.
And we are finding out the Eastern Europe may be closing to new adoptions. So please be in prayer for Artem tomorrow, that he will have a happy birthday. Also please pray that our I600a will hurry so we can quickly get our Dossier submitted before November.
All in His time.
Happy Birthday Artem!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
HomeStudy Complete, and what I would do to get it...
I recieved a phone call Tuesday morning from our wonderful social worker Sarah, informing us that she had completed our homestudy and that it had been reviewed, signed, and notarized for us and that I could come and pick it up! Amazing! That is what I have been waiting for!
She informed me that she had to leave in about 30 mins for an out of town appt., but she could wait until I got there, if I could make it fast.
I had called in sick on Tuesday because Monday I had been spiking a temp all day and was feeling like I had the flu (achy, cold chills, wearing lots of layers of clothing, etc.) So when I recieved this call, I had yet to attempt to move my body, and was hoping I wouldn't have to try. But alas, our homestudy was complete, so my body was forgotten momentarily.
My car had also started having some issues over the weekend and was still being worked on, so I had no vehicle, but that detail was also forgotten as I jumped out of bed and quickly found a t-shirt and some jeans. I just deodarized and brushed my teeth, and put my hair in a pony-tail. Done, ready, stink-my car was missing.
So I started calling people, first my husband, twice. No answer. Then my dad, at home, and on his cell. No answer. Dude. Then my mom. Score, she answered, but how could she help me, she was watching a room full of 2 year olds at work.
She told me to call a friend and if that didn't work, to call her back and she would find someone to stay in her room while she brought me her car. Well, that didn't work. At this point, out of desperation, I just took off on foot. Me, my flipflops, my big bag, and a ragging fever. I was going to run to church, just over a mile, right? Get her car and make it to Hurstbourne Ln. Ha. Its been awhile since I have run. But luckly before I made it out of my neighborhood, here comes my mother to pick me up. A miracle, or God's sense of humor, he wanted to see me run.
So the homestudy and our I600A application safely made it to the UPS store and were overnighted to Texas.
In conclusion, there may be nothing at this point I may not do, don't test me.
She informed me that she had to leave in about 30 mins for an out of town appt., but she could wait until I got there, if I could make it fast.
I had called in sick on Tuesday because Monday I had been spiking a temp all day and was feeling like I had the flu (achy, cold chills, wearing lots of layers of clothing, etc.) So when I recieved this call, I had yet to attempt to move my body, and was hoping I wouldn't have to try. But alas, our homestudy was complete, so my body was forgotten momentarily.
My car had also started having some issues over the weekend and was still being worked on, so I had no vehicle, but that detail was also forgotten as I jumped out of bed and quickly found a t-shirt and some jeans. I just deodarized and brushed my teeth, and put my hair in a pony-tail. Done, ready, stink-my car was missing.
So I started calling people, first my husband, twice. No answer. Then my dad, at home, and on his cell. No answer. Dude. Then my mom. Score, she answered, but how could she help me, she was watching a room full of 2 year olds at work.
She told me to call a friend and if that didn't work, to call her back and she would find someone to stay in her room while she brought me her car. Well, that didn't work. At this point, out of desperation, I just took off on foot. Me, my flipflops, my big bag, and a ragging fever. I was going to run to church, just over a mile, right? Get her car and make it to Hurstbourne Ln. Ha. Its been awhile since I have run. But luckly before I made it out of my neighborhood, here comes my mother to pick me up. A miracle, or God's sense of humor, he wanted to see me run.
So the homestudy and our I600A application safely made it to the UPS store and were overnighted to Texas.
In conclusion, there may be nothing at this point I may not do, don't test me.
Monday, August 23, 2010
FBI fingerprints
Our FBI fingerprints are being processed and will be sent out no later that tomorrow! This is a miracle considering last week they told us it could take up to 4 more weeks. I am thrilled! So we are getting the package ready to send our USCIS out, and hopefully that will come back quicker than expected too. YAY!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Dinner and Silent Auction!
We have begun to prepare for our Dinner and Silent Auction! We are planning for it to take place on Saturday October 16th at 6pm at First Baptist Church Mt. Washington. We are looking for donations for the silent auction and people to be in attendance. Soo invite your friends and let us know if you want to help us get donations for the silent auction or would like to put together a basket to auction. Thank you for your help! Its is going to be fun!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Art-y Quilts For Sale!
My wonderful mother and Aunt Peggy have been working so hard to be crafty! They have made several beautiful Art-y quilts that we will be selling/auctioning off to raise money for Artem. They are "biscuit" quilts and they are beautiful. I only have four right now. If you are interested or know anyone who is interested let me know. Lets raise some money to get him home.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Progress
We had our first home visit today with our social worker. It was wonderful. She is fabulous and I really feel like she is going to do her best to help us along in the process. Keep your fingers crossed that we will be homestudy ready in a few weeks!
Bake Sale!
Huge thanks to my friends at University Hospital for an awesome bake sale today. We had sooo many great donations and goodies to sale and a great turn out. Special thanks to Tara Beam, Jennifer Goldman, and Debbie for working so hard to organize it all. We are really grateful. We made $403.17. Yay!
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