Tuesday, March 3, 2009

wow... sorry its has been so long.

Ok, it is not that I have been sitting around eating bon bons for the last three weeks. I've been making myself do paperwork.  I really do not like paperwork. Especially paperwork that has to be done "perfectly".  I don't like spending hours speaking to different government employees trying to find out how many speeding tickets Darrel and I have.  NO, we are not as fortunate as some people who have never had a speeding ticket.  But I am frantically obsessing over all the information that is needed to bring our newest member home.  I know that this time is the only time that I have any control over in this adoption.  So, I am up to ears in it.  I think Tami cringes every time her phone tells her that I am calling.  No longer are our talks in the morning over what did you last night but more of: How do I get this paperwork and did you have to do this? So thank you my dear friend for keeping me semi-sane through this process.

The prep work is almost complete.  We should be scheduling our homestudy soon.  (when we get Darrel's speeding ticket record from CO) Just a few more pieces of paper for Gladney, our agency and then finishing up the dossier for Ethiopia.  Now no one get excited.  I am expecting this phase to last probably another 6 or 8 weeks.  

Then we wait for a referral and then court.  So the newest Voth will not be home until 2010 sometime but we have to check things off, which is what I have been doing the last 3 weeks. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i don't cringe!
i owe you ;)
you saw me through THREE adoptions/dossiers/homestudies! good grief - it's the least i can do!
i love you!

Anonymous said...

And Gail, you're doing an absolutely amazing job!! Thank you so much. And, btw, I have legitimate reasons for all three citations in CO. Really. But no matter. I love you babe! You're da BOMB :-)