Completed Home Study...In the Mail!!!

Well, just got news that the home study was put in the mail today so we should have it pretty quickly. What does this mean you may ask? Well, it means that we have now moved on to our dossier preparation and gathering MORE info from different people and probably more doctor visits. It also means that we are on the referral list. As soon as we get the home study, fill out some contract papers and of course mail them more money, we will officially be on the list! Yeah for us. From there it becomes a waiting game for the referrals. In the meantime, the bureau of citizenship immigration services (BCIS) has sent us our fingerprint appointment so we'll have those done. They gave us between 8/25 - 9/9. How nice that we got the letter on the 29th! We're going in on Saturday the 9th. This will be our 2nd set of fingerprints. Basically, things are coming together and we are hoping to have our children home by summer. If you ask Steve, he'll tell you now that we hope to have them home by spring time. That would be nice but I'm not going to hold my breath. If that ends up being the case, we'll have to buy some serious winter clothes for visiting Russia in the middle of winter! How do you spell BUUURRR! These 2 SoCal parents are going to freeze their butts off! Well worth it though.

I have started shopping for "stuff" and have become an Ebay addict. I bought a carseat and just called the company today and they are going to ship me out, FOR FREE, the shoulder straps that are the leopard print! Good God! Our little girl will learn how to say VRROOW before anything else! I also bought a glider rocker for the room. I'll have to take pictures and post them. I have other little things as well. I bought the cutest little pink blanket that says, "little princess" on the corner. I also have a 12 month old outfit that has a little fire truck on the bottom. It is so cute. I found some matching bibs as well. I just like to walk into the room and look at the stuff and imagine little kids in those clothes or just playing. Makes me feel good!

Alrighty, I hope everyone has a fantastic Labor Day Weekend!!