Getting There!

I have figured out that the problem with blogging is that sometimes, you just do not have time to update your blog! Work has been crazy the past couple of weeks for both me and Jamie! In fact last night I didn't get home from work until 12:30am! I love working 16+ hour days;)

This one was especially tough because we had the bulk of our homestudy today! Trying to come up with intelligent (and rational) responses was a bit tough. All that being said, Jamie and I feel really good about how it went, and are really happy with the experience. Our social worker, Pam, is really great and very easy to work with. Jamie has to finish his individual interview next week, and hopefully it won't take too long to have the home study completed!

We are now hoping that we can send our dossier to St. Louis for translation after Thanksgiving and then hopefully onto the consulate in NY by the end of the year! Wish us luck! Of course with this whole process, nothing happens as planned and you just have to roll with the punches:)

We finally put the finishing paint touches on the baby's room, and it looks fantastic! We are so happy with how it is turning out:) We are looking forward to shopping for furniture, and putting the rest of the room together! Today we were in Target, and we walked through the baby section (I wanted to check out something in the bathing aisle). Jamie got a bit overwhelmed by everything, and how much "stuff" we are going to have to get for the baby:) It was actually really sweet. He did however find a diaper bag that he thought was really cool and manly. It was so cute to see him excited about a diaper bag!

It is now time for me to go - we need to catch up on some sleep! Thanks to all the well wishers and to all the people we have met so far through blogging! Everyone has been fantastic and so supportive!

First post ever!

Okay, well here is our first blog post ever! Jamie and I are more than half-way to having our dossier completed! We just have to finish our home study, and get fingerprinted for CIS, which is happening at the end of the month. Hopefully everything we have collected is in good order, and we can send our dossier for translation before Thanksgiving!

We are so excited to be finally starting our family, and thank all of our friends and family for their support! It has meant the world to us, and of course has made the process all the much easier.

Since we are still in the process of paperwork, there is not much to report yet. But, we have started getting the little guy's room together, and it looks great! We have chosen a vintage babseball theme (very appropriate for us!) and the room is blue and chocolate brown. Once I figure out how to post pictures, I will post one. We are excited to start furniture shopping and completing his room!

This whole process has moved rather quickly (we just started gathering everything after Labor Day) and at the moment is surreal! The next few months of waiting will be hard, but we will have lots to keep us busy, we hope! With any luck, we will be travelling to Kaz anywhere from April on to meet the little guy.