Surprising and exciting news

Hi, everyone! Well, we had some interesting things happen in the past few days. Here's the surprising news first: On Wednesday, I brought Kente, our new little kitten to the vet for her first shots. As it was April Fool's Day, I hesitated to believe he was serious when the vet told me Kente was a "he" not a "she." But, he wasn't kidding - it's a boy! So, now Kente Claudia is now Kente Claudius! LOL

And now for the exciting news - on Thursday, our adoption agency told us that we could go ahead and submit our dossier before receiving our I171-H form (since it is a form our government will need, but that it is not actually recognized by the government of Ghana, to whom the dossier goes.) So, in the middle of trying to prepare for our trip (for which we were supposed to leave at 5 pm), I spent a LONG time at the UPS store, where we brought all of our documents, had them notarized, made copies and got certificates of true copy notarized, made full copies of the entire shebang for our agency and for ourselves, and overnighted all of it to North Carolina. About 7 weeks' worth of paperwork all culminated in this little package. It felt SO good to see it leave - it means we can begin the sit back and wait phase. We'll get to do more of the preparing for our child and less of the paperwork (at least for now...) I don't know how long it has typically taken couples to receive their travel dates after submitting their dossiers, so who knows when I'll go to Ghana, but at least we're on BIG step closer.

Hugs,

Jeanie