Home Study -- Approved

Our Home Study has been approved by WHFC!!! Another step forward. We are now awaiting CIS approval and a State Certified document for our Dossier and then it is complete!!!!! I can't believe how smoothly things are going right now. Zach and Sabrina just started 4th grade!!!!! Their teacher is very nice and they are both excited for this year. Here's a pic of the first day of 4th grade.

Fingerprinting!!!!!!

We have confirmation that our I600A is being reviewed and we have our fingerprinting appointment on Thursday, September 4th at 9am!!! I am so excited we are getting so close to finishing our Dossier and so close to bringing our new little one home with us!!!!

Pictures

I keep saying I'll post pictures so here we go:

This is a pic of us at the American Idols concert the other night!!!!

FINAL HOME STUDY

We received the official final copies of our home study on Friday the 1st!!!!! I was so excited to pick up my "certified mail" that day at the posts office. Now we are getting ready to send in for USCIS approval. Last night was my birthday and my loving hubby took us all to the Ethiopian Restaurant in Pittsburgh, Abay for dinner! We had so much fun. The kids did not like the food extremely well, but they tried everything!!!! So this has been such a special weekend. The closer we get to finishing the Dossier the more excited we all get!!!!!!!

**Home Study**

Well we had our home study yesterday!!!!! The SW was amazingly nice! He was here 3 1/2 hours total. I was so completely nervous and take it from me.....there was no reason to be. I am so grateful that he was sent to our house for this study. I am also glad that it is over!! Now we wait for his report to preview/proofread for errors.....then they send it on to WHFC for review. Now I am getting ready to mail our USCIS application this week. Progression -- I love it!!!!

SUMMER IS HERE

Summer is finally here in Western PA! The pool is up and it's the weekend. We will be in it all weekend. On the adoption front, we are sending in payment for our Home Study and scheduling it (hopefully) for sometime during the 10 days that we are all off on vacation together. We plan to stay home this year and go to Kennywood, an outdoor concert and work on the very much needed spare bathroom!!!! We originally planned a trip to Niagara Falls but couldn't bare spending so much money on gas when it could be spent here at home doing fun things!!! Out to clean the pool --- will post pics next time.

My Beloved Chessie

I haven't posted in a while, but I do need to write that my beloved dog, Chessie, passed away in her sleep on the 18th of May. She was my beautiful sweet girl for five years. I rescued her from the Chesapeake Bay Retirever Relief and Rescue organization. At the time, she was believed to be about 6 years old and had been contained in a cage for several years used only for breeding. We gave her so much love and she gave us memories that will last a lifetime.