Waiting Game

Trying to not wish the time away, but this waiting is starting to really kill me. Luckily we have lots of family and friends plans coming up over the next week or two. We look forward to visiting with the Dilworth's and the Glynn's next week. The Fourth of July holiday helps...Kip and I leave for Sunny Isles Beach in Florida for 3 night tonight...trying to squeeze in some couple away time before Bo arrives. Her new curtains are hung up and look great.

Thank You Aunt Kathy!

Aunt Kathy sent Bo this beautiful asian babydoll today. The boys have her swaddled in the crib. Henry and Holden also received a toy from Aunt Kathy... fun with marshmallow shooters. I think Maisy dog is going to gain weight from cleaning up all the dropped "bullets"!

Miss her today

Today is one of those days that make me wish she was here, and we were strolling outside listening to the birds and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. Yesterday was Holden's last day of school and today was the Henry's last day of school. It will be fun to enjoy some unscheduled summer fun and I am sure time will fly by as we wait until she gets here.

Wow! That is my only reaction. Today Kip came up to the office with his hands behind his back...In it was a legal size brown envelope from the USCIS Boston office. We have been "approved". Our I-600A received a "favorable disposition" in one I-797C, and we received "approval of a relative visa petition" on our I-600 in a second I-797C. The visa petition has now been forwarded to the National Visa Center, Department of State in Portsmouth, NH. As well we received a copy of our visa transmission to the US Embassy/Consulate in Seoul. That office nows needs to complete a I-604...We are on track for a late summer/early fall arrival day. Jean was surprised by how fast we got the approval after our prints. We couldn't be happier.

Some shopping

I bought Bo's curtains and rods today, as well as a few bath things. The boys had fun opening the packages. Dottie dropped by a super soft teddy bear blankie, and a homemade crocheted baby blanket. She is a lucky baby.

The boys helped my put up Bo's window shades tonight- it was important since the hot sun was streaming in and heating up the house...We have measured for curtains, our next step. It has been over 80 degrees here for the past 3+ days, it is really feeling like summer. The boys get out of school next Wednesday.

Easy as pie to complete our fingerprints today. The boys went to play and garden with Gammy and Chard and we got to the Applications Support Center in Boston and easily found parking on the street across from the entrance. We arrived ten minutes before our 10:00am appointment and were out and in the car on the way back home at 10:05am. We spent the rest of the day on the boat and on the beach, since the weather was perfect.

Clothes...

Starting to get ansy to buy some basics - pajamas, socks, play clothes, etc.

I600 received by Boston Dept. Of Homeland Security

I received another memo today that USCIS has now received all the paperwork. This includes the Massachusetts home study report, the I600A (Advance Processing of Orphan Petition) and the I600 (Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative). Fingerprints are the last step and they are happening this Saturday morning. Good news in the mailbox, yet again.

Happy 7 month birthday!

Today Bo will turn 7 months old- we hope she is playing lots of peekaboo with Mrs. Kim. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!