Dossier arrived

Wonderful news, it has been confirmed that our dossier has arrived in Ethiopia! We are officially waiting for the referral of our little boy. We have been told that the wait lately has been at least 4 months. We continue to pray that God will again bless this time of waiting in our lives. I guess we should get the baby room ready and get our shots (this will be hard for my dad)! Thank you for all of your prayers during this process.
Brandon, Julie and Gavin :)

Authentication

Well, I didn't make my Wednesday deadline (I hope I never have to us a notary again)! BUT I did get everything sent to the courier service on Friday, May 9. I confirmed that they did get the package and were going to bring it to Washington today!!! They will get the dossier authenticated in Washington at the US embassy and Ethiopian embassy and then send back to our adoption agency. After dropping it off at Fed Ex, I got in the car and said a little prayer for the paperwork and my precious son Gavin commented, "Mom, was that really necessary?" If he understood what that paperwork meant he would know that YES it was necessary!!:)

Golden Ticket!!

IT is here and I cannot believe it! On Friday we got the I-171H, I was talking with Brandon on the phone and opened the mailbox and it was there. The funny thing was that I had a feeling when I got home from school, but thought it was too early to get it so why even check the mailbox?!? I was walking around while one the phone and decided hey why not just get the mail.... What an awesome surprise! We have a few documents to finish for the dossier, but talked with our agency and should be all set by Wednesday.