Another Whiney Post (And Something GOOD!)

First, the good – no, make that excellent news – WE GOT OUR I171-H APPROVAL FORM!!!  On Fri!

We are so close to done with our portion of all this paperwork!  But one of our medical forms may (most likely) need to be re-done – again.  I mean, I understand that I am asking a large favor by having my doctors office fill out these forms, but if they would listen to me and do it right, I wouldn’t have to go in and have them re-done over and over again.  But really, that isn’t too big a deal and they can get it done in a few hours.  The good news is I can get our approval form notarized, then take the last 3 to be apostilled and ship the whole kit and caboodle off!  (Does anyone still say “kit and caboodle”??)  There may be more approvals in there before the actual mailing, but I’m prayerfully hoping to get the mailing done this week.

The whining part?  It’s not fast enough and I’m still a big baby about hearing of other families readiness to travel.  It gives me a pit in my stomach the size of the grand canyon.  Yes, I know it’s childish and I’ve spoken to myself very sternly about it.  On the other hand, since our approval came, I’ve had some lovely dreams.  In one, I walk into a small-ish, plain, sterile room and pick up my new daughter out of her metal, paint peeling crib.  It doesn’t feel out of the ordinary, and when I do, I notice she’s missing a sock.  And I say “uh-oh, where’s that sock?”  That’s it.  In another dream, I’m holding her on my lap while we’re riding in a train and it’s dark but I’m trying to find things to point out to her out the window.  The last one is where I’m sitting in a waiting room of some sort but I’m happy, not nervous.  Sadly ordinary types of things, but that’s what I’m waiting for.

Wish I had some sort of picture to post here, but I don’t.  When we do get to finally travel, I’m going to do my best to post daily, including pics.  How expensive is it to hire a photographer to go overseas with you?