Well like most of my posts, we have been doing a lot of paperwork. I guess not as much on our end, but more on other peoples. We have been getting lots of paperwork notarized, certified, and double checked. We have now received Kyles birth certificate, our notarized back ground checks, our certified marriage license, 2 notarized reference letters, and one awful bank notarization.
We have a lot of our savings in Fidelity, which up until Monday has been wonderful. We received in the mail on Monday the paperwork we were waiting on. I was excited to see it in the mailbox only to be disappointed by what we saw. It was raining that day, and the paper actually got wet and the ink was starting to run, because they had put it in such a flimsy envelope. We opened it up, to find an expired notary... 2008!! Come on people, that's just insane! We also found they had spelled Kyles name wrong and added tons of extra information we didn't need. Now, I understand this is a process, but we had given specific directions and a copy of exactly what it was supposed to look like. Kyle had to call and cancel everything, because they weren't able to do what we asked, even when we called and talked to someone. We now have to wait, for another few days before going to Chase and asking for yet another notarized copy of our stuff. We LOVE Chase though, they are so so nice and so dependable.
I will be filling out some paperwork for our USCIS stuff, which is the US approving us to adopt an orphan(s) internationally. This usually takes 8-10 weeks, but we can be on the waiting list before that is turned it, so yay! We are staying hopeful this process will move along quickly, and I think we have reason to be hopeful because everything has gone pretty smoothly so far. :) My goal was to have everything in and be on the wait list by the end of the year, I think with how things are going so far, we will be on there in time.
My wonderful mother-in-law found a website where anyone can go and buy a t-shirt, a sweatshirt, bracelets, mugs, etc. All of the merchandise is adoption based, and its super cute. Here is the best part, for each item purchased, we would get 40% of the purchase toward our adoption. All the money goes straight to our agency, so it can help fund our process. Once I get all the instructions I need I will be posting again about details and to really promote this thing. If you want to look around the website is: ordinaryhero.org
Have a blessed weekend!
Thank you for following my blog! I will be praying for you, your hubby, and that precious little one that will be joining your family! Blessing to you as you tread through the adoption process! It is worth every paper signed, $, and tear!
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