February 24, 2007

• Adoption Documents Done!!

  The major paper chase is over for our dossier. As of today they are being sent on their way to the agency and then forwarded onto Ukraine. Yesterday, we picked up our 42 documents from the State House where each document needed an apostilled seal placed on them.

   

  The proud moment walking out with adoption documents completed!! You have no idea what this feels like unless you have done it yourself! See the black bag I’m holding? Doesn’t seem like all my hard work and hours spent since October should ONLY fit in there!

  

  Besides the fact that we were picking up our completed dossiers the kids also enjoyed walking through the state house. The boys especially LOVED the old flags that were carried in times of war. We also looked at every painting and read each person’s name. Pretty neat that most of them were Bible names!  The boys’ favorite painting was a HUGE one that was depicting a scene from the civil war.

  They even had a special small tribute to the Civil War and Revolutionary war where Jared and Caleb were able to see parts of the soldiers uniforms and the weapons. Of course, we peaked into the where they hold their legislation meetings as well. The boys really wanted to go into the room but they had it roped off. We will have to go back another day for a real field trip!

  

  Caleb wanted to go on the first balcony but we couldn’t find anyone that knew if there was a way to it! *lol* Papa of course, wanted to go into the gold dome. Unfortunately, the flooring is no longer safe so they don’t allow people up in there. Never the less, the kids had a great time! I should have taken more pics inside of the kids with the flags and such but, I was in cloud nine with my documents as the kids were enjoying the rest of the sights.

  

  Here is where Mama spent the rest of the night after the kids went to bed!

  I had to sort each dossier (one for each child we are adopting and one extra to travel with us). Yes, I always do major important things on my bed. I have never liked sitting at a desk or the dining room table. Not only did I have to sort but I had to go over each document with a fine tooth comb to make sure there were NO errors. There were a couple but, fortunately all correctable by only involving myself. Phew! My eyes felt pretty crossed eyed by the end of the night. Now I know why they suggest to have a family member look over all documents after you do so! Considering that I didn’t have anyone convenient between 10-midnight I made do.  I also had to make copies of each document. Of course, that is when our printer decides it doesn’t want to cooperate.

  Eric, meanwhile, eventually slipped into bed trying not to upset my papers and fell asleep. We had a good laugh together as I joked telling him, “Ya, you go to sleep now but just remember YOUR time is coming when we go overseas!!” Eric is EXCELLENT when it comes to the travel part of our adoption and getting through the bureaucracy. Whether ladies want to believe it or not it’s still a man’s world out there. To say the least, I am more than happy to take on the USA red tape burden pre & post adoption as long as he can get us through the overseas stuff that I don’t fair well with. We make a great team don’t you think?!

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