Empty Nest

Okay...today was the first day of school for Mister Alexander, he started kindergarten. Now we are official waiting for our new little baby girl, but now my house is empty. Nancy and I took him to school today. He looked so nice in his uniform. Bright white polo shirt, crisp dark blue pleated shorts, new white Nike's and a nice new backpack. We video tape the how event, and of course once he arrived, and observed his friends sitting at the tables, coloring and seeing his new teacher, he completely forgot that we were there. We had tears of joy and fright in our eyes. We are so proud. The first day of the start of a long road of education. Well I guess I can catch up on my golf game now since Mister will not be here asking, Daddy what time is it, Daddy can I watch TV, Daddy my finger hurts, Daddy what is for lunch, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dad, Dad, Dad, Daddo, Daddo, Daddo, Da, Da, Da, Pop, Pop, Pop, Poppa, Poppa, Poppa. And I say, What, and he says, I love you. Da*# I am going to miss that.

The Tale of the Shots Prologue

So now that we are on the waiting list we are going to start to get all of our shots done. So I went to the Saint Louis County Health Department in South County to make an appointment for getting our shots. Alex was with me and was very good. He sat down in the chairs quietly and patiently waiting for me to finish talking with the receptionist.

So I introduce myself to the receptionist and advised her that I along with my wife needed travel vaccinations. She asked me which country were we traveling to and I responded, Ethiopia. She looked at the vaccination sheet and stated, "Oh you need them all". I said all, what all. So she shows what all is, Hep A, Hep B, Meningitis, Polio, Tetanus, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and Malaria. At the time my arms felt like fifty pound weights. Oh my this is going to be painful. So we go on October 7Th for the first round. Cheese and Bread this is going to interesting. I let ya know how it goes.

L4N

Yea Baby...Yea

 Got the call today.  We are officially on the waiting list for some babies.  With the possibility for multiples.  Talk to me, talk to me.  Yea that's right.  What's my name.  

Well all kidding aside.  We are so excited that we are just beside ourselves.  Have you ever really thought bout that saying, being beside ones self....hmmm.

Anyway I will keep ya informed.

later 4 now

 

Uh Oh

So I was a little premature.  We are not completely done.  The agency sent back four forms which had to be re-done.  So our agent sent them back to me via DHL and I received it Today at 2:00.  Well you know, I ran to the doctors office's, to Nancy's office to have her sign them, and have them notarized and put them bad boys back in the mail to them this evening.  Rather, had them sent via Fed Ex overnight.  I just checked the tracking number and the envelope is in transit.  This is so nerve racking.  Making sure that you take care of all the paperwork and making sure that it is done right.  Well I talked with our agent and she advises that once the agency receives the paperwork that I just sent, we will be on the waiting list.  And that is just what we will be doing.  Waiting, waiting, waiting.  Meanwhile we will be finishing off the rest of the basement and looking for new bedroom furniture for our baby girl.  Or might I say, BABIES.  

Later for now.

It's Done It's Done It is Done

Our Dossier is now done.  All our paperwork is now complete.  I can not even express the feelings that we have at this time.  It seemed like it would not happen but here we are.  I know I have said this before, but thank you so much to Stacey for all you did for us.  You know there are friends and there are people that go above and beyond.  That is Stacey.  Thank you to Shanise for all you did for us.  Good looking out.  Now comes the really hard part....waiting for our referral.  We so want more than one,  two girls.  OMG can you imagine.  Us with two baby girls.  I just know that we need some pink in this house.  Oh let me correct myself, pink and green.  So once we start getting referrals I will let the world know, until then, I will be reading about Ethiopian culture, food, and the Aramaic language.  Till then...take care.