We have had a lot going on since my last update. Davis left for a visit with his grandparents (Chris' parents) in Birmingham, AL on Friday, July 16. He will not be home until July 27 and I already miss him like crazy. He is having a fantastic time. Yesterday, he and his granddaddy saw Despicable Me and the day before that they drove to Huntsville to visit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. He got to ride on rockets and see a Star Wars exhibit. I am pretty sure that Davis is going to be bored to death when he gets back home. The good news is that we leave for vacation in Disneyworld just a little while after he gets home and he'll get to see his grandparents again. I am posting this at work so I cannot upload any pictures but hopefully when Davis gets home, I'll have lots of pictures from his trip to be able to post.
Samuel is being his typical super-cute self. He is still so busy with everything. His vocabulary has been exploding lately. Its so cute to hear him say new words. He is going to school 3 days a week and seems to be thriving there. He is learning a lot and making new friends.
I turned 40 (gasp!) years old on Friday, July 16. At first I was all depressed about it but realize now that its just another day. I did pamper myself with a pedicure and a 110 minute massage that was heavenly. On Saturday we had a sitter that stayed with Samuel all night (first time we've ever done that) while Chris and I headed up the road an hour to Oklahoma to WinStar casino for a fun night out. We went to a nice dinner, saw Bowling for Soup and Better than Ezra in concert, and lost money at the casino. It was nice to get away and both Samuel and the sitter seemed no worse for the wear when we arrived home on Sunday morning.
We've made a lot of progress on the adoption front. It took a while for our dossier to be fully authenticated by the Rwandan embassy but we received it back yesterday and today it is officially on its way to our power of attorney in Rwanda who will deliver it to the Minister's office so we can officially be DTR (dossier to Rwanda). We are in the waiting stage now and it could be quite a while (I am thinking a year or so) before we hear anything.
Sorry for such a long and boring post but we've had a lot going on and I have not updated in forever.
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About Me
- KLTTX
- DFW, Texas, United States
- My DH, Chris, and I have a wonderful seven year old son, Davis, who we conceived after trying for 4 years. We also have another son, Samuel, through domestic adoption who was born in August 2008. We are currently in the process of adopting our third son from Rwanda.
Rwanda Adoption Time Line
- Received our Approval to Adopt Letter - April 27
- We are officially DTR - July 27
- Document arrive in Kigali to POA - July 26
- Documents on the way to our POA in Kigali - July 22
- Received documents back from D.C. - July 21
- Documents approved by Rwandan Embassy - July 20
- Documents at Rwandan Embassy for approval - June 29
- Documents fully authenticated at State Department - June 29
- Documents received by courier and a portion authenticated at State Deparment - June 28
- Documents on the way to courier in DC for more authentication - June 26
- Documents received back from Austin - June 25
- Documents Headed to Austin for Authenication - June 18
- Dossier Doucments Complete - June 17
- i171 Received from USCIS - June 7
- Notice of Fingerprint Appointment Received - April 17
- I600-A filed with USCIS - April 6
- Final Home Study Report Received - April 2, 2010
- Home Study Visit - February 2010
- Decided to Adopt from Rwanda - November 2009
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Books I Have Read in 2009
- The 5th Horseman, James Patterson
- Saving Faith, David Baldacci
- 4th of July, James Patterson
- 3rd Degree, James Patterson
- 2nd Chance, James Patterson
- 1st to Die, James Patterson
- Imitation in Death, JD Robb
- Portrait in Death, JD Robb
- First Family, David Baldacci
- Purity in Death, JD Robb
- The Christmas Sweater, Glen Beck
- Reunion in Death, JD Robb
- Seduction in Death, JD Robb
- Interlude in Death, JD Robb
- Betrayal in Death , JD Robb
- Divine Justine, David Baldacci
- Judgment in Death, JD Robb
- The Tales of Beetle the Bard, JK Rowling
- Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer
- Eclipse, Stepanie Meyer
3 comments:
I keep thinking that I'd like to go to Winstar and then I think NAH, it's SO FAR AWAY. So, kudos for taking the trek!
Why does it take a year once the dossier gets to Rwanda? What happens to it at that point? Is this the waiting for a match point or does it sit in a lot of red tape for a while?
Oh I'm so thrilled to see an update! Davis sounds like he is in little boy heaven!! WOW! I wanna go on a vacation like that! lol. Good luck with the adoption stuff! I will keep you guys in my prayers.
On a different note, thank you so much for supporting Sydney. It really means alot to me. I hope you know that. Thank you for trying to help find Syd a cure...or "her" cure as she calls it. ;)
You never know, Davis may enjoy a bit of downtime....yeah, right.
I really hope we can get Doodicus to DW beore he's too old to enjoy it. I guess it may mean more than one trip if we want Aitch to remember it too.
If you keep this busy, the coming year will fly by and that'll be pretty dang sweet!
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