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Monday, December 25, 2006

December 25, 2006-Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Today was a little bittersweet for us. It weighed on our minds constantly that there is a very good chance that our baby has already been born and is celebrating Christmas with a foster family on the other side of the world. If this is the case, our only hope is that he is being loved and cared for as we would do for him here. It is exciting to know that next year, though, he will be safe at home with his Mom and Dad. Thank you to everyone who thought of our baby for Christmas. It was so much fun for us to open baby gifts that were picked out with Graham in mind. It is overwhelming and emotional to know how much he is loved before he is even placed into our arms. We know that we are adopting from Korea because our baby is waiting for us there, we just need to bring him home.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

December 23, 2006


Today we picked up all of the nursery furniture! Talk about making it seem real!!! We’re HOPING for a referral anytime now, so soon we’ll begin painting the room and making it a cozy home for baby Graham. (This picture is of us trying out a baby carrier....when we got to the baby store Jeff decided to model the Baby Bjorn complete with teddy bear!)

Monday, December 18, 2006

December 18, 2006

We were shocked and very surprised to open the mailbox today and find a fat envelope from USCIS. The envelope was opened slowly with a bit of hesitation as we wondered “What could be wrong?” or “What piece of paper are they missing to complete our background checks?” We were shocked and relieved to see that absolutely nothing was wrong, but rather we received our government approval to bring a baby home! We were told to expect this to take 90 days, but it came in just 16-that has to be some sort of record! Hopefully things keep moving as smoothly as they have up until this point!

Saturday, December 2, 2006

December 2, 2006-More fingerprinting...

Today we had our appointment at USCIS (immigration office) for our official fingerprinting and background check. This appointment marked the absolute last thing that we need to do other than wait for our referral. We can receive a referral at any point in time, but without the government clearing we are unable to go pick the baby up. We were told that official approval can take up to 90 days. So….again we just need to be patient.