FIRST BLOG POST!

So the craziest thing happened recently.  We sent out a few emails to some folks telling them about our decision to adopt and a ton of people were like “Hey! Keep us updated on this whole thing, we want to know how its going and if there’s any way we can help!” OK well, this of course is not exactly what each and every person said, that would be weird and scary.  But for the most part we were overwhelmed by all of your support and encouragement as well as your desire to be in the loop as this whole thing progresses. So as a result we decided to finally take the big leap into the world of blogging. And this is it… the first post. We have managed to keep out of the blog world for a few reasons.  Partly because of the fact that Ellie has already been keeping up a photography blog which has taken some work, and also the fact that people can only read so much about an out of control Siberian husky and an orange housecat (albeit the greatest housecat that has ever lived).  The biggest reason though is that compared to most other blogs out there we thought it may just irritate people to read about how we get 10 hours of sleep every night, spend an unusual amount of time together at coffee shops just doing nothing and how often we are just sitting around going “what should we do tonight, should we go out to eat AGAIN?” Chili’s has been getting a good portion of our income for some time now…  But now we have more important things to talk about, like our forthcoming adoption from Ethiopia, and then whatever comes after that as we begin the adventure of starting and raising a family.

So be sure to check back every once in a while, especially if you are interested in knowing how the adoption is progressing.  As far as where things are at right now, we are just drowning in a sea of paperwork and lots of waiting for the next step. We just passed our physicals and blood tests with flying colors, though I (ed) was kind of expecting Ellie to fail the Hep B test, (she showed all the classic signs- jaundice, inflamed liver, itchy skin, etc).  Our social worker is coming by on Thursday to look at our house and make sure there aren’t any spike pits (that are uncovered at least) bear traps, knife collections on display dangerously low to the ground or swimming pools disguised as sandboxes.  After that and a few more meetings with her we are then we are waiting on the government to approve some immigration stuff and we can submit our dossier (which is the actual packet of documents/papers that tell the Ethiopian government who we are) and then if they accept our dossier we are just waiting for a referral of a child which usually takes around 6 months because of processing and stuff.

So thanks again for all of your words of support and check back soon! We’re off to Chili’s!