Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Waiting again!

Now we are waiting for our Art. 5 to get picked up. This wait is very different because we know the wait time for this. 2 weeks. How nice to have a set time. Come on June 28th. That is our pick up day and it is my sweet little Evan's 5th b-day! My baby will be 5. I can't believe it. Where has the time gone? I guess I will probably spend 6/28 celebrating our pick up and his birthday at Chuck E Cheese. This is his request, and how do I say no to this sweet little face.

My sweet boy!





Friday, June 15, 2012


We received our LOA on May 14, YAY!.Receipt date at U$CIS was 5/16. I feel that we had a horrible officer over there. We did not receive approval until 6/5. It doesn't seem like that long of a wait, but again, I know others were getting theirs closer to the 2 week mark. She was just unpleasant to deal with and refused to send me an email when we were approved. Her response was that we would get the approval in the mail. At my wits end because she wasn't there, I left a message for a supervisor, who never called me back by the way, and oddly enough I had our approval AND an email notification by 6:30 the next morning. Along with the email notice of approval was a lame reason why it took so long. Booooo to that officer. Luckily, we are done with that. So now we are onto waiting to hear about the next step. Our paperwork was dropped off to the U.$. Consulate in Chin@ on 6/14 and our Art. 5 will be picked up 6/28!!!!!!! Holy Cow!!!!!! Then we will begin the wait for TA!! Just want to come in average here too. Too, haha, like I have had an average wait yet.  I am hoping that I can travel by the end of the month. If I leave the last week of July, that would put me picking up Ella Kate on July 30, my dad's b-day. How special would that be? My sweet daddy didn't have the chance to meet Evan. My dad beat me to the hospital to have my other boys. He was so excited that he was really at the hospital before me. To pick her up on his birthday would be truly special.
 We went last night to pick out Ella's bedroom set. There really isn't a lot to choose from, but I like what we found. They store is waiting for the bed to come in. They say any day. Hmmmmm, we will see. I will remain optimistic.
 On a sad note, my sweet oldest brother passed away last week on June 6. My birthday. Frankie made 57 in May. I will miss him dearly, along with the rest of my family, that all, unfortuately, were taken from me and this world way too soon. My mom, dad and 2 brothers are all together again. I miss each one of them everyday.