This has a been an action-packed month! We traveled to California over the 4th to visit our friends and family.......it was good to see everyone. As you can see from the photo, Madeline and Olivia are in heaven being with their friends (they miss them so much).Our homestudy was officially finished yesterday! That is a big piece of the adoption paperwork. It will be sent to the Department of Homeland Security (immigration) and we will hopefully receive the required form (171-H) in the next 2 months. Virginia is notoriously slow in getting those 171-H documents out. Once we get that.......all of our dossier paperwork gets notarized and authenticated by the state and finally gets sent to Ethiopia.
Last Saturday we went to a picnic where we met about 10 families from our area who have adopted Ethiopian children. It was an amazing experience! One family had 12 kids (6 bio and 6 adopted). All of the kids had such a great time and we learned so much about the process and adjustments once the children are home.
We are off to Baltimore this weekend for a short trip. We haven't ever been there before, so we are going to a baseball game at Camden Yards, visiting the aquarium, and touring the Inner Harbor. The Orioles are playing the Anaheim Angels.......think we'll have to cheer for the Angels!
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