Frustration 101

Okay, so we had an awesome time on vacation.  Weather couldn't have been better, no fighting and the food was pretty darn good to boot!  The place we stayed was very nice, had the best of both worlds (pool AND ocean) and my darling Abigail learned to swim...underwater...with googles...or without.

 We all came home refreshed and trusting in God's will that our paperwork would all be in place to submit the next step.

Well.

Not so much. 

I just received an email from my homestudy agency.  Seems MY fingerprints were rejected by the FBI. AGAIN.  I've been done electronically, and failed.  I've been inked and mailed them in, and failed.  I've been inked AGAIN and mailed them in, and failed.  I'm not sure what the next step is, this is uncharted territory, but as I wait for a phone call from my homestudy agency, I leave you with these pictures...

Worth the wait?  I think so.

Time Away

As we slog along through this arduous process called adoption, we are taking a much needed, yet bittersweet, break and heading to the beach. 

Mind you, I haven't been to the beach since I was pregnant with my oldest son, Jack.  I think that's why this vacation is a little bittersweet for me, you see, he isn't going. 

He just recently graduated from high school and has his first job.  He took some time off to go to the Alive festival (check it out at Alive.org) and didn't feel right about asking for more time.  I guess that's called work ethic and I am proud of him...but something will be missing on this trip.... 

One Step Forward, One Step Back.

For those of you who are "in the know", we thought we were just about ready to submit our I800a, hopefully before we leave on vacation next week...well, God has other plans...I had issues with my state fingerprints where they couldnt read them electronically, so they inked me the old fashioned way and sent them off. 

Lo and behold, five weeks later, we learn that the BCI could read theirs, BUT the FBI could not read theirs.  I dropped everything yesterday, ran and got them re-done and shipped them off AGAIN.  We'll see.  I hate this frustration, but know it's all in God's timing. 

 I did get ZiJing's care package in the mail as well today, so excited for her to "meet" her family.  Praying that happens...

Sign me Waiting Impatiently....

Wendy