Dossier in China!

Big news this week! Our dossier is being hand delivered in China by Pam and Nancy! Evan asked me what I wanted for christmas this year and I said all I want is your baby sister. Later when he wrote his christmas list he wrote (in this order) : Nintendo DS games, Wii games, baby sister and pancakes. He cracks me up!

Election Day!!!

Just got back from the polls! We had zero wait!!! Walked right in and cast our ballot! Fantastic!!!!
PS The boys loved it!

Our Family

One of the last things we had to do was send in a photos to our agency of Dave and I together (head to toe) and our whole family together. We took the family shot by ourselves with the camera's timer feature. It took so many shots. Can you see the stress on my face of trying to get everyone to face the camera, eyes open and look happy as I raced back to the sofa and got Derek back on my lap?!?! The one of Dave and me was taken by Evan :)

Halloween!!!

This year we Evan was a vampire again and Ryan and Derek were both Spidey! It was our best Halloween yet and Derek really enjoyed it this year. It was so cute to see all three of them race across the lawns up to the front door and shout Trick or Treat!

2008 World Series Champions!

Like I said, its been a big week here! Here is a photo of the boys celebrating the Phillies! We told them if the Phillies won we would let them skip school and take them to the parade in center city Philadelphia. I mean, how ofetn do the Phillies win the World Series?! Last time I was 10 years old! Unfortunately, the parade hit on Halloween and it would have been too much to brave the crowds and mayhem in Philly and then brave the crowds and mayhem of Trick or Treating. Evan was disappointed that he now had to go to school but they all three had a great time at school celebrating and trick or treating. Halloween photos to follow...

It's out of our hands!

I hardly ever get to post anymore but it has been a big week over here. On Monday 10/27 we mailed our completed dossier, photos, passport copies and immigration clearance to our agency for authentication!!! This is the third time we have done this step so I am hoping the third times the charm! The very next day we sent the last few docs needed at this stage to our agency. One of the directors at our agency said we could be matched by the end of Dec or Jan. Here's hoping for a match for Christmas! Now the wait begins...again...