I-800A

Most of you won't even begin to know or care but we're ready.  We are so ready to mail out our I-800A.  Basically, this is an application to the US Immigration office asking if they see it fit for us to adopt a child abroad and bring them to the US.  We need this application to be approved in order to get a finger printing appointment and in order to submit the I-800 form.  Doesn't sound much different does it?  In order to submit this application, we have to have several pieces:

- Money . . . check
- Birth Certificate copies . . . check
- Marriage Certificate copy . . . check
- Letter to USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) . . . check
- Home Study . . . anxiously awaiting!!!!!!!!!!

We have completed all our Home Study visits and so we are waiting for this to be put into writing.  Once everyone is satisfied with our life story on paper, they give us certified copies which we will promptly place in the mail.  I'm praying.  I'm hoping we can do this before the end of the month.  What a good way to start off the Christmas season by getting our I-800A paperwork in the mail.  Merry Christmas to us and most importantly, Merry Christmas Jordy.  We are coming, don't know when, but we are coming!!

For those that haven't watched our little man "walking" on his knees pre-surgery, this is a picture of the way he crosses his legs before getting to his knees and walking.