Homestudy Sent To CIS!

I am so happy to report that the final written copy of our homestudy has finally been finished and sent to the CIS office. We hope to receive our fingerprinting appointment soon and then we'll be waiting on CIS to issue our I171H (the final document for our dossier that allows us to bring an orphan into the country). Please pray that this process moves quickly. We are so ready to get our referral, see her picture and find out all about our daughter who waits for us!

Build-A-Bear for Orphans Overseas

On Saturday, the Build-A-Bear Workshop had a huge box of bears for people to make that will be sent to the orphans overseas. Kalee & Kristen had a great time making these bears, knowing they would be donated to children with nothing! What a great idea, THANKS Build-A-Bear!!!

Moving Along.....S-L-O-W-L-Y!

We continue to make foward progress, slowly but surely! Patience doesn't come easy to Charley or I, so this adoption process is a learning experience for the both of us in more ways than one! We keep reminding ourselves that this is all in God's timing and that helps us to remember that this will all happen according to His will. Right now we are waiting on our social worker to get us the official written copy of our homestudy to send to CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Services). She has been sick for a few days and is a little behind, so looks like it will be next week sometime. In the meantime, I have lots to keep me busy. Be sure to go and check out our family blog ( www.fieldbunch.blogspot.com ) after the weekend is over. We are going to Six Flags tonight and taking the boys racing on Sunday. I'll be posting pics there of our busy weekend!

Samantha's Room!

Well, here are the pictures of THE ROOM! I'm still working on a few things to hang on the walls, so it's not completely finished yet. Just consider it a work in progress. Afterall, can a princess room ever be complete???

Homestudy Went Great!

One more BIG step behind us on our adoption journey! Yesterday we had our homestudy visit and it went great! The final copy of the study should be ready by Friday or next Monday to send to CIS (the Citizenship and Immigration office) then they will give us a date to get our fingerprinting done, then we should have our I171H (the final document we need for our dossier from CIS) back 3-4 weeks after our fingerprinting. Once we reach that point, we'll be ready and waiting to receive our referral (a packet of information on our daughter that will include pictures, medical info, her DOB, and possible some information about her birth mother - if availible). SO EXCITING!!!