We still don't have our Letter of Invitation. Apparently, it has been signed off in the region and sent to Astana for registration numbers but that's as far as it has gotten. We are hopeful that next week we will get our travel dates.
This probably means we won't be here for Christmas. We figure we need to leave by Next Friday in order to just make it home in time for the holidays. That's not looking very promising. On one hand I am glad the 4 of us will be together and on the other will miss our family and friends. Coordinating Santa coming will also be a challenge. Good thing Davis is clueless on dates b/c we might have to make up our own Christmas date!
Hopefully, the next post I make will be a good one!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Holy Smokes Spiderman! LOI Update!
We finally got "the sort of" call we have been waiting forever for! Our agency said they are processing our LOI and it should come within the week. They don't have travel dates yet, but would guess it's going to the ASAP. YEAH!
This is great timing b/c it means we will miss Thanksgiving (oh well pecan pie) but will be home for Christmas! Then leave again right after the new year! I wish we could spend Christmas with her but that's just the way it is. At least Santa won't have to find us buried in the ice and snow in Kazakhstan!
Our computer got fixed yesterday also! They replaced the memory sticks, motherboard and processor so we basically have a new computer! Rock on!
I will update more when we have official travel dates. We are busy starting to get the house ready to leave and pack. Oh and are still celebrating...we had a fire last night, made some chicken Parmesan with homemade Rosemary bread and a couple bottles of wine (although we couldn't finish both...we are light weights these days)!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Crashed and Initiated
So I found out I have been officially initiated into the "almost ready to travel club". Thanks Alysa for sharing. Apparently, most people experience computer crashes right before they get their travel dates. Yeah! We passed the test...the computer on the other hand well, the motherboard went bad. But the good news is my ingenious husband found a way to renew our warranty with Dell for $43 and they are sending us a new motherboard! The computer is just over 1 yr old so we were devastated for it to crash so early!
Tick-tock, tick-tock is about all I hear all day! These days are becoming very LONG! Thanks to Regina's blog and careful calculations, I am anxious for a phone call up until 12:00 and after that I figure if I haven't heard anything than all bets are off for that day. I am also not on guard on the weekends because I figure no one is working to get a call!
I have finished Xmas shopping, and as soon as the Xmas trees are out I think we will put one up just so Davis has a little "extra" time to enjoy Xmas.
That's all folks for today!
Tick-tock, tick-tock is about all I hear all day! These days are becoming very LONG! Thanks to Regina's blog and careful calculations, I am anxious for a phone call up until 12:00 and after that I figure if I haven't heard anything than all bets are off for that day. I am also not on guard on the weekends because I figure no one is working to get a call!
I have finished Xmas shopping, and as soon as the Xmas trees are out I think we will put one up just so Davis has a little "extra" time to enjoy Xmas.
That's all folks for today!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Are We Getting Close?
Our agency said the next 'batch" of kids should come off the registry the second half of November and we should travel quickly after that. Hopefully a girl will be coming off at that point! I have a good feeling about it because another couple from Belgium that is going to Aktobe just got there travel dates for Nov 20th! It would be nice to meet someone else while over their.
Another reason I feel it's coming is my laptop crashed and Davis and I are sick. We just went out and bought a "back-up" laptop and Davis and I are on antibiotics but I don't feel any better and neither does he! The new laptop does work though!
I just finished the rest of the paperwork needed. So we are all set and ready to go!
I even bought bedding for her daybed if she is older (and a throw rug and curtains)! I am not taking down the crib though until I know for sure how old she will be. I figured she would eventually use the bedding anyway so better to be prepared.
We figured that in order to be here for Christmas we need to leave by Dec 8th. That way we will be in between trips during Christmas. I really don't care about missing Thanksgiving...Davis wouldn't eat Turkey and stuffing anyway!
I can't post pics on this new computer yet, but as soon as I do I have some really funny Halloween pics to post!
Another reason I feel it's coming is my laptop crashed and Davis and I are sick. We just went out and bought a "back-up" laptop and Davis and I are on antibiotics but I don't feel any better and neither does he! The new laptop does work though!
I just finished the rest of the paperwork needed. So we are all set and ready to go!
I even bought bedding for her daybed if she is older (and a throw rug and curtains)! I am not taking down the crib though until I know for sure how old she will be. I figured she would eventually use the bedding anyway so better to be prepared.
We figured that in order to be here for Christmas we need to leave by Dec 8th. That way we will be in between trips during Christmas. I really don't care about missing Thanksgiving...Davis wouldn't eat Turkey and stuffing anyway!
I can't post pics on this new computer yet, but as soon as I do I have some really funny Halloween pics to post!
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