Well, we were moving along at a much faster pace than we had with Caylie, until this past week. All of our clearances came in - even the one from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation - which took 2 months last time! Our agency submitted our Letter Of Intent to adopt Samuel the day before Thanksgiving, and we got our Pre-Approval to adopt him in less than 24 hours! Usually this takes a week or two. Our social worker came last week to go over the written home study with us. Everything was in place!
However, we had forgotten to get our CITY clearances when we got our finger prints (the 1st set of fingerprints!) done in late October. So, we went back to the police station to order those last week. Last time they only took a couple of days, but so far they are not back yet. Ugh! As soon as this comes back, our home study can be submitted to the state for approval, and then we can start the process with USCIS (immigration). It's just one thing that holds up the next thing, that holds up the next thing. It's so frustrating. BUT, we know that God holds the timing of all of this in His hands, so we don't need to be wringing our own hands over it.
On Friday evening we got to Skype with Samuel and his foster parents! We are so, so blessed that they know Jesus and are teaching Samuel to trust Him and to pray. We had a wonderful time talking with them and getting to know Samuel a little bit. He seemed to not quite know how to handle the situation, but smiled and said hi to everyone, and was excited to see that we had a dog. We are planning to have a regular Skpe date once a week, so it will only get better from here! I sent him some pictures over email after that, so he can continue to become more familiar with our faces. I will send a little photo album soon, as well. So thankful that I have a friend who is traveling to Samuel's foster home next month to adopt her daughter. She will take the photo album for us. (Thanks Nichole!)
In other news, we are muddling through the end of the semester for the school kids, and getting ready for Christmas. Decorating the tree was old hat for Caylie this year! We went to the AAC Adoption Christmas party last week, and she couldn't wait to see Santa. We don't even do Santa, so she learned that at school I guess, haha.
And of course I cannot post pictures without posting pictures of Tessa! She is 3 1/2 months old now, and so, so cute!
Don't you love her new hat??
Sweet face!!
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