Paperchasing

So, here we go again! We are in the paperchase for our second daughter from China. We are very excited and can't wait to put at least one part of this behind us.

We started working with our social worker on December 19 and to date we have had 3 visits with her. I've been gathering paperwork like mad to send to her so that she can get our homestudy completed. We are still lacking the following items:

1. Police clearances - Thursday or Friday, hopefully

2. Medical reports - Dr. appointments are Thursday morning, hoping that the results don't take too long

3. Pet vaccination records - the cats & Guinness are due for their shots, so we need to get them to the vet

4. Michael's employment letter

5. File for Cackie's TN birth certificate - Friday, maybe

The biggest thing that we need is our application approval from CCAI, our agency. We mailed it to them back on December 20 and they got hit with the big blizzard starting that day (they are located in the Denver area) (great timing, huh?) I did speak with someone in the office that evening and she estimated that they would receive it in the mail on their first day back from the holiday on the 26th. But, the storm was much worse that we thought it would be, so who knows when they got their mail. Then with the 2nd storm last week, another holiday and a National Day of Mourning for President Ford, it hurts to think about it!

So, today I sent them an email to see if the application has been received. Hopefully I'll hear something tomorrow and will have a better idea of where that stands.

We are soo hectic here, trying to get everything done and work at the same time. It's looking like Thursday and Friday will be our big days to check off some of these items. keep your fingers crossed!