Hello... it's been awhile

Okay.. I've got a grip and I'm posting 6 MONTHS LATER... about our adoption, which is going GREAT by the way. our social worker sent our homestudy for review Saturday and sent it to our agency as well. We're going to get fingerprinted for immigration next week also and then will wait for our 171 for some weeks. It's a good thing that the courts are closed in Ethiopia until October as well as the millenium celebration so we can gather our dossier paperwork and wait for Shawn's passport. I was told today that we could be referred children as soon as our paperwork is in, although I know we won't be going to get them until probably December. We are now requesting a 4-7 year old girl and a 0-3 year old boy... unless we fall in love with a sibling group on the waiting child video. The lady told me today that the preschoolers aren't usually on the videos and that we would contact another lady there at AAI to find out who is available in the age range we are requesting, so the wait will not be long I'm told. She really feels strongly about us adopting kids younger than Holly, and I really want a little boy, so I'm open to that, we just want Holly to have a sister close in age. They will allow us to adopt out of birth order but want you to be prepared for things to not be easy right off if the kids are acting out and expressing grief. I told her that Holly is an old soul and we will all adjust.. I do love this agency.. they are really informed and to the point.