More paperwork completed

We got copies of Alex's birth certificate and filled out our financial statement. Now we need to get the financial statement notarized and send everything off to Great Wall China Adoption and to our adoption social worker, Amy. Next up: CIS report (complete with federal fingerprinting done in San Antonio). The first two pictures are of Alex, Dianne, and Dianne's sister Kate at the Oasis. Kate is waving in the second picture. You can also see the new part Oasis built after lightning and fire damage. Marc took the third picture of his Austin College buds after a weekend retreat to Lake Conroe.

The Marriage certificate has been retrieved from Travis County. All that waits before Mailer #1 is a financial statement. Then we move on to Department of Homeland Security requirements.

Dianne noticed that those families who submitted their dossiers in November 2005 just now received their "stork" notices, so we can expect at least 18 months of waiting after we are done with the paper chase.

That may be an excruciating wait for those wanting their first child. For Dianne & I, with our hands already full of that loveable ball of energy known as Alex, it will be, uh, a bit more tolerable. :)