School Helpers

Today Aaron and I went to the girls' school to eat lunch with them and volunteer. We were the "mystery readers" for Rayna's class and then we volunteered at the book fair. I think Aaron liked going to school with the big kids today!

Bathing Ducks

Whenever Aaron goes to the church office, Ms Michelle lets him give the ducks a bath. He's so sweet and meticulous about it. He lines them up by color, gives them each a bath, drives them off, feeds them, then puts them to bed. Sweet boy!

School Pictures

Molly 3rd grade and Rayna 1st grade.

Celebrating the Girls

Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Marie came over today to celebrate the girls' birthdays which are both right around the corner. We had a great day with family and then the girls went shopping with their birthday money. Rayna got a little dollhouse and Molly got a new Lego set.  The girls are excited about their upcoming birthdays!

DTC--October 14th!

Our dossier left for China today!  This is a huge step in the process to bring Ethan home!  For anyone who is curious about the further steps in our adoption, here's what's next:

*LID (dossier will be logged in)
*LOA (letter of acceptance)
* i800 (immigration approval specific for adopting ETHAN)
*GUZ # (case number with consulate)
*PDF/RTF (Letter from NVC)
*Art 5 P/U (Ethan's visa paperwork picked up from GZ and sent to BJ)
*TRAVEL APPROVAL!

Our estimated time frame from this point is 2-6 months with the average being 4 months.  So we could travel anytime between December-April.  Our guess is February or March.

One step closer to bringing home our boy!!

Nana's Boy

Family Time

Aunt Lynn is in town this week.  We had several people over for lunch today.  It was great spending time with my family including my cousin Jesse who is here all the way from Korea.