I pinky swear.....

Well, it's official...I received an email from CCI (Celebrate Children International) stating that we were accepted into the adoption program. It was a one sentence email..with 2 attachments. One was a 12 page contract, the other a 22 page contract. You have to read and initial each page. Then you have to take it and sign a bunch of pages with a Notary. I think you also have to sign in blood and pinky swear that all is true and accurate. Really, I think it was in the fine print..... :)

Kidding aside, it's a ton of paperwork. Now that we are "officially" clients of CCI, we are able to access the client webpage...which is so awesome, informative and helpful. I was really impressed. You can log in and keep track of the whole process. I am very much a list maker and marker off-er.....so that was right up my alley.

We had our second home visit and the kids were interviewed, that was a treat. Actually, none of them said anything inappropriate, believe it or not. We have our third and hopefully final home visit next week at which Darren and I will get our individual interviews done. After that, we wait for the home visit to be written up and approved by DCFS. I just pray it doesn't take too long. I just keep thinking that my child is over in Africa somewhere waiting for me. It's so hard for me to think about myself sitting in my huge soft bed, typing on my Mac, drinking my hot chocolate and I have a child in Ethiopia with no home, no family and no food. Makes you think about what really matters. And it makes me want to go upstairs, sneak in my kids rooms and kiss them on their foreheads as they sleep so peacefully in the warm beds. I need to make it a daily priority to tell my kids just how special and wonderful they are to me. I am going to do it, I pinky swear.