Passports & Fingerprints!

hey everyone! just a quick note to let you know that our passports arrived today and we are officially set up to do our next set of fingerprints on august 5th in saint paul. things continue to progress! everything seems to be going smoothly...fingers crossed this continues!



here is an excerpt from an email from our colombian adoption worker, bettina:



"I just wanted to let you know that I received your original application materials today! Congratulations! Another step completed!

The next step will be to complete your dossier materials – and I will send you those materials when we are instructed to do so by Cecilia in Colombia. Until that time, you’ll be receiving monthly Colombia Program Updates. You’re more than welcome to contact me during this time to ask questions or seek clarification.

Again congratulations on completing another step bringing you closer to completing your family!"



her email gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling, so i thought i would share.



time for bed after a fun weekend with friends. poor heath had to work, so i was on my own! :)



ang

The Application is in the Mail...

hi again! just wanted to report that our official application to los pisingos is being sent to the duluth office of lss tomorrow! all of our 'not-so-natural' pictures are printed off and have been posted on 8.5" * 11" paper (everything is very official!). i did make doubles of the pics in case any of you ever want to see them and have a good laugh! :) seriously...who stands in front of a plain white wall in their house and takes a full body picture??! oh well - just another fun step in our adventure, right? we are also submitting our family letter to the orphanage explaining why we are adopting, why we chose colombia, explaining who we are, etc. hopefully i did a good job and they want to pick us sooner than later!
that's about all for now. we've been waiting for almost 3 months already! can you believe it?
have a good night,
ang

Photo Night @ the Reedy's!

tonight was photo night at the reedy's! i came home from work and guess what heath was doing? putting together the crib! it looks as beautiful as i hoped! i think you guys will all like it, too...now we just have to get rid of the obnoxious blue paint in the baby's room! still pondering what exactly we want to do.
while heath finished the crib, i grabbed the camera and started some of the 'house' pictures. our application for los pisingos requires one of the front, one of the back, 4 random indoor photos and then a pic of the baby's room. needless to say, i went from room to room moving our little piles and snapping pics! not sure why, but this was more difficult than i thought it would be!?!!? seems like it should be easy, but i felt like everything needed to be perfect and that each room had to be shot from just the right angle. i'm such a nerd.
as i was finishing up, i heard heath get in the shower. we all know how much he loves dressing up in a suit, so i slowly approached him and asked if he would like to just put the 'dress up' clothes on right away and get the rest of the pictures over with. he said yes! i quickly changed into my dress and we started a photo shoot of each other! it felt pretty ridiculous posing for a "full length" shot of ourselves in front of a blank wall! that is so NOT natural! oh well, i think we got them all taken care of (thanks to the camera timer, our dining room table & a stack of books!). i'm going to submit everything tomorrow (photos, letter to the orphanage and orphanage application) for review and we'll see what bettina (our colombian advisor from lss) has to say!
pretty sure heath will kick my booty if we have to re-do any of the pics! :)
good night!