Good News, Bad News

just a quick update regarding our FBI fingerprint background checks...first, the good news. my background check came back on saturday and i am not a criminal! yay! the bad news: heath's fingerprints were rejected due to a 'glitch' (that's what i'm calling it - my frustration with the individual that fingerprinted him is finally starting to subside!) with one of his prints. so back to woodbury public safety went heath on monday afternoon. fingerprints have been re-done and they are being overnighted to the FBI this morning. now we just need to cross our fingers that our process is expedited and it doesn't take another 11.5 weeks to get his back!

now that i am moving past the frustration, anger and disappointment, i am trying to focus on the fact that maybe this happened for a reason. baby reedy wasn't quite ready for us yet and this extra waiting time is necessary for our family to become complete.

think warm thoughts....
ang

Baby Wish List...

i have to admit...this baby thing is starting to feel very real! we decided that it was time to start getting a little more serious about things just so we can feel at least somewhat prepared before our lives are turned upside down! being that the only baby items we currently own are a crib and few miscelleneous items that have been loaned to us by friends, we decided that it was time to register for some baby products and goodies. so....off to babies-r-us we went! heath and i made an initial visit earlier last week to check some things out. we actually agreed on most of the big items so that made things much easier. on saturday the two of us grabbed our checklist from cyndi (thank you!) and our "baby bargains" book and dove into the chaos of a crazy, busy babies-r-us! we managed to pick out most of the big things (heath's favorite part was zapping the gun!) and then decided to call it a day as the chaos became a bit too much for one of us (i'll let you guess who that was). my sister had plans to meet some friends in the cities today so she gladly offered to join me on a return trip this afternoon. we spent a quality two hours in the store and managed to get a LOT done. thank you mel! one more trip with an actual mom (i may be calling on one of you reading this!) and i think i should be able to finish up. i've decided i definitely need some qualified help on picking out bottles, pacifiers, spoons, sippy cups, etc!

don't laugh...i ended up registering for both a boys and a girls bedding set because i really didn't want to go with gender neutral. i figure we will know the gender once we have our referral so i can always remove whichever one we don't need!

no updates on the fbi fingerprint reports though i am feeling hopeful that it will be very soon as another family that sent their's in on 11.30 (same date as us) just received their reports last week. yay! i started filling out our visa paperwork so that will be ready to go once we get our travel dates. by the way, we initially thought we would be traveling as quickly as two weeks after our referral, but now it sounds like it will be 4-6 weeks after based on approvals of our visas (you can't officially apply for them until you know your travel dates). i think this is actually a good thing as it will give us a little time to tie up loose ends at home and at work before we head out on our colombian adventure!

happy valentine's day to everyone!

love,
ang