In Which the Papers are Finally Completed. (Correctly.)

We officially and totally have all our papers together and approved by the adoption agency and tomorrow they will be mailed to be authenticated by the state. Woo-hoo-hoo! We ended up asking a different person to write a reference for us (very quickly please) which they so kindly did, and then we thought we were done, but then came to find out that we had several pages missing something, for instance our middle names, which apparently are very important (thanks mom and dad, for picking me a good one and not something totally lame-o!), or the fact that we are US citizens, which is another apparently very important bit of information which must be included on our letterhead although this had previously slipped my attention. Thus, we actually ended up re-doing several documents, and getting them re-notarized, and finally finally things are ready to go for real this time. :) Just in time too. I was almost ready to throw in the towel and just get knocked up or something, thinking it would be so much less annoying than stupid paperwork. But then I just pictured myself in labor, screaming at John that this was all his fault, and then having him pass out at the thought of possibly seeing blood, and suddenly... my priorities seemed so much more clear.

Thank you to all of you who have participated thus far! They're not kidding when they say it takes a village --and all I have is a bunch of papers.

Also, not to be forgotten, here is a picture of Stanley. He says Hello.