AWE

Busy week so far... Today we will go visit Dave's sister and her family
at the lake ( ha,ha,..it is currently raining here in Maine) hope it stops raining!
Tomorrow is the first day of school for the boys !! YAY, they are ready....me to.

Friday we will go see Steven Curtis Chapman in concert at the
Seaside Pavilion in Old Orchard Beach. Everyone is very excited to go
but we wish Daddy was here to go with us since he was the one who
REALLY wanted to go.

Currently waiting for paperwork from the Court to reach the RIPA.
wondering if we will be granted FULL adoption or GUARDIANSHIP ?
other adoptive parents tell me it will be FULL, but I need to see it
for myself.   We will add her to our Insurance before we leave
for Ind*a.   Then we will be waiting for Passport and travel .

It all seems real now, we have another daughter that we will be bringing home
soon. We have an AWESOME GOD !! 

DEPOSITED

I received word that the Bond was deposited with the Court.
A couple more weeks till the RIPA receives the paper work
from the Court and then applies for the Visa......
Time nothing but time.........................
Maybe we will travel in December or January ??

Around here summer is winding down, School starts next week !!
We are all missing daddy..alot
Fall means Pumpkin coffee at Dunks.... oh ya
and leaf piles, Fryburg fair, cooler nights. so ready for that.
Going to see Willy Wonka at Prescott Park tonight with the kids.

WONDERING

What a busy week. Nathan and Rohana enjoyed VBS ,Nathan had
a sleep over,Rohana had a birthday.  We skipped camping with the Church
this year (dad is out of town) because I am supper busy with fund raisers
for Austins Educational tours trip and child watching and then Sunday
rolled along and I have a sick child !
So we also had to skip the Church BBQ yesterday and this morning I get to skip
Moms Bible study because I am waiting for the furnace guy to come see
if he can dry out our furnace because the sick child had water floating on
the floor while taking a bath and water went thru the floor and got the
furnace wet !     Well at least that week is behind me.
Well the furnace is running, bill will come in the mail.

And I am still wondering if our replacement Court Bond has been received
at the RIPA yet ?? 

GIFT

 HAPPY  5TH  BIRTHDAY ROHANA FAITH !!

Two years ago we met this little gift and she actually gave me a hug and sat
in my lap. We played with the children everyday (I wanted to bring them all home)
I remember holding her on my lap (no car seats) as we drove away from the
RIPA (orphanage) not one tear, she was interested in looking out the window.
Her first plane ride was from Kolkota  to New Delhi she was very good.
We decided to get to the Doc office early so we would not have to wait to long
with her  ha,ha.  The Doc came in 2 hours late that day and Rohana was not happy,
I held her outside singing the wheels on the bus for 1 1/2 hours in the heat.  And she
had to have a shot because we did not get the wavier notarized (told we did not have to)
After that she was daddy glue, daddy could not do anything without having Rohana in
his arms.  On her Birthday we were at the US Embassy in India.
We took toys and little books with us to the Embassy appointment
and she sat there playing while we waited 3+ hours (misplaced paperwork?)
She did great on the long plane ride home as long as she did not have to put her seat
belt on and could sit in dads lap and eat his food because she did not like the kids meal.

                     THE WHOLE THING WAS JUST AMAZING !!

NEW HATS

BIRTHDAYS

A week ago on Sunday, Hope turned 4 years old and this friday
Rohana Turns 5 years old. So for 12 days they are both 4 years old.
Amazing ! If you talk to Rohana about Hope she will tell you that Hope
has a bed in her room and that she will share her toys and babies and stroller.
I  hope that they hit it off instantly but I am sure being children that
there will be a few disagreements.   I cannot wait to bring Hope home.

If I could bring her home without a passport and visa I would be on the

 next flight to ind*a !   But since I can not, I will continue to wait.


 

EXPIRATION

I asked the Department of Homeland Security a question today
and received a awesome answer but was also reminded that
our fingerprints expire in October 2012 and our I-800 A expires
in January 2013.  What are the chances that we will travel in October ?

ha, ha, I do not see that happening.  Maybe by January but I think that

would be cutting it too close.
So we will need to redo our fingerprints again and apply for an Extention
for our I-800A. Things expiring and we have not applied for our Ind*a visa yet.

With Rohana's adoption I went out and bought her stuff that in the end we
had to give away because it was to small by the time we brought her home.
So I have been putting shopping off til we get closer. Today I had to buy
pants for the boys for school. Nathan had a massive growth spurt so he does
not have any long pants that fit him. We did find pants that Nathan felt
comfortable wearing. I also looked in the girls section and found clearance
clothing for the girls...JCPenney had size 5t shirts, skorts, leggings all on clearance
$2.00 each  and Kmart had summer stuff on sale for next year. I did purchase
some matching dresses so I can dress them as twins sometimes. maybe ?

I am getting excited to go meet our new daughter Hope R  McChesney.

ARGGGG

We managed to get some of our errands done before our lunch
date with Memere. After our delicious lunch I wanted to take a nap
but we needed to finish our errands. Finally home around 3 o'clock.
While checking my emails I noticed an email from our India coordinator
assistant (coordinator is on vaca)  ha,ha

The Bond Draft was returned to the RIPA because it did not have enough 
information on it for the Court to cash it.  ha,ha

The assistant really did not know what to do, some how they needed this replaced
and fedex to them by tomorrow because she will also be out of the office for the
rest of the week. If I can not fedex it today then I will have to figure out how to send it
to the RIPA in India.   ha,ha ...ya, we have loads of money in the bank.! ?#
and Fedex last pick up is at 5 today. ??

I am thinking about how to pull this off the whole time I am talking to her. Finally I
looked at the clock and told her I had to go so I could see if I can get this done, it's
already 3:15 banks close at 4.  At 4:30 my email to her read: replaced and on it's 
way to you fedex, you will received it tomorrow !

Thank you Lord for the strength to get through every emergency.

WEEKEND

After our road trip with the kids we headed out to Soulfest
(just the two of us)  Friday night and all day Saturday.
The concerts were great. I think Casting Crowns is awesome,
they really do make you think about your life with their songs.
It was really nice to spend time together and also talking
without distractions was bonus !

We talked about traveling to Ind*a, I think it really sunk in that we
will be traveling to bring another daughter home. just amazing.
Dave said "something about his baby" (Rohana) and then said
 "wow, can't say that she is not the youngest anymore"
waiting to see that court papers that say that we are her parents now !!

Then Sunday was a nephews daughter Ava's 4th birthday party at the
lake, which is always a great family gathering. It was great until
the National Weather Service announced severe weather coming
our way in minutes, ha, ha, we did what we could to get everything
packed up and to the vehicles before intense rain, thunder and lighting.
Some adults were very wet but at least the children were dry and safe.

And today, I drove my soul mate to the airport again for another trip.

GUESS WHAT

We left on Tuesday morning for a two day road trip..
had a great time with the family. I discovered at the hotel
that their internet did not like my Kindlefire.......ha,ha
figured no big deal I'll see emails when we get home.
So when I read my emails Wednesday night. I had an email
 from our caseworker and the subject line said  
            "YOU PASSES COURT !!!"
I did start hooting and hollaring ! 

I am so excited to bring  another child into our family. 
           SOOOO  BLESSED.