5 days and counting........

well we are getting everything together. i had all the paperwork ready for over in Tallinn. and last night after filing taxes i had to go back and redo all our I-864 forms.( oh what fun). we went shopping again for the orphanage. we decided since Christmas was just a few months ago that clothes was the way to go. we found out that the Crawford's will be visiting Andres while we are in Tallinn so hopefully we will meet up . as i sit here and thought about next week it dawned on me that this time next week it should be official that the boys are ours.

it has been.......

well in 8 days our big journey begins. we leave for estonia to bring home our precious little boys. to be quite honest my nerves are really bad now. i keep thinking what if the judge doesnt like us (mainly me) and these precious little boys dont get to be our sons. what happens then. this whole adoption process has taken 362 days from the sending in application to begin to the courtdate. we packed the gifts for the caregivers tonight . all that is left to pack is steve and my clothes. we wait til the last minute . i got all the exiting documents and anything i thought we might need everything is seperated for each boy. we need prayers , not only for us and the boys but for my mom who isnt feeling well ( if she dont feel better before i leave it could make my trip very stressful) Arly will be home with her and they both have learned to use skype to talk to us while we are gone.

change in plans.......

well after a long night at the ER with my sister. i had an early morning call from Barbara telling me the judge has decided that our courtdate either has to be the 11th or the 16th. we were to get to tallinn on the 11th at 5:30 pm. but after a quick call to golden rule travel we are now flying a day earlier. we had to rearrange our pick up with Romeos and booked the apartment one more night. Thanks be to God for watching over us and our precious little boys.

Thanks for the Snow.

well today we had a snow day from school. so my uncle and myself has worked to finish the boys room. the curtains hung, new electrical outlets, with safety covers, door facing around door and closet, and now there is just one more thing that might get done. Holly is going to come over and paint a Bible verse around the closet door. in 2 weeks we are on our way to the next step in our lives. we cant wait to be able to tell everyone that the boys are Our sons. we already love them more then anyone would think possible since they arent ours legally yet.

we got the basics covered.

here is a few pictures of the boys' room. most everything we have in here was refinished by my mom. im very lucky to have her to help us out. also my uncle charlie has been a big help getting things ready for the boys to come home.

my friend Holly came over and paint the names for us.

and oh yeah thanks to the old ladies at the daycare where i work . they had the director throw this nice changing table away. my mother did a great job fixing it up for the boys.

almost done!!!!!!!!

well on saturday morning we started with the boys room.we ended up painting the whole room. and then we put up the border and the zootles junlge stickers. then we started going through the gifts i have gotten for the past year for the boys. we still got lots to put away and plus get their toys in the room.hopefully we are done with it by the time we leave for estonia.

AT LAST

We finally received the call we have been waiting for. We are going to Estonia on feb 10th. Hope fully we can get the boys on the 11th and go to court on the 12th or 13th. We booked our flights today through Golden Travel. The long wait is nearly over.