Earlier, this is really what I was coming in to post -- and then I got off on the worrying tangent. So I figure that I will post them now, in a different post, so you can see our progress. This first picture is my arm, where I had blood drawn on Tuesday. I think I forgot to update on our dr. appointments, but they (it? we both went together - either way, ) went really well. Dr. W @ UMC was really nice & very accomodating for what we need. Bless him, initially, I think he was about as confused about what we needed (dates to match, when to sign, when to notorize, etc) as I initially had been...but finally I think we got on the same page. So we're waiting for our blood work results, and then will be finished with our medicals! Here's the picture - y'all are gonna think I'm crazy, taking pictures of everything (I got a Taz bandaid...the nurse just gave Nathan a plain ole bandaid - maybe she saw what a crazy person I am! ha ha! now, for the picture...)

And the other picture, you will probably find more interesting. This is our dossier checklist -- and the boxes beside everything we have gotten finished and notorized are colored pink. If you can see it, the 6 or 7 boxes in a row that are blank with an "--h.s." written beside them are dependent upon Amy completing the home study. And the other boxes (on the lefthand side) that are not colored in are things that we are waiting on (i.e., our medicals and 2 letters). So, as you see, we are getting close! Once every box on the lefthand side is colored pink, we will carry all of the paperwork to the Sec. of State's office and have it apostilled. Then, we will be doin' good! Y'all have read tons about this whole paperwork thing (and this list doesn't include everything we had to do for the homestudy!) so I thought you might like to see where we are on an actual list. So here's the pic -- hope you can see it okay (you should be able to click on it & make it larger):

Labels: International Adoption, Paperwork