Guess what?

Chicken butt. (Sorry, I've been around my kids too much)

Seriously, guess what we have? It's something we have wanted for a very long time. Something important. Something small but not insignificant.

We have Ahren's BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!! They are faxing it to me today. We are also signing our new Power of Attorney (correct spelling to match new BC) and the new forms for DNA today. I still can't believe it. After almost 18 months, we are finally starting this adoption. I need to just think of it as starting a new case now, instead of focusing on the 18 months of waiting for him to become legally available. So our time clock starts over.

Hey everyone, look at the toddler boy we just accepted our referral for. Isn't he a cutie and check out the curls! He was born Jan 7th (Ashley's birthday) in 2006, so almost 18 months old.

He will be one year ahead of Peri Brynn in school and will fit perfectly between her and Levi.

Hee!

OK, so I am a bit giddy with the news. I really never thought we would get to this point. I was so afraid that they would have to pursue an abandonment case and it would be another 2-4 years before he was available for adoption. Or worse yet the US Embassy would declare him not an orphan and he would never be adoptable. Instead, we are moving forward and will probably bring him home in 9-12 months. Funny how that sounds so short now....