Things are Clicking Along

Lots of things to report this week:

1) We finally got a response from Homeland Security/Immigration Services and our case is in the pending file! We had been waiting to get word from them and finally they responded back to an e-mail Brandon sent last week to let us know that it is pending our Home Study (which will be scheduled very soon). So this lifts one concern we have had for the last 2 months or so - see previous posts for reasons why.

2) We are putting together more documents for our application, which includes a letter from my employer, a letter from our CPA (since Brandon is self-employed), reference letters, pictures of our home as well as a sketch of the layout, and copies of our birth and marriage certificates.

3) We went to the doctor yesterday to get our medical exam done. Basically they pulled 6 small tubes of blood from each of us in order to test for everything known to man, including STDs. Just in case you are wondering, I think we are both A-OK on that front. They also had to give us a shot to check for TB and we have to go back tomorrow for them to check our reaction to it. I felt so bad for Brandon because they had to stick her in 2 different places to get enough blood to test (which took a total of 20 minutes or so for her compared to 5 minutes for me - I'm a good bleeder I guess). Later that day, she had bruises on her arm and hand from the injections, and she wasn't feeling well (possibly due to the combination of a TB injection, them taking blood, and her allergies acting up). But she was a real trooper. I, on the other hand, had no problems. Funny how that works sometimes.

Next up, we have to meet with a pediatrician to find out what ailments we are willing to accept for our kiddo. We also have to determine whether we want to request a specific gender or leave it up in the air. I'll be back with details soon and let you know what we decide. I think we may already know, but I have to leave you with a cliffhanger or you may not come back to read the blog!