Busying Ourselves

Well, after one of the craziest summers on record, we are now looking for ways to keep ourselves occuppied this month of Sept as we not so patiently wait for our Oct 7th court date. We have had lots to do to get ready as I have blogged about before, but somehow none of it helps me focus. I feel like I am outside of myself sometimes, looking down, wondering how many more times I will have to put one foot in front of the other until that foot finally reaches our boy?

Lately it is looking like the time is getting longer when it should be getting shorter. Normally families travel 3-6 weeks after passing court, but now due to new TB testing requirements enforcement, among other things, our agency is saying it will likely be 8 weeks until we can travel after passing court. So for us, that means the end of Nov or early Dec. Not the early November we were origanlly hoping for. Don't forget, all of this is dependant on IF we even pass court on Oct 7th. If we don't, we will likely wait another 6 weeks or more for a 2nd court date and then hope to pass that date before we can even think about starting that 8 week wait to travel. That would definitely mean 2010 before we had our boy home with his family. UGHHH. I feel like I am saying that alot these days.

Anyway, I am really frustrated with the whole wait to travel thing. Once we pass court, in the eyes of the ET govt we are legally Cullen parents. But bureaucracy stands in our way of bringing him home. He has to spend an unnecessary 8 weeks in institutionalized care when he is legally ours. UGHHHH. Can you understand how frustrating that is? Documents have to be gathered from the courts, a birth certificate must be issued, a physical must be scheduled and competely with the US Embassy, a visa appointment date must be set, etc., etc. Really? Really.

Anyway, here is what we have been doing the past few weeks...time spent with my sweet daughter is the best and seemingly only remedy for my frustrations.

Tessa first habachi dinner to celebrate her first night in her new big girl bed!

And her first Strawberry Daquiri to add to the celebration!!

Fun at the baseball game with Mommy, Daddy, Gee Gee and Papa!