Moving Along...

We had our first homestudy visit today. It went well I think. :) Really excited to be in this part of the process.

We also had our first phone call with our case manager to go over all of the dossier paperwork. Wow--we are slightly overwhelmed. But already tonight we've at least gotten organized (my favorite thing to do, btw). Tomorrow hopefully we'll get more papers notarized, etc. And then we're off to PA for a few days for Thanksgiving!

Christmas Books

I'm starting to order Christmas gifts for M and T. I think I'm going to make them an Ethiopian gift package. :) This is what I have so far...

Books about adoption for siblings.
1. Ten Days and Nine Nights by Yumi Heo
2. Seeds of Love by Mary Ebejer Petertyl and Jill Chambers
3. Waiting for May by Janet Morgan Stoeke
4. A Sister for Matthew by Pamela Kennedy

Ethiopian culture books.
1. Our First Amharic Words by Stacy Bellward
2. E is for Ethiopia by Lori Prodan & Keith Holmes
3. The Story of Coffee by Sultan Mohamed

Toys from Amharic Kids (www.amharickids.com)
1. Amharic Color Bean Bag Set
2. Amharic Number Bean Bag Set

Oh, and we just found out that we are starting our Homestudy tomorrow! Very exciting. :)