Dossier Update

February 27, 2006
This weekend we received our appointments to be fingerprinted by the department of Homeland Security in Birmingham. We have also forwarded all of the forms and documents to Villa Hope that were requested recently. This should be the last of the paper chase on our part. It is finally looking like our paper chase is coming to an end. We are so glad for that. Villa hope is telling us now that our Dossier-To-China (DTC) date will be in late April. If we do the math, that puts us traveling to China around March or April next year. Our hopes of having little Alison Rose home for Chirstmas this year have faded.
We can now begin to look forward to the long wait. We still need to put the finishing touches on the baby room and stock it full of clothing, toys, and essentials. I think Lisa and I are as ready as we will ever be for this to happen and the long wait will be the hardest part for us. We will just have to keep busy somehow to keep our minds off of it. Looks like a lot of golf and fishing for me this spring and summer.