It's Almost Picture Time!!

Thank you to every person who has donated to our adoption fund either in person, online at GoFundMe, or through Reece's Rainbow. We sincerely appreciate every donation. We are closing in on our $2000 mini goal! We currently have a total of $1510.67 in donations. That is amazing! As promised, we have slowly been adding pieces of the picture as we receive more donations. Below, is our picture tonight. We are nearly to our mini-goal! When we get to the goal, we will post a few pictures of our new little man.

For now, though, let's talk about our Peanut Butter! Today, I received an email from Sterling's YAP coordinator about an upcoming Special Olympics Florida event. The SOFL group working the Leadership Reception at the Disney Golf Tournament asked for Sterling to come out and represent YAP at a SOFL Q&A! This is so exciting. So, our family will be heading out towards Disney to represent our SOFL YAP families at a guided Q&A session to discuss how the Young Athletes Program has made a difference in Sterling's life. Hooray! We love advocating for Special Olympics!

On the dossier front, we are chugging along. Both Brian and I have our blood work scheduled for Saturday morning. This is a requirement for adoption. We must both also go for a PPD/TB test. Then, on Monday, Brian will have his medical clearance appointment with his doctor and I will have mine on Thursday. This gives us medical clearance for adoption and states that we are both healthy enough to raise kids and have no terminal/chronic illness. Once we get our medical clearance, the only thing standing in our way from our completed home study is our finger prints and our DCF clearance. The DCF forms have been sent off and we just have to wait for that info to get back to our social worker. The fingerprints I am waiting to hear back from our social worker on what exactly we need. I think we have to have 3 different sets done at 3 different places - and I need to clarify before I start making appointments. Once the home study is complete, we just need our I800a - our permission to adopt and bring a child into the country - from the government. That is pricey. So we are holding off on that until the rest of our ducks are in a row. Once that comes in, we send our dossier to the state to be apostilled and then we can send it to Eastern Europe! We are working really hard to have this little guy home as soon as possible!

Hoping this blog update keeps you "in the loop!" Thanks again for all the donations, prayer, positive vibes, and kind words. They are all appreciated.