Monthly Archives: June 2010

WE GOT A REFERRAL TODAY . . .

. . . ON THE SAME DAY OUR DOSSIER WAS APPROVED! I do not even have words to write this post, and it may not even make sense.  I’m emotionally elated and exhausted at the same time!  At 1:37 today we got news that our dossier was approved and that we were #41 on the...

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GUESS WHAT WE HAVE?!?!?!

WAITLIST NUMBERS!!!  Yep, that’s right . . . Brandi @ AGCI called me this afternoon to let me know that our dossier has FINALLY been approved!  Then, she gave me a couple of little numbers that I’ve been wanting to hear for so long . . . I’ll try to explain how these numbers work...

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No, we didn’t get a dog . . .

. . .  but we did get to dog-sit today for our friends, Blake & Jenny!  This is their six-week-old Great Dane puppy, Dino.  Isn’t he sweet?!?!  I, of course, had to have a little impromptu photo session while I had him here!

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Givens Family Beach Vacation, 2010 edition

Hi everyone!  We got back from vacation Saturday afternoon, and I’ve been wanting to post pictures ever since!  I thought I’d put together a little video for our family, but I had no idea how much time it would take.  I obviously need some help in the video-making area.  This one’s still not exactly how...

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so sad

I’m too tired and way too sad to write much tonight, but our dossier didn’t get approved today for anyone who was wondering.  I promise you it seems like it’s one tiny, minute detail after another that is beyond our control every time we send in our revised documents.  I’m pretty frustrated with our agency...

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