Assignment to Medellin

I got a call from LSS (Lutheran Social Services) yesterday.  Every time the caller id says "LSS of MN", I sort of hold my breath before I answer the phone and try to remain composed while my mind starts flying at 100 mph...  No need to fret though, as yesterday was not "the call", but a reminder from our social worker that it is time for us to update some of our paperwork.  Certain documents only have a shelf life of 6 months, and it's all ready time for us to do a little more paper chasing to keep things current.  Aaaah, the good old game of paper chasing! 

While I had our social worker on the phone, I asked her whether our paperwork had been assigned to a regional ICBF office yet.  Actually, I think I babbled on and on about how we hadn't heard from her and that if she had had any updates, I was just sure she would have called us...but maybe, just maybe, she had heard something from Colombia about our progress???  Maybe????  Please????  Open mouth, insert foot, because YES, we have been assigned to the ICBF office in Medellin! Yay!!!

This means that when we travel to Colombia to meet our children, we will be headed to Medellin.  It also means that our time in Colombia will be anywhere from 3-5 weeks, rather than the 6-8+ weeks that it could have been if we had been assigned to Bogota, due to the quicker courts in Medellin.  We will still need to travel to Bogota for about 1 week at the end of our stay to get passports and visas for the kids, but will spend the majority of our stay in Medellin.  We are very happy to get the information, and feel like every day we are getting one step closer to the reality of meeting our children.

The social worker and I also talked about pre-determining how we (Jason and I) want to be contacted when we get our referral (i.e. how does she get both Jason and I on the phone together to present the information to both of us at the same time).  Obviously, we'll have her call me, and then I will try to catch Jason at work.  So now Jason and I are trying to think of a secret clever message that I can text or page him with so that he will know that I am calling him with news of a referral.  See, if he's scrubbed into a surgery when his pager goes off, the circulating nurse will read the page message out loud in the operating room, and we want an inconspicuous way to communicate the message without blatantly announcing "Hear ye, hear ye!" and all that jazz.  We could have some fun with this one...suggestions are welcome, but the final decision will be a secret for just the two of us!

That's all the adoption news we have for now.  As to sweet little Sadie, she continues to be doing pretty well, and is still happy and comfortable.  Who wouldn't be happy with a belly full of treats???

Thanks for checking in with us!