SO EXCITED!

There has been so much going on but here's the TOP NEWS!

Our lawyer has submitted all of our paperwork For the re-adoption to court! So now we wait to here when Nigist becomes Amari, a US citizen, and legally our daughter her in the US. We are so excited and will post as soon as we know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Other things that have been in the works...

I applied and was accepted in the graduate program at the University of Tennessee starting this fall. I am in the Master's of Library Science distance learning program.

I have my application in for financial aid and have started all the paperwork and whatnot for school.

I got our taxes done though it was quite a series of mishaps this year.

We got all the paperwork taken care of for our lawyer to use for the re-adoption.

Our second post adoption report is almost done. Going to get that done this weekend.

I have joined a Mom's Club in my neighborhood and am loving it! There is so much support from these lovely Mamas and so much to do with the group during the day.
I can ask those embarrassing questions and for advice and help anytime and someone will quickly be there to help. WOW. We all take care of each other and share so much - from bountiful cucumbers to stepping up at the last minute to get someone to the mechanics to pick up their car. There is a babysitting coop that we are going to join for this fall so I can get my school work done.
Amari and I get to one or two activities a week. So far she has been to her playgroup (really at her age now this is more for me to learn from the other Mama's, but it is so sweet to think of her growing up with so many pals), pizza club (Fun at 4 and presto a scrumptious dinner ready to bake that night!), story time (always a joy), and a few other things.
Plus there is Mom's Night Out - need I say more! YES! I love my neighborhood.

We are almost done with baby proofing and at that point I'll be able to host a playgroup at our house.

We have been taking lots of pictures and videos and are going to get those onto the blog soon.

OH and the biggest "project" in the works is, of course, Amari and we are so thrilled with her growth and development! We are just so adoring of her and we all laugh and giggle lots and lots.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Ear Tubes!

After nonstop ear infections and constant fluid behind Amari's ears we went to see an ENT and he said TUBES! She went in yesterday at 7:30 AM and was out and home by 11ish AM. Relieved that her speech and language development should be progressing normally now.

This is an email I sent last night...

She did great! She was so upset when I went to her after but that is normal and good verses limp and dozy. They were giving her a bottle but that wasn't enough. When I held her she stopped!

The doctor said the drainage was some of the thickest gunkiest stuff he'd ever seen. He thinks she probably had ear infections before our gotcha day.

She's asleep now (she kept waking herself and looking scared as she was put to bed like are you going to be there this time?) but was really lively and played hard all day.