MIA

Sooooo we've been busy.  First this happened.

That's a box full of our fundraising adoption Tshirts.  Or, more specifically, the first of two boxes.  This is the box full of the adult shirts sized M and larger.  The other box?  Well...let's just say I know why the US Postal service is going out of business.  The box left Memphis the same time as this one but has yet to be located.  An investigation has been started.  So peeps who've ordered kids' shirts or
 are skinny?  Not to worry.  You'll get your shirt.  You'll just have to wait.  Consider this your opportunity to empathize with us in our adoption journey.  And for folks who haven't ordered yet?  There's still time.  And we plan to put in another order because we've already sold out of some sizes in some colors.  So if you want one that isn't listed, just shoot me an email and I'll mark you down for one in the reorder.

But they look great!

As you can see, the shirts are awesome.  They are super soft.  Like that shirt you "rented" from the gym in college and then you just eventually stole?   Yeah.  They're like that.  I've pretty much worn mine every day.  And they'll be perfect for sticky summer days in Richmond and perfect to take to Kinshasha.  Sorting them and shipping them out, as you can see, has been tedious with my "helpers".  But we still have some left and with each email I get telling me another one has sold, I am encouraged.  Encouraged that we are not alone in pining for our children.  Encouraged that some other folks are stepping into the gap to help us financially.  Which is a HUGE HUGE help.

And we also did this...

 This is Sloan making jokes about getting undressed infront of his wife and another woman.

 So he could do this.
 

So we could get these.  Our Yellow Fever Cards.  We also got our typhoid pills, malaria med prescriptions, and meds for Traveller's GI issues.

What's next for us?  Filling out loads of immigration paperwork, prepping for our Facebook Auction coming up the second week of April (yes, there's still time to donate gift cards, handmade items, and any other thing you have that you might think would bring us some cash), and celebrating reaching the end of our CONA wait period.  YAHOO!

(Oh, and we got a be stack of files from our agency with our kids' paperwork and THEY NOW HAVE THE LAST NAME PHILLIPS!)