We had an appointment today at noon at the Secretary of States office to get everything certified. Then, we stopped by the post office and over-nighted everything to a courier service who will take it to the State Dept and then the to Chinese Embassy in DC!
The courier service is called The Assistant Stork. You should check them out. To me, the extra charge is worth it. Normally you would have to mail your paperwork back and forth twice from you to the State Dept, and then you to the Embassy. With the courier, you send it to them and they take it to the State Dept, then they take it to the Embassy, then they send it back to you. I like that much better! Plus, they hand deliver it to the right person. And they do this every day. So they know how to get it done!
Today we got all of our paper work notarized. And we have an appointment with the Secretary of States office on Tuesday to get it all certified.
We're getting close!
We've got all our documents. All we have to do is get them notarized, certified, and authenticated. Any advice? Anything that we should watch out for? I'm just so tired of set-backs. If anyone had any issues with these steps please let me know.
We had a beautiful weekend here in Raleigh, NC. The temperature was in the 80's. Yesterday, I wore my favorite set of clothes - flip-flops, shorts, and a T-shirt! It actually felt like summer. I can't tell you how happy that made me feel.
Where do you live and how was your weekend?
Wow, we're so close.... it's like the light at the end of the paper-chase tunnel is right in front of us. Then WHAM! it turns out to be just another train.
I've been working closely with our agency (CCAI) as we near the end of this process. And it turns out that I forgot to fax over a few documents for their review. It's definitely my fault. One was Naomi's physical report and the other was our completed home study report. I can't believe I didn't send that to them. Actually, I thought the home study agency was sending it to them directly. But I guess I misunderstood.
Well, they want our home study agency to make a few changes. And they also need our doctor to attach a letter explaining the details of a medical procedure that Naomi had when she was a baby.
More delays. Oh well. At this point it really doesn't make that much difference. Everything will be completed soon. We just have to hang in there.
We drove to Charlotte late yesterday. We have some friends there that we haven't seen in a while so we made arrangements to stay with them. Thanks Lanny & Jaime. It was great.
We arrived around 7:00pm and went out to eat at Carrabba's and then drove to Krispy Kreme for some dessert. As soon as we walked in the door this wonderful lady asked us if we'd each like a free doughnut to sample. She grabbed them right off the little conveyor belt. They were awesome. Perhaps the best doughnuts I've ever had. So we bought 2 dozen! Then we went back to their place and ate a bunch of doughnuts. As soon as we had a major sugar high, we fired up the PlayStation2. I like SSX the best. It's a snowboarding game. Awesome!
Oh yeah, Naomi did the sworn statement thing and we received our I-171H.
We received Naomi's police clearance report for Pinellas County (FL) today. And hey, she's not a criminal. :-) But if she ever decides to go down that road they won't be able to lift any fingerprints from her!