UPDATED PHOTO OF ISAAC!

They just sent us an updated photo of Isaac. It seems that he likes to ride a tricycle. That is good, because that is what we were planning on getting him for his birthday. We probably won't get him home by his birthday, but there will be another birthday/welcome home celebration waiting on him when he gets home.

They have all of our home study now, including the addendum. Now we are waiting on our power of attorney so that we can get it signed and notarized. After our home study and power of attorney is translated, they will mail it back to us and we will have everything notarized, certified and authenticated. Then we send it back to Taiwan and they can register for a court date. They say it could take up to 6 weeks to get a court date. It could be one to two month after that before we travel to bring him home.

Please pray that everything will go quickly and smoothly. We are so excited about bringing him home as soon as possible.

HOME STUDY ADDENDUM IS FINALLY HERE!

WHEW! After over two weeks of trying to get our home study addendum done and in our hands, it finally arrived this morning at 9 a.m. through UPS. It had been supposedly mailed last Monday through USPS but it never arrived. I arranged to have another set of notarized addendumed picked up by UPS and delivered to me on Saturday. Well, come the end of the day on Saturday, it still hadn't arrived. I was emotionally shot. It finally arrived this morning and I learned that the reason it wasn't delivered on Saturday is because the receptionist at our home study agency didn't check the box for Saturday delivery. The important thing now is that it is here. Eddie is scanning it at work into a PDF file and we will be e-mailing it tonight to HOGL. I haven't heard anything from them in about two weeks. Please pray that we hear something from them soon. I am hoping that the hold up with getting our power of attorney is that they are waiting on our home study addendum. Please pray that we get our POA this week so that we can get it signed and notarized.

ADDENDUM STILL NOT HERE! ARGH!

Well, it has been over a week since our home study addendum was completed by the social worker but we still don't have it in our hands. It was mailed on Monday but it has apparently gotten lost in the mail. It may still come in the mail tomorrow, but I don't know that for sure, so I contacted our social worker and arranged for us to pay for UPS to pick up another set of notarized documents. I scheduled for Next Day Air so that I will receive it by noon tomorrow. I really want to make sure that the children's home in Taiwan has it by Monday morning their time, which will be Sunday night our time. It just seems to be one glitch or hickup after another. I know there are a lot of hurdles to jump over before our son is in our arms, but we seem to be tripping over every hurdle we come to. Please pray for smooth sailing for us from this point on. I feel like I am walking on thin ice that can break through at any moment.