9 Months

On the 21st Arsin turned 9 months old! We just cannot stand the wait any longer! About a week ago we received an email from our coordinator about the goings on of adoption in Kyrgyzstan. Here what she had to say:

We believe that by mid-January the MOE will begin issuing letters, presumably providing letters for all families with all agencies who have been waiting to bring their children home. Then they will be reviewing dossiers and providing letters for families who do not yet have referrals. They have lists from all the agencies as to who is who.

There has been some confusion with the Kyrgyzstan gov't as far as who should sign letters...since the President has gotten involved, we hope that this will be resolved! They have a few holidays to celebrate which should bring them back to work about January 12th. We will be sending Ambassador Zamira a thank you letter for all of her help in this matter!

Christmas...

Christmas was kind of crazy for us. We typically travel to Kenosha to visit with my family. Ryan was offered a position in La Crosse - his home town - about a week before Christmas. We had the intent to say yes to that job and figured we would be moving soon. Ryan decided he needed to stay and work to get everything finalized before 2009 and the new Chief Professional Officer for this Boys & Girls Clubs. Needless to say I traveled to Kenosha by myself in very icky weather! Ryan and I decided to turn down the job from La Crosse so we spent Christmas apart for no reason at all. I ended up bringing back my two nieces and my brothers from Kenosha to spend the week with us. We have a house full of kids and it is CRAZY! In about a half hour we are going to see The Tale of Despereaux at the movie theatre!