We are currently caught up with paperwork and just waiting for our travel approval to come through. IF and only IF that paperwork comes through in time next week, we will be traveling to meet Shelby in less than 3 weeks.
If the paperwork does not come in this next week, we will not be traveling until November.
How do you countdown to two dates? Its been confusing for sure. We count down to our "be ready to go" date and our "this is the furthest it will wait date". Right now our ready to go date is 20 days and our furthest date is 55 days.
20 days seems like we will never be ready and 55 days seems so far away.
We are nesting.
*Starting to put Shelby's things where they go-- her toothbrush is even ready for her!
*Setting up the nursery-- it is so peaceful and Mara loves to sleep there.
*Creating a packing list
*Gathering our paperwork-- luckily they give us a paperwork packing list
Those are all things on our agenda these next few weeks.
Biggest on our list.... WAIT! There is very little planning that we can actually do until we know when we will be leaving. I. AM. A. PLANNER! God knew this when He called us to adoption. Planning has helped us complete paperwork and fundraisers. It has helped us stay organized in chaos. Being a planner is not helping us now!
But truly right now we are just in chaos. There is anxiously waiting and chaos. We are also filled with butterflies of excitement and nerves that I have never felt before. Over all of those feelings, we are filled with more love for Shelby than we knew was possible. More love for each other than we knew was possible. And so much hope for the future.
We will be updating our Facebook page while we are gone. "Like" us on Facebook at Creating the Campbells. Because of limited wifi use we will not be blogging until we are back. I will be sure to post again to let you know when we leave!
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