And the guard dog...

This was the first place that she went after we put each crib up. She knows that something is up.

With a new crib!!!

Solomon's Room!

We are ready

I learned that our information has arrived in Seoul and has been sent to the agency in Korea. That happened last Friday. In theory, all that has to happen now is for a visa interview to happen in Korea and then we can get our travel call. Of course, thats assuming that he already has his Korean passport and travel clearance. I don't think there is any way that we can find out if any of that has occurred. Our agency said that they would let us know if they found out, but they don't always find out in a timely manner.

On another positive note, we were able to get the crib, mattress, and highchair last week. Everything is assembled and ready to go, now all we need is a baby to fill it!!

Finally good news

After about twelve phone calls and a LOT of frustration, we have finally figured out that our immigration paperwork has been sent to Korea. Long story short, nothing was moving because the National Visa Center had been giving me information about Garrison's case! I finally found a nice and helpful lady in the State Department in Washington DC who helped me actually locate information for Solomon's case!! Our paperwork was forwarded on January 29, 2008.

Also on a good note, we only have ONE more door frame and FIVE pieces of trim left to paint. There is still a lot of trim to hang and touch up paint, but MAYBE before the weekend is over. Stacy and I are hoping to go get the new crib and mattress tomorrow!!! I'll try to post some pics once we finally get everything in the new room.

My hands hurt

So some REAL progress in the last few days, but my hands are officially killing me because of it. I'M SO TIRED OF PAINTING. But, at least its starting to look really good! Stacy was able to get the rest of the trim hung in Solomon's room. I need to do a bunch of touch up paint in that room to fix my screw ups and to go over the nail holes on the trim, but thats IT!!! The ceiling in the hallway is also painted and I was able to get the walls done tonight...at least I think so. We'll see what it looks like tomorrow after it dries. Got half of the trim for the hallway painted tonight too!!! There is a TON of trim in that little bitty room.

Boring details, but moving quickly to having lots of stuff done. We only have three more doors paint and hang...THANK YOU UNCLE E!!

Off too bed for now, I need to rest so that I can stalk the National Visa Center and the State Department in DC tomorrow. It has been three weeks and our immigration information STILL has not reached the Embassy in Seoul. Hopefully, we'll have good news soon.

We have been busy painting and today we were able to get some trim done. I've posted a pic of the "new" bedroom just to tease you. Hopefully we'll be able to finish most everything up this week. The picture is at the bottom of the blog because I'm not sure how else to get it IN the blog.

Horray for the postman!!

We got a well baby check in the mail today!!! Solomon was seen in the clinic on January 17, 2008 so the information is already a little outdated, but its the first news since the end of November!


All we can think is that Garrison is going to have a run for his money...poor thing. We ALL may actually be in for it as he is crawling and already pulling up...yikes!! Here is what we know, for comparison:

12/20/2007 - Garrison weighed 23.2 pounds and was 31 inches long

1/17/2008 - Solomon weighed 16.98 pounds and was 28 inches long!!

Now, I just want him home.

Progress?

We were able to get the ceiling in Solomon's room painted today. We also got one door and frame painted. Its kind of difficult because we have to put the door on saw horses IN the room we are working on. Its the only room that is clear of all other junk. It would be REALLY nice if it would warm up so that we could paint doors and trim in the garage...ahh, spring.


The lesson of the day: call DC in the afternoon!! I called again today to see if they had any updates. I was only on hold for 45 seconds!! (as opposed to 26 minutes on Monday) They, of course, still had no information. :( Apparently they ship the information via steam boat to Korea!!