In other news!

So.. lost in the excitement of this auction was the fact that this past Saturday we put into the mail a very important set of documents called our dossier! It has been a long time coming, but the final group of items was crossed off the list a few weeks ago! As always, there were plenty of people that helped make the collection and organization of each item possible.

First there was the wonderfully kind lady at the State Troopers' office.. no seriously. She went out of her way to get an item notarized for us, so we had it without a long wait. She showed so much excitement for us and with us that we added our experience with her to our list of signs showing us that our decision to expand our family through adoption was more than correct!

I can't continue without also putting a shout out to a wonderful co-worker of mine that became our personal Notary! She also was one of the many people to donate items for our garage sale this past summer. Ms. CB, you rock, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of the ways you have helped while we continue on this journey!

Then there were the writers of our letters of recommendation! One from the our baby's Grandma and Grandpa! One from our wonderful family friend Ms. Linda whose girls are like family to our kids. And the last from a wonderful teacher/mentor who is now enjoying the high life in retirement!

Oh my.. I almost forgot the Passport lady at the Post Office. No joke! She was great. We laughed, and swapped stories. It was truly wonderful connecting with her along the way. It was a great reminder that you have to love what you do. She embodied that, and made our trip to get our passports completed another wonderful step along the way.

I think I'll end it there. Although, I know there are more people to thank for having our dossier in the mail!

The next auction item will be up tomorrow (Tuesday) night! It'll just be up for 24 hours so get yourselves ready.