There was a slight hiccup with the official referral paperwork we sent to Holt two weeks ago when the notary accidentally signed the wrong year, but we had the paperwork re-notorized and overnighted to Holt within 24 hours of the problem. Now that the referral paperwork is making its way to Korea, we will just focus on USCIS (immigration). Our scare about the moving offices was short-lived. The immigration paperwork and legals arrived at the new Irving USCIS office on Jan. 20th, but we have yet to hear about fingerprinting or a receipt of the forms. We'll wait patiently.
This week was a bit exciting with the completion of our care package to Korea. Aaron and I went shopping over the weekend for everything that would fit in the box: 2 incredibly soft blankets, 1 soft stuffed horse (which Aaron thought was a cow at first), 1 stuffed soccer ball, 2 disposable video cameras, 2 disposable still-image cameras, DVD of our crazy family (in PAL and NTSC formats), laminated pictures of us, a photo album of the family (the Hangul translations for each person), clothes, and a Texas blanket for the foster family. I have a USPS tracking number, so I'll keep an eye on it until it arrives in Korea sometime later this week. Rai's foster mother will hopefully pick it up at his next Well Baby Check at the beginning of February.
We have tried to keep busy to steer our minds away from this incredibly slow wait through immigration processing. Aaron has been learning Korean at lightening speed, and I have kept busy with class prep and fieldnotes from Japan.
If everything stays quiet this coming weekend, we'll take out the world map puzzle that is in desperate need of repair. (Greece has fallen down behind Libya.) We also need to put together the Panda puzzle so the walls have a little color.
Other than that, everything is ready. I'll post again as soon as we hear something.
Stay warm!
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