A total pain

Ok...some jokers are posting stupid stuff in my comment sections for posts like from 2 years ago. Y'all stink and now I have to do comment moderation because I don't want weird Viagra ads in my comment section. Like I am not busy enough! Geesh.

Kentucky?

So...as you all know...I am currently looking for a job. I have interviewed at 3 places and I know for sure that 2 of them are out. I am still waiting to hear about one of them and this weekend...Keith and I are going to Kentucky for an interview. All of the other interviews were here in Alabama. This time we are venturing out of Alabama. I am very excited about this interview...mostly because the kids are staying with our awesome babysitter and we are going to have 3 days and 2 nights of just me and Keith.

Effectively, this counts as our honeymoon.....I suppose I could have counted our one day trip to Franklin, Tenn for the Together for Adoption Conference...but it was for a conference. Well, technically we are stopping in for a conference in Louisville also...but that is beside the point.

On this Sunday....Nov 15.....I will be able to sleep in. Truly sleep in....get up out of bed whenever I want to...yes ...me....I will be able to dictate the time in which I roll out of bed. I think that might be the most exciting part of the whole weekend. I say that now...but I think of Mala and her hotel misadventures with fire alarms....anything could happen!

Anyway....I am off of work today and tomorrow for the conference in Louisville and I am soooo excited to have time off. I feel like I need it just to get some things done.

We are headed to a small town for an interview at a regional medical center...so I will let y'all know what happens. I am sure you are all on the edge of your seat as to whether I actually get to sleep in on Sunday. HAHA.

One more step

Today our social worker called us to let us know that DHR approved our updated homestudy and forwarded it to USCIS on OCt 23rd...so we have really been waiting on USCIS for 2 weeks. I had been told that country updates were generally quicker than processing new I600A's so we shall see....the count started on Oct 26. I am not sure what to hope for considering the new change in processing that happened a couple of weeks ago. Our original approval took 10 weeks almost exactly...so if it takes 10 weeks that will put us in the first week of January...ug!

Our update will come from our regional USCIS in Atlanta instead of going through the new central processing site in Texas.

My dream of having a new little adoption tax credit for 2009 is slowly ticking away. There is still time! hahaha not really!

I looked back on my blog to figure out how long our USCIS approval took and it was very depressing to be reminded that we are still waiting for Aaron to come home. I remember starting the process in August of 2008 thinking he would be home way before Christmas of this year....I was using Christmas 2009 as the worst case scenario...HA! Little did I know!

There will be a Christmas when he is home with us.

Ann Taylor Loft

I went shopping yesterday afternoon for something business casual - ly at Ann Taylor Loft...I used to really like shopping there but now everything is all woolly, big sweater -y....not really my thing. Anyway...I was trying clothes on and overheard the following comment.

"I have so many outfits I could make cute if i just had a jean jacket"

OK....if they are not cute now...there is no magical jean jacket that is going to transform your wardrobe into a vortex of cuteness.

Just my thought on the super power (or lack thereof) of a jean jacket.

oops...forgot

dad isn't smiling in all of these pictures... I am sure he is smiling on the inside...at least the parts that aren't crushed by Zeb's feet!

The action photo of the actual tackle dad moment was a blur of little hands a feet...even blurrier than all of these other pictures!

Lilianna spent most of Saturday night trying to figure out when we could rent the moonwalk again! The best $200 we have spent in a long time.

Ready for the party

It wasn't a big party...only one person came from lilianna's class...but 2 kids came from church and the neighbors came...so there were 5 guests - Lil and Zeb running around and lots of left over candy and cupcakes. yes it was chilly and rained in the morning so there were some puddles of water on the moonwalk's roof that would occasionally pour down as the kids were jumping. Overall...I think the party was a great success....pictures are below. I know I had fun.

Scooby Doo Moonwalk the inside story...Lilianna

Lilianna kept screaming while she was jumping the moonwalk "this is the bestest day of my life ever"....yes she is a drama queen...but it is always nice to get some positive feedback from your kids. It is only about 7 more years before I start ruining her life on a daily basis..so i have to stock up on these moments!