This afternoon/evening was what we would consider a 'whirlwind' of accomplishment. I left Belle by 4:05 after picking up Kaleb and headed south. With a UPS truck tailgating me the whole way... I very quickly stopped at the house to snatch the UPS package off the front porch then, took off for Rapid. In the packet was the official letter from our child's homeland stating they had approved us for her adoption.
Yay!! I landed in Rapid just before 5:00 with a 'starving' Kaleb who was demanding of course.... Cheetos. Um, that wasn't happening. So, when you can't swing the coveted Cheetos- you obviously go to Wendy's for a small chocolate frosty :) Then, when you go to pay.... the guy hands you a LARGE chocolate frosty and says 'oh, sorry- thought it said large' to which I reply, 'oh, my three year old will just love this' while by brain panics slightly thinking that I'm about to hand Kaleb a LARGE chocolate frosty as his distraction-ary device while we're blazing through I800 packet at the UPS store with our newly arrived LOA letter. We're to the UPS Store by 5:12 and Wes walks in a minute later. Immediately, they inform us that we have 2 minutes before the overnight delivery mail leaves. What???? However, they then tell us that the truck that drives it to the airport leaves the UPS distribution center in 'the valley' at 5:45. Yikes. Time to panic but there's no time to panic. The instant the clerk tells me that, I rip open our LOA packet and Wes walks in the door. Within 15 minutes, we've officially signed our acceptance of Elsie, sorted through the packed, signed all the I800 spots, and dates and printed names; made copies, put it into order, checked, double checked, paper clipped it and made a final copy. I hand Wes the pile of papers and send him running out the door to drive it all out to the distribution center 4 miles away through 5'o clock traffic to find the distribution center on a little random road. He took off and I paid for our copies, explained the purpose of our frenzy, wiped up a moderate amount of Wendy's chocolate frosty, reassembled the UPS store from Kaleb's 'helping' and walked out to the car..... to pray. Pray he'd make it in time, pray for green lights and gaps in traffic and for 'it' to make the plane. Prayed for a little miracle in getting our papers on that plane so our little girl can come home as quickly as possible!
And HE MADE IT!!!! Wes walked in with just a minute or two to spare. The lady made his shipping label pronto and literally handed the package to the truck driver as he walked out the door for the airport. Thanks to God, a rock-star husband and the crazy abilities of overnight delivery our I800 will be in Texas by 9:30am our time tomorrow morning. This step looks to be taking about 3 weeks right now however, at the rate things are going... I'm starting to tell myself I'd better get ready sooner than later. To celebrate- we met back up at good 'ole Blaze Pizza (Wes' favorite) for a great meal celebrating the fact we've officially got a daughter waiting for us!! God is so good :)
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