Slow and Steady

Another week has gone by and we didn't accomplish as much as we hoped.  Jerrod was out of town last week for work and there were 5 papers that we needed to send to our agency.  Only 1 needed notarized and we got that done before he left, but we forgot to have him sign the other 4.  Oops!  Well all 5 are signed and sent off to our agency now.  At this rate we won't finish our paper work by the end of the year like we hoped, so we better step it up!

Instead of working on adoption papers over the weekend, Jerrod and I went on an amazing trip of beautiful churches near Dubuque, a winery, a monestary and a casino (could have skipped that part, not that exciting).  It was a good relaxing time with some wonderful friends.

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Visiting the Dallas County Jail

I didn't even know there was a jail in Adel, IA, but there is.  Jerrod and I went there on Friday to get our 3 sets of fingerprints for various background criminal and FBI (yes, FBI) clearnance.  We actually got to be printed in the room where they book people.  Glad I wasn't there alone, it was kind of nerve wracking.

Interestingly, once the Colombian government approves your documentation, the fingerprints actually are only considered good for maybe 15 months (not sure of the exact number).  So, if you are in for the 3 year wait for an infant, you would have to get your fingerprints done again.  Do they change?  I'm sure it is because they run the background check again, but don't you think they could use the ones on file and run the check again? 

So, we now have a set of papers to be submitted this week to three different places.  Defnite progress!

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