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Thursday, June 18, 2009

WE PASSED!!!!!!!

I just heard from Christy that Olivia "S" is OURS!!!!! (I am not sure if I am allowed to post her picture or name yet though....I'll add that to my TO DO LIST)

WE WILL BE IN ETHIOPIA JULY 5TH!!!!!!!!!!


Please keep praying because I don't know if our USCIS issue has been resolved yet but I will be contacting our congressman if it isn't! I should know more soon!

We are totally freaking out around here!!!! Baby girl we are coming for you!!!

UPDATED:

Mrs. Aarseth,

Your request has already been processed and mailed out. You should be receiving your notice in the mail shortly.

All documents have been mailed to the National Visa Center .

The National Visa Center will send all documents to the designated countries.

Thank you,

Dallas District Adoptions US C.I.S.

25 comments:

neely said...

congrats!!! praying everything is done and ready for you to travel!

Matt said...

Great news! I hope you get everything worked out quickly.

Jess & Matt said...

OH SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

Mandy said...

Yahoo!!!! I read the update and it looks like you guys are set. yaaaaaaaay! I'm so glad this is worked out and you can finally move on.

Kelly said...

Woohoo! What wonderful news. I'm so happy for you and your family. Congratulations!

Renee said...

yeah so glad that beautiful girl is coming home..Christy told us as soon as we passed court we were allowed to post his name and pictures. If you look at my blog i posted right before we traveled with pictures to introduce him to anyone that hadn't seen him

emily said...

congrats!! Wonderful news. :)

The B Family said...

Yay! So happy for yout family! Can't wait to see pictures (as soon as you get the o.k.). Go pack!

The Hull's at #4 said...

DeeDee! Such a day for good news! Congratulations, we are so happy for you and baby girl! You better start packing!
Kim

The Hull's at #4 said...

So happy for you DeeDee! Go get that sweet baby girl!

Kim

Chasing Pure Simplicity said...

Yipee! We can't wait to meet Olivia! Let us know what you need to help with paking, etc. Jackson's always welcome here for a playdate if you need to run errands, pack or get anything ready! SO EXCITING!

A.H. said...

Our family is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Happy for you!

Aubrey said...

Awesome! :)

Whitney said...

AHHHHH!!! TWO WEEKS!!! Wonderful news! We are pumped for you! Praying everything is smooth and easy!

"Are These Kids All Yours?" said...

YEAH!!!! And we will pray about the USCIS. Yeah, and nervous, but sitll she is yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise God for that!

missy said...

HOORAY!!! What joy!!! So happy for you to go get her and bring her home for good!

Vanessa said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Blog Shmog said...

Congratulations!! What wonderful news!! Can't wait to see her beautiful face. :)

Maria and Family said...

SOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU !!!!

Dawn said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I've been thinking about you guys! That's WONDERFUL news!

More Paul, Less Andrea said...

What fabulous news DeeDee! I am sooo happy to see this! Congratulations!

Those Dandy Dillards said...

Holy COW I am so happy! I got teary-eyed just reading your post! What a wonderful blessing my dear. I am so happy you get to travel so SOON! I would love to help you with any preparations and of course anything you need while you are gone and when you get back. Congrats Aarseths and double congrats to Olivia who is getting an awesome family to come home to. Can't wait to meet her!

theheartofachild said...

Congratulations!!!! So excited for you!!!
Jenny

Troy said...

DEEDEE! That is GREAT NEWS! I'm so happy for you guys! I have so much info on your girlie to get to you! She is AMAZING!

Rebecca said...

That is AWESOME!!!