OUR SON!
It is 100% official! Our 14 day appeal period was over on Monday, August 31. We received the official adoption decree from the court in Jozefow and BJ's revised polish birth certificate Monday! Yea! This means the adoption is complete and we can now get all the loose ends together so that BJ can come home! So far we have applied for BJ's Polish social security number and Polish passport, taken pictures for his Polish passport/US Visa, and had a US Embassy approved medical exam. Some things left to do:
A. US Embassy Interview (Tuesday)
B. Receive Immigrant Visa (Tuesday)
C. Receive Polish Passport (? hopefully soon)
D. Hop on the plane to come home! (Saturday, Sept. 12)
In other matters, we are all moved into our new location! I have to admit, I miss the other apartment! We are on a main road now and it is so much louder! Oh yes, we also have a fire station right next to us! Okay, I'm not complaining, but I am grateful for my nice quiet house back in the good'ol US of A! The apartment is cozy and very nice and because the occupancy max is 2, we have two seperate apartments! It is nice having two bathrooms, but it is a bit of a pain having to go back and forth between the two rooms via the main hallway. The rooms are studios, and because it is so noisy, I put BJ in the small hallway by the bathroom to provide a little more quietness for him. It seems to be working as he sleeps the nights through and wakes talking and laughing! I wish I could awake like that!
As I predicted, this apartment did not come equiped with internet or a land line. So for the first few days, we felt quite isolated especially since our cell phone was running low on minutes (and we didn't know where to go to reload)! AGHHHHHH! I almost became paniced because I was fearful of what we would do in an emergency. However, Magda our facilitator came through for us and led us in the right direction for "minutes" and got us hooked up with the outside world! Praise God! We are now more at ease and have spent some time getting to know our new surroundings. Because we are in the downtown, we are much further away from the monuments and museums than we were before. However, we are by many new (and large) parks that we are getting ready to explore!
As promised, I am including some videos of BJ and the Warsaw Royal Castle. It isn't nearly as beautiful on video as it is in person, but you'll get the point! I can honestly say that it is the most beautiful "man made" object that I have ever seen! Please click on the links below and enjoy!
Warsaw Royal Castle
4 comments:
Yay!! Isn't it nice when your "to-do" list is a short one? I'm so happy for you and James...and of course B.J. What a cutie!
Yea!! Getting closer :-) That's great that so much of your paperwork has been done, and only 14 days appeal time, fantastic!! I'm glad your new apartment is working out :-)
Congratulations on your 100% son! :-)
We love the videos!!! And we can't wait until you're home!
(Dave writes)
Good BJ video and interesting tour videos. Did they give you some ideas on redecorating when you get home? Very fancy.
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