Thursday, September 23, 2010

My kid has big feet! and Immigration update

A few weeks ago, I asked the Agency to find out Addison's foot size, so we can bring a nice pair of shoes for her to wear home. They e-mailed back that her feet measure 17 cm (or 6.69 inches)!!! So, either they measured her feet WITH HER SHOES ON or, my kid has really large feet for a 3 year old! Yikes! After printing off shoe charts from the web, and measuring out 17 cm, she apparently should be wearing a size 11; also off the web, a typical 3 year old should be wearing a size 8 or 9! So, I guess we'll just buy her shoes in Addis Ababa.... :)


Also to note, I just received an e-mail today from our Agency that the Immigration Dept. now requires a "Child Life History Form", which the Agency has JUST forwarded to Immigration. Sigh....let's hope this final document will allow them to issue her Visa QUICKLY NOW. Maybe she'll be home in time for Hallowe'en! Won't that be a great way to introduce her to her new home!


Lastly, because I love when blogs have pictures, I'm posting a picture of some adorable towels I found at HomeSense featuring brown ballerinas. They are so cute I couldn't resist buying 2 sets for Addison!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Still waiting for her visa; it's been 14.5 weeks; MP's office says they've gone "to the top", can't do anything more except wait;

I hope her playset isn't covered in snow before she gets here :(