Our Sweet Little Joshua,
It has been a month since we first found out about you and so much has happened. We have been very busy getting things ready for you and a lot of things have been happening to get in our way. You must be a very special little boy for us to be receiving so much opposition. Thankfully everything has worked out and we are not letting it get us down. Luckily with being so busy lately it has helped time to pass by very quickly. Your oldest sister got baptized and we had your Uncle Cameron and Aunt Aubrey in town a week before and then Grandma and Grandpa Murri were here for the next two weeks. During that time our next door neighbor tried getting us in trouble for having things on the side of our house and then your daddy had something stolen from under his truck that he had to get put back together. Both of these things ended up costing us little to nothing, but were still pretty stressful at the time. Then a week and a half ago something came undone on our washing machine and we ended up with a flooded kitchen. The damage that did was pretty bad and we had to have the entire flooring ripped out of the kitchen and dining room, and also the drywall wicked up a lot of the water and also had to be ripped out about 2 feet up the wall. We had to have about 15 really loud fans and dehumidifiers blowing for about a week which made the house really hot and noisy so we had to spend most of our days up in our bedroom. Our fridge and washer and dryer were moved to our dining room, so our table had to get taken down. They will stay that way until our kitchen gets put back together. We just found out today that everything will not be finished until Thanksgiving. Luckily I can still use the stove, but it has been a challenge having everything moved around and no table to eat at. Your sisters like having picnics in the living room every night though. Eva turned 6 and we had to have her birthday party in the garage because the house is such a wreck. It was really cold but it turned out ok. Thankfully our home owner’s insurance is paying for almost everything, so that means we will still have the money we need when it comes time to travel and pick you up. Hopefully this will be the last of our trials before we come to get you.
We sent you a package last week and you should hopefully be getting that really soon. Your sisters went to Build-A-Bear and picked out a really soft, cuddly bear for you. They each got to kiss a heart and put it inside your bear. We all took turns sleeping with it, so it could smell like us. We gave it lots of hugs and kisses too to pass on to you. We also sent a couple new outfits that I’m sure will be way too big for you, but will hopefully fit you by the time we pick you up. There is also a photo album that you can carry around and look at pictures of us all day, so you can start to get to know what we look like and also how much we love you. I sent some cameras for your caregivers to use to take pictures of all those at your orphanage who love you so much and your routines and other things that you will want to remember.
We found out last week that your Legals arrived at our agency, so that means that Immigration can start working on getting your Visa processed. This should take about a month and then another 6 weeks to get sent and processed by the US Embassy in Manila. Then you will get to go have your medical done, so they can make sure you are healthy enough to come to the US and then you will have your Visa interview. This could take another couple weeks and then your Visa will be issued and we will get a call that we can travel. If everything goes smoothly we will be coming to get you some time in February or maybe even the end of January. We still have so much to do to get our house ready for you to come and it still doesn’t quite seem real that we have a little boy waiting for us. We pray for you every day and hope that you are happy and healthy and being well taken care of. I did hear very good things about the orphanage you are at and about how much the caretakers there love all the children and treat them as if they were their own. This brings a lot of comfort to me and I will be forever thankful for the women who have taken care of you and gave you love for the first year of your life. We all already love you so much and can’t wait to finally meet you!
Love,
Mommy
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