We finally got our appointment date! Believe it or not, it's August 21! We were expecting Sept 3 or later. This changed a lot for us. Having such a late date actually changed a lot for us. We expected to travel in June or July. We are thankful we did not, though, because we avoided a huge delay that would have cost us more money and even more precious to us, time away from our girlies!
August is a busy month for us, gearing up for school and having Matalie's birthday. This August is no different except we are scrambling to get our act together to leave the country on August 19! And we did not find out our date till July 30, complicating things even more. After working things out amongst several people over the past 3 days, we finally have come to an arrangement that will just have to work. It's not ideal but we will just have to trust that it all works out, both here and overseas. The girls start school August 26th, Matalie's 5th birthday. I feel like the worst mom on earth by not being there for one of the biggest and scariest days of her life thus far... My hubby will be here to take care of them, as he is coming back to the US after we get the first round of paperwork done, so at least one of us can be here for her. He will have to return, and yes, it will cost extra to do it this way, but it is what works for us and everyone who has generously agreed to help us. He will be home and at work for nearly 2 weeks, which fills in a huge gap of child care that we needed to fill, and it will save some work vacation days he is using so he can take some time off to help when we get home with our newbie.
Sometimes you have to go through a few mountains and valleys to leave the flock to find the lost sheep...
So, we are busy packing and making arrangements at schools and getting the house as ready as possible for Grandma and Grammy to come and help out.I have grocery shopping to do, meals to make and freeze, travel shopping, packing, etc.
This is a wild ride and we haven't even got on the plane yet!!
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