Light at the end of the tunnel.....

We received the girls I-800's in the mail last Thursday...what a great day! Vito immediately scanned them to Lina who sent them to Magda. On Friday we were notified that our I-800's made it to the Embassy in Warsaw. Monday we were notified that our Article 5 was ready, picked up, and sent to the judge. So now we wait for the judge to invite us to come. It is so nice to finally have people calling us with updates instead of us always being the ones calling for updates. (ie the USCIS)

As I was thinking about what kind of gift we could give the foster parents, I just didn't think giving them candy and coffee was an appropriate gift to say thank you for taking care of our girls for so many years. I wanted to give them something special so I decided to make them a memory quilt. I used a few pictures from our visit to Poland but most of the pictures were taken by the foster father and represented the years the girls lived with them. I found a lady who printed them on the fabric and then I spent about 2 hours at the quilting store picking the fabric that would go around the pictures. I pieced it all together and then sent it to my mother to finish. I can't wait to see the finished product. I will post a picture of it as soon as I get it back from her.

Last Saturday night we had some friends over for our first night of pierogi making. A very nice couple gave us the pierogi maker and then came over for personal cooking lessons. I have to say they were a lot better than expected. We are going to make it a tradition to make pierogi's with the girls on special occasions.

We are still Skyping with the girls every Sunday. When their foster father told them we finally had the approvals...the girls held hands and danced around the room! Wish we could have seen that one. He also told us that both girls are now able to ride a bike without training wheels! I told Vito he better take off the train wheels on the bikes we have for them before they get here!

So for now we just wait and pray that we get the call soon. I started back teaching today and am diligently preparing all of my sub plans so that we can leave at the drop of a hat. We are so ready to be on that plane heading for Poland!