Changes to My Blog

I made some changes today in the "Blogs I Visit" space. I have changed it to "Friends Adopting From Guatemala." Under it I have tons of blogs. These are only people currently adopting. If you have already adopted, I will add another list for you. I still need to move out the blogs of those adopting from elsewhere. It took me so long to add to the list that I am not going to do the moving-out right now. I added the names of the mother and child next to the blog name, uless a name was in the title. If I have a name wrong or spelled incorrectly, please let me know. If you would like to be added to my list, please let me know that too. If a link does not work, tell me please.

Buying Life Insurance

I have never bought life insurance on my own before. I either had it with a job or just didn't have it. Well, now that I will have a child dependent on my, I have to have it. I talked to a former teacher who sells insurance but decided to go with the agency that has our car and home insurance. I thought it would be lower with lots of coverage there but I was wrong. However, I think it will be better insurance in the long run.

Today the nurse came over for a little physical for the insurance company. I didn't think about not going to the bathroom before she came. She wanted a urine sample up the "this line". Well, I didn't get it to the line but I guess it was good enough. She took my blood pressure three times. Do they want to see if it goes up while she is poking, proding and asking all kinds of personal questions? I don't think it did. She weighed me and read the scales five pounds lower than they said. I didn't correct her. If she had read it five pounds higher than the actual weight I would have spoke up LOUDLY!! She got my height, took two tubes of blood and left. Overall it was no big deal. Oh, she will be back anytime for my drivers' license # since it was in the car this morning and the car wasn't at home. I think I am healthy enough to be insured.

My Kazakhstan Manual - Redoing Paperwork

How could I forget??? I emailed my LMI coordinator yesterday with a question about a form and she told me to refer to my manual. Silly me!! I forgot I had that! I am now redoing some of the forms I had saved on my computer to fit the way my agency wants them. They also have several forms that I hadn't prepared and I am typing those too. How many different ways can you tell the government of Kazakhstan that you will send post placements once a year for an adopted child? I think I typed four forms just stating that fact or something similar.

I hope my personal notary can come over tomorrow afternoon and notarize all these for me. I want to get them sent off to the State Secretary for Authentication on Friday. I found out some good news from the manual. For Authentication I only have to pay once for each notary!! I should only have three notaries since I am using a daycare parent to do all of my personal forms. That will save a little money there.

I finished painting the little rocking chair for Johanna's nursery. It doesn't look great but it isn't too bad either. I will probably find a large rag-type doll or a stuffed animal to put in it. I need to re-arrange my bedroom to give Johanna her own space. Glad I have a huge room.

Pregnant Together - How Fun!!

My nephew and his wife Jenny are expecting their third child in June. I was talking to Jenny on the phone this morning and telling her how it is almost like we are pregnant together. We talk about car seats, baby bottles, discipline, diapers, etc. The best part for me is we don't talk about morning sickness, at least not mine. She has two boys who are 3 and 4.5 so, even though she is 14 years younger than me she has lots of good advice. I am always emailing her when I want to know about the best of some product. It will be neat to have our children close in age. They are expecting a boy but that won't matter for several years. I hope Johanna and her boy cousin are very close. It's weird. My nephew Heath will really be her first cousin and he will be 28 before I get her. Her youngest first cousin will be Brooklen who will be 10 in May. It doesn't matter though since their are so many second, third, etc. relatives.