Birthdays, Thanksgiving crafts and paperwork

First of all, Tuesday was Daryle's birthday. Happy Birthday Daryle!! Since I had class on Tuesday night we decided to celebrate as a family on Sunday evening instead. Here are "the boys" licking the beaters from the first cake. (Yes, yes, yes, something happened...maybe I forgot the eggs...and the cake was like a crater!! Thank goodness Target is close by my house now!!)
Here is the second (and final!) cake. It was yummy and turned out pretty good. Good thing we didn't actually put 38 candles on there...we could have set the house of fire!!!

Today at school Travis' class had a "feast" of fruit salad, homemade butter and crackers and popcorn. He also made a Pilgrim hat and a Native American headband (notice the pattern on the headband!). Here he is modeling for you all (and I can't forget to mention "Spikey"... his webkin!) Here he is looking like his normal angelic self!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

And for the never ending paperwork....I had a call this evening from our agency that we needed to redo our intent to adopt form. I had to handwrite this letter and the poor gal put the wrong stamp on the back (it has to do with notarizing and apostilling) and so she called and asked if I could redo it and send it down to Tuscon right away. She was so apologetic...I said no problem that it was the least of our worries! Those of you who went through the adoption process before know that this is really no big deal! I got off the phone, wrote the letter up, stamped it, and it will go out in the mail tomorrow. It will probably get to Tuscon on Saturday. She also told me that our paperwork was being sent to Moscow next week! She said the papers from Colorado were on the way and should be there next week. WooHoo!!! Now we just have to wait.... patiently.... for "the call" about our baby!! Sometimes I have to pinch myself, I can't believe this is all really happening!

I want to wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for so much, especially for our family and friends. ;-)