Update on Our Wait for USCIS Approval

We received an update from our agency about the status of our I 171 H approval from USCIS. Below is the message that we received from our agency.

"She (USCIS) reported that she is processing applications filed May 9-11, 2007. She reported that your I-600A was filed 5-11-07, so she said that you should be hearing from CIS within the next week or so."

I'm very excited with this news!

Four Months of Waiting and Preschool Begins

Today marked four months since we submitted our I 600 A to USCIS (Immigrations). We had our fingerprints done at the end of July and our home study arrived at USCIS at the beginning of August. After four long months, we still haven't received our I 171 H. This is the only piece of paper that is keeping us from finishing up our dossier and getting our paperwork off to Ethiopia. I can't say that Sean and I are patient, as much as, we've just given up being excited each day as we check the mail thinking that it has arrived. Our 6 year wedding anniversary is Saturday--so we're hoping that maybe we will receive an anniversary gift from USCIS on Saturday. We'll update everyone when and if it arrives.

On another sad note (at least for this Mama), Ciara started Preschool today. She's in Mrs. Angela's 3 year old class and seems to really like her teacher. She was exhausted after I picked her up and took a 3+ hour nap. The picture included is of Ciara getting ready to go to preschool today.