Update

Waiting, waiting, waiting.... for my I171H approval from US Immigration. Should have been here by now. I called my homestudy agency last Thursday to see if they had heard from them (i.e. questions on the homestudy) and they pulled my file: no record of the homestudy having been submitted to USCIS. And it should have been sent the first week of June! They are checking with the local USCIS office and I should hear today. I have to call them, of course. Grrr. If they failed to send it in, then my entire adoption just pushed out another 2 months, AND I will probably have to redo every one of my dossier documents, because they will all have expired. I am hoping it is just the homestudy agency's lousy recordkeeping, but I have a bad feeling. Anger is an understatement, and livid is just the beginning if I find out they never the sent the thing in.

On a happier note, Kohl's had a 50% off sale in their little toy department. I cleaned out the Fisher-Price section. :)

Daycare

Oh boy! Stopped by KinderCare last week, just to get some information. I found out that there is a waiting list and the infant rooms are booked until at least February! Wow! I've heard mention of waiting lists, but I guess I was thinking it was more of a California phenomenon and they wouldn't be booked over 6 months in advance here. So, I have to get on this daycare thing pronto -- explore the options and get on the waiting lists.

I was given a tour of KinderCare by the assistant director and I was impressed. The place was spotless, the kids all seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the "teachers" were very friendly and answered all my questions. I really liked the woman taking care of the 5 little cuties under 18 months in one of the infant rooms. She was about my age and had just moved here from California! They were all sitting quietly at a miniature table eating crackers and drinking juice from sippy cups when I was there. Just adorable.

I'm still debating the pros and cons between daycare centers and in-home daycare. Still more investigating to do and it has now certainly moved up on the priority list!