We're officially paper pregnant!! We mailed in our application on April 17, 2006 and have begun our homestudy. I am already nervous. I'm just waiting for something to go wrong. That's what 7 years of infertility will do to a girl. Brian is as calm as can be. We ordered our birth certificates and marriage license from the Rhode Island Health department and received them in 1 week. We we're told it would be 4-6 weeks so that was a pleasant surprise. We are still waiting for our passports though. Today we each had 3 sets of fingerprints taken for our FBI and State criminal background checks and child abuse clearance. On Tuesday we have our first homestudy appointment with Creative Adoptions. They want to explain the entire homestudy process and give us the rest of our paperwork including information for our reference letters. So Jen, Angel and Michelle you guys better start writing!! :) We also ordered our driving records (Thank God Brian has a badge that gets him out of traffic stops because he'd have a lot of explaining to do). I also completed the application for the Health Department. We have gotten a lot done in the last week so the ball is definitely rolling!! We are so excited...It finally seems real :)

We decided to take a trip to Rhode Island last weekend. We had a great time with everyone. Saturday night Andrea and Matt invited everyone to their house for dinner. It was so nice to see all of our friends. We haven't seen most of them in almost a year. On Sunday a bunch of us went to one of our favorite places to eat...Wrights Farm. We ate way to much and played with little Lexie and Michael. We stayed with Bev and Dick and visited with my Dad and Marie. The best part of our trip was the mini shower for Ava...at least that's what it felt like. Angel gave us a ton of Lexie's clothes and some new clothes bought just for Ava. She also gave us a mobile for her crib and a boppy pillow. Andrea got us the cutest letters that spell out Ava's name for her room and Bev and Dick we're so nice to let us borrow their Pack and Play that Josh and Collin had used. Michael also drew a special picture for Ava and gave her 35 cents for her piggy bank. We have got to visit you guys more often :)

Ahh, Baseball in April! It felt like we we're at a football game due to the 39 degree, windy and wet weather. But it was worth being wet and VERY cold because the sox won. Bev and Dick came down from Rhode Island and our friend Lauren joined us from Virginia. It's so fun to see the Red Sox play the Orioles in Baltimore. The stands are filled with our fellow Red Sox Fans. We spent the day talking to other sox fans and sharing where we all we're from in New England.