Dear Olivia,

This is just a quick note to apologize to you in advance for denying you access to the "cool crowd". Wave goodbye to the popular kids' lunch table- it just isn't going to happen. We are sorry that your parents are nerds. Yep, we were band geeks, your father played D n D, your mom loves office supplies, we both went to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical Sing along (recently) and now this. We found a bookstore while on vacation, and went to a Harry Potter book release party. With no kids, at midnight, and loved it.

You are doomed to be just like us. To quote the Borg... "you will be assimilated, resistance is futile". Welcome to the family. :)

Wow- that was fast! I think we made it through...and in record time!!!

After the last post- we watched the April 2006 families wait for over 3.5 months on pins and needles to hear if there were any snags in the paperwork. We just found out that the May families (that is us!) made it through the review room process in just 14 days. This is unheard of! We are double checking with our agency- because we can hardly believe the great news. But I think we made it!