Update

So I finally heard from the woman in charge of Overseas Screening...after I started calling around looking for her Supervisor. I wasn't exactly impressed when I met her in person either. She didn't bother to explain what we are doing, just told me where to go next...and she still isn't returning my calls (Grrrrr). People under the stress of moving overseas should not have to deal with such incompetence! We will definitely be filling out a customer survey after this one.

Basically though, I was told all we needed to do was get the three of us to the dentist. Now, I wasn't worried about Delaney and myself, but could not believe they actually wanted me to take a barely 2 yr old (very clingy) child to get a dental exam!! Are they serious?! I knew there would be NO way he would sit still for them, never mind open up and say "ahhhhhhh." But my dentist was great. Even though they don't normally see children under 4 (gee, I wonder why), they did agree to try to see Donovan. Of course, I was right, and he was having none of it. The dentist even got a few raspberries in her face for her efforts :) So essentially, I was able to get him to smile once, and they said "okay, he's good." :)

So now we're just waiting for the Doctors to look at all the paperwork we filled out, and see if they want to see us in person to talk about any of our medical issues - I'm anticipating they'll want to talk to me about the slew of problems my son has had in his short 2 years of life.

We also had the realtor come out last week and take a look at our home. It's still weird to me that another family will be living in my home. I really hadn't prepared myself for this, especially since this move is completely unexpected. We anticipated staying here for at least another 5 years before moving. This is the first house I've ever owned, and we have been the only occupants. It is also strange to me since the house does not feel done to me. There was still so much we wanted to do - painting, wall hangings, patio, book shelves...It doesn't feel ready to show because there is still so much unfinished. But it is a great house and we were happy to hear that the realtor thought we could list at the higher end. We even had one inquiry already, but they needed the house immediately. Ours won't be available until Dec 1st, which isn't a busy time of year for moving, so keep your fingers crossed. And if you know of anyone moving to the DC area and they need a nice family home with a huge backyard, please let us know!!
Until next time!