While out and about yesterday, I took a couple of things by the bank to have them notarized. Well, I got busy watching Grayson and didn't realize until after the man had signed them that his notary commission expires in October. In the normal world, this would NEVER be a problem. However, in the crazy world of international adoption, this could hold up our adoption once our paperwork is presented in the Ethiopian court system. We faced this with Guatemala and often had to have people redo paperwork for us 3 or 4 times until they found a notary whose commission didn't expire in the next year. So, today we got up early and headed to another branch of Chase in search of a notary with a longer commission. Low and behold, we found one whose commission doesn't expire until September of 2009. So, we got the papers re-notarized, made copies, and sent off another group of documents to Gladney. We're really starting to make some headway!
It's really amazing how calm I have been so far about the process this time around. By this time in Grayson's adoption I was just dying to have the paperwork done and see our little boy's face. I think it really helps to have Grayson to keep me busy. Plus, I think I just realize that the timing is what led us to Grayson. If the paperwork would have gone even one day faster, there's a great chance we wouldn't have been referred Grayson. So, I guess the living proof that God's timing is always perfect is making this process much easier this time around. Sure, I'm excited to see my little boy's face for the first time, but I know I have to wait until it's MY little boy. I did stop and think today that there may be a woman in Ethiopia carrying our child as we speak, or maybe he's already been born and is in an orphanage waiting for us. With Grayson, he had already been conceived before we even started talking about adopting. Amazing how the world works.
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