A quick update on our next adoption process, the mini dossier left Friday via Fedex for Russia. I don't know when it will arrive over there or anything, but I figured about a week for travel then a week for translation, then it should be transferred to offical hands. We still don't expect a referral for two to three months. On the home front, we got the letter to go have our fingerprints done for the I600A for immigration. We got those fingerprints done in Casper on Monday. There was some question about whether mine would all be accepted since I am apparently washing my prints off my fingers. There were some blank areas on a couple of my fingers so the computer couldn't get a good read, however she called this morning and said they accepted them all so no redo's are necessary. I also have the list of documents for the main dossier, most of them are all filled out on my computer, I am just waiting for time to pass by before we print and notorize. Some of them are time sensitive and they can't expire before the court hearing on the second trip. All I can do for them right now is to have them ready to print and then when the time comes it will be a quick finish them up. As a mom I am learning lots all the time, but this week I learned that I can let an ear infection clear itself up. Brayden came down with a fever on friday night and had been messing with his ears before the fever showed up. I read online that most ear infections clear themselves up in 3-4 days and the fever shouldn't last for more than 2-3 days. I could keep the fever under control with motrin and tylenol alternating and he acted good unless it spiked. Then I learned about garlic ear drops, they are a wonder I must say. Today, Brayden is doing very well. He still messes with his ears some, but the pressure can remain in that middle ear for a few days, so the oil drops help to reduce the pain and pressure. He isn't real thrilled with laying down on one side for 5-10 min for the drops to settle in, but he is learning that it sure helps. Under my normal behavior I would have run to the dr on sunday and paid a huge bill. Nice to know that I can still learn new tricks. :-) Brayden and Will are "working" today, they love to have lots to do and its not real cold outside, but you wouldn't know that by the way I have them bundled up. Will has a bit of a cold too, so its best to have their heads covered too. They are always so glad when tues comes around and they get to spend the day together. Both of them get lonely for "kid" time so its nice to have days when they can get together. I think most of Dec they will be together every week day, so they might even begin to get tired of each other. There may even be more disagreements. Its so good for them and it does give me time to get things done without Brayden calling "mama" every few minutes to see where I am at. Best get on with the day, getting the house ready for Thanksgiving takes some time and I have spent part of it here!! :-)