We've made some progress on the adoption front this past week.

Last week:
Medicals completed & sent to agency
Employment - in progress (M)
Financial statements - in progress (M)

This week:
Homestudy consent form & down payment sent to agency
Employment (T) & health insurance verification sent to agency
Request certified copies of birth certificates
Complete I-600A & hand deliver to local office on 11/14

In other news: Thani does not appear to want to eat Yoshi; and both have been very interested in getting to know each other. Each day we have more and more instances of the two of them sniffing one another & hanging out together. Especially fun are the afternoon snoozes. Yoshi gets the bed, and Thani gets the floor where the sun beats down.

And probably the BIGGEST news to report. Thanks to MommyWeight (RIP) & mucho dog walking I am down to my goal weight... I lost that first 5-7 lbs and my size 10 jeans are too big! So to celebrate I went out last weekend and bought some new, trendy size 8 jeans/medium tops (first time in 5 or so years). Oh and our home gym arrived yesterday* so there will be no more excuses for flabby arms & belly. We are planning a week vacation to Isla Mujeres in mid-January so maintaining this new bod is at a critical stage.

*Purchased because we had to renew our gym memberships. After two years the fee was down to $10 per month - (the reason why we initially signed up at this gym) - but since we don't go anymore because it's always too crowded, it smells, the locker room is gross, it's 15 min each way to get there... Yes, there is a way to rationalize anything.