Done with travel shots!

Six shots, 3 doctor visits, numerous arm aches, not-so-fun side affects, and lots of dollars later....we are finally done with all of our travel shots! Woohoo! Today we went to Sioux Falls to get our final shot, the yellow fever shot. This one was the most painful yet. OUCH! The pain was pretty short lived though and so far I have not experienced any side affects. The doctor told us we could expect flu like symptoms for the next couple of days and may have a reaction to the shot up to 30 days after having it. Yeah, this one is the doozy of all shots. It is very potent and not the greatest for your body, but since we have a baby girl waiting for us in Ethiopia, where yellow fever can be easily transmitted, we have no choice. Yellow fever is transmitted through mosquitoes, so it is a little hard to completely prevent being bitten by a mosquito, although you can bet we will be well armed! Yesterday we received our packet of referral information and quickly filled out our acceptance letter and mailed back our referral fee and it arrived in the CHI office today. Ethiopia got the official word that we have accepted our referral and they are now busy working on getting a court date to make our little girl officially ours. We will hopefully get word of the court date in a couple weeks. We are still on top of the world and carry her photo with us everywhere. Robb even has one in his tractor! :) He is a proud papa. Her little face makes all of the craziness of the whole process seem more than worth it. I have held this baby girl in my heart for over a year and in 2 short months I will be holding her in my arms. Wow! I have goose bumps just thinking about it. What a blessing!