Good Weekend of Communication

Well, the Labor Day weekend has ended and we had a bit of activity for the last couple days. We went home to Michigan for my niece's wedding. We had a great time and some nice cool weather! While we were there, we checked our e-mail and we had one from Gertrude! We were very excited. She said thank you for our letter and she hadn't received her Birthday present from us yet. She said she wore the dress and white shoes we got her while she was here on her first day of school and everyone said she looked very beautiful. She said that she loves and misses us very very very much. It was a very sweet letter and wonderful to hear from her this time instead of us just contacting her. We called her on Sunday and asked her if she would like to come live with us in America. Her answer was a high pitched squeal "yes!" Then I asked if she would like us to adopt her and got the same squeal response then she went off for a minute and was talking with her friends. She came back and said something about telling her friends. I have a feeling she is excited! We haven't gotten formal word back from the Latvian Ministry of Family Affairs but I think that the paperwork is in process to clear her for international adoption. That is what Helen had intimated anyway. We had a great little visit though and this time she was surrounded by her friends who sounded very excited to be there for this phone call from abroad.