Archive for April, 2009

We received an email today from the Australian Embassy in Chile requesting various documents and medical reports to complete the visa application. This was mostly just for our information – everything is taken care of between the adoption support agency and the orphanage, including arranging for health checks for Andres.

We asked whether this tells us anything about when things will be completed and when it means we can travel – but there’s still quite a bit of paperwork to do yet, so still no definite date for leaving.

We’ve been busy – out shopping pretty much every weekend and Thursday nights as well, researching and trying to find all the bits and pieces we need.

We’ve also been starting to put together our packing – it’s quite a bit more complicated than planning our backpacking trip to South America last year, since this time we also need to look after an infant while we are away – there’s just so much extra stuff to take and to think about!

Kingparrot Scout Cot/Junior Bed

We made our first big purchase today – put a cot on layby. We would have just paid for it and taken it home, but we had already measured the box they come in and discovered that there is simply no way it would fit in our car (Daihatsu Charade hatchback). So we arranged for them to hold the cot until we could arrange with Leanne’s sister to bring her partner’s ute. The store wanted to charge $50 delivery – which I thought was far too much to pay given we are just down the road. Heck, if I had a decent hand cart, I could have walked home with it.

Anyway, we got the Kingparrot Scout Cot, which converts into a junior bed. It’s a nice heritage teak colour which is similar in colour to what we have in our own bedroom. It was also one of the models recommended by Choice magazine, which was a bonus.

We have ordered a few other bits and pieces online and expect them to be delivered over the coming weeks. I’ll write more about them later and will write reviews of stuff that we take away with us – once we have a chance to test them!