VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!

Ok so I've neglected to really go into detail on here about Sean's whole visa process.. but it's taken ages.. and FINALLY today he got the word that he's been approved. :)

It's odd that he got it today.. because I woke up and the first thing I asked him was if he'd heard anything on it.. which I never do. Up until today I've just been assuming it was going to drag on for a lot longer.. but I immediately asked if he knew anything about it. He said he hadn't heard.. and then we got into a discussion on whether the time it would take for him to be approved or denied was quoted to him in business or calendar days. He e-mailed the lawyers who applied for the visa on his behalf, and got a response from them basically saying it would be 15 calendar days' time from when immigration received it, which was April 20th. He and I had both been assuming it was on the 16th.. so it meant we were looking at another 4 days they had to sit and debate it.

Sean started getting down about it.. feeling like everything is on hold and he's unable to plan when he didn't even know if he'd be allowed back in the country.. Anyway, not an hour later he receives another e-mail from the lawyers saying they've just received word that he's been approved, effective April 24. He still has to do all the formal bits like travel back to the Embassy and get the visa in his passport and so on.. but now we know he'll at least be able to come here.

Really excited and relieved. I think I'd been holding back a lot the past couple months not knowing what would happen. Obviously I want him to be here.. not in a relationship capacity, but as part of his child's life. I didn't want to get my hopes up that he'd be able to do that.

So yeah.. pretty good day so far.

Dave arrives here tomorrow.. it's all like.. cloudy'ish out and cool and the house is looking a bit better. Spent the morning cleaning up. Ok going now.. need lunch.

Haha hmm dunno?

Random post cos not much is happening here. Bb found out ages ago about Dave and I, which means I can talk about it a bit more now. Still though I don't. Don't see the point in getting all wound up about something that could potentially turn out to be nothing. Guess I'll know shortly as he arrives in like.. 8 days.

Went for my 20 week ultrasound, doctor said everything looks good. Held strong and didn't find out the sex.. the technician didn't even try to look since I told her I didn't want to know. I'm gettin big.. and morning sickness has returned the past few days after having nearly a 3 week break from it.

Been feeling the baby kick constantly.. started to notice it the day I turned 17 weeks and have felt it daily since.. it's very active and reassuring.

Been talking to d off and on.. he's gettin married cinco de mayo. That's crazy.. like it's been two years since we met. Where has time gone????????????? I've been living back in Arizona almost 10 months now. Like I blink and a year has passed. Definitely not what I expected 6 months ago. Things change so fast.

Sean's visa application is FINALLY collecting dust on the desk of an immigration officer. SPEED paid $3,000 to have his application expidited, so they're forced to give him a yes or no answer within 15 days instead of the 6 months it can take otherwise.

He knows about Dave and knows he'll be here at the same time he could potentially get his visa and be able to fly here. So Sean will wait until after Dave's gone to come here. Truly have no idea how that will go with him trying to live here with me. I dunno.. and I'm not gonna sit here and worry about it or try to predict anything. Have already learned over the past year in a serious way that you can't plan things because you just have no idea what could happen at a moment's notice.