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[Colleens 40]

Hi Huggles! nice to see you still kicking around!

Colleens..Glad you moved back because I remember you wanting to. It's nice to feel less stressed, isn't it? The process wasn't too bad although it does feel like it's geared more towards newlyweds than people who have been married for long periods of time. Showing phone records and emails and that sort of thing for people who have been married for years is difficult...but I sent it as many joint things as I could including our tax returns so hopefully it will get approved quickly! The nice thing is, there is usually no interview for US spouses so at least he gets to skip that part.

It has been like night and day. We are not completely stress free as we are still living on one income, but thankfully we don't have to pay any rent right now (my sister owns a rental home and they are letting us live in it in exchange for us putting some sweat equity into it for them!!) so we are getting by. And it helps that my family loves to spoil Emma so we haven't really had to buy anything for her since we arrived. I think she has more clothing then my husband and I combined!!

I have been looking at what we will need to submit as well, and I agree that it is geared more for newlyweds. I am pretty sentimental and I have kept a lot of things that they are looking for (and I still have my folder from my US immigration with all the 'stuff' in it) so it shouldn't be too bad to put something together. It has been painful waiting for that FBI check to come back though