When we started the aodption process again this time I thought by now we'd have a referral and might be possibly hoping to travel in the next few months. However, things don't always go as we plan or as we hope either.
Paperwork is taking a lot longer than we anticipated. The actual Homestudy process took almost 6 months just to complete. This document is the crucial piece to the big puzzle. There are many things that simply CAN'T be done until the homestudy is complete. We received our final, approved copy on May 20. I got it turned around to Immigration and now we are awaiting THE LAST PIECE of PAPER that we will need to get our paperwork packet to CHINA.
It's a long road with many stamps, seals, approvals and fed-ex packages.
But we're in the homestretch and anticipate that LAST PIECE of PAPER within the next 10 days.
THEN
Once the paperwork packet (dossier) gets to CHINA we will wait for a referral match. Once we are matched we will likely travel SIX (Long,excruiating) months later. So if you want a best case/worst case scenario. Best case is that we might be traveling in March....worst case...any month after March. (Let's pray for sooner rather than later) It would just depend on when we could get matched with a baby girl.
Still, we are excited, anxiously waiting, and trying to get our paperwork turned around as quick as humanly(and fed-exly) possible.
We appreciate your prayers, especially for our newest addition. Because it's highly likely she is already born and living somewhere in CHINA.
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