I am happy to say our dossier is out of our hands! Right now, it should be in DC...I hope we get notification early next week that we are officially waiting! John went to the state office to have all the documents authenticated. It wasn't very much fun to find out that two of the documents were notarized by a Kansas notary. So that means, they cant be authenticated in Missouri. Luckily......John was able to take the afternoon off that day and zip over to Topeka, Kansas and get them taken care of the same day. He was able to get it shipped off to the Children's Hope International office in St. Louis so they can check it and make sure it all looks ok. We did get notified last week that it all looked good and it is going to DC. We cant wait to get the word that we are officially waiting! We are excited to start this next step to wait for a referral, but I know this is going to be hard!
What a process! We officially started right after Christmas. We were able to gather all the documents pretty quickly. I think what took the longest was the 5 weeks and 1 day waiting to hear back from the INS!!!
So now we just need to pass the time....and wait.
We have other great things to keep us busy. Lucas our match from the Big Brother Big sister organization is a lot of fun. Last Saturday he participated in his first judo tournament. We are very proud of him! He placed 2nd in his division. He is very dedicated to going each week to his class and his team and coach were also very proud!
This is Lucas receiving his 2nd place medal
4 comments:
I'm glad John was able to zoom to Topeka!Your authenticated papers look so pretty!
Tell Lucas "GOOD JOB"" from us!
That definetly takes dedication!
WOW! You guys have really moved along quickly since December. Congratulations! And I think it is awesome what Lucas is doing!
Wow - congratulations to you for getting that dossier off and out of your hands. That is such a great feeling. Now you can sit back, and enjoy the wait. The Lucas picture is just adorable. Hooray - for the Big Brother program. Love it! We are from SD, currently waiting for our referral for our little girl. Blessings to you.
I know what you mean about the dossier thing!!! We have been waiting forever as well!!
Congrats at practically officially waiting!
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