Our next step is a big one!! We will be submitting our I600-A. Exciting, huh? Oh, you don’t know what an I600-A is? It is our application for advance processing of orphan petition. Basically, we are asking for pre-approval to bring an “immigrant” orphaned child into the United States. With the application, we must send...
One of the requirements for our dossier is 4 family photo pages. These pages will go with the rest of our paperwork to Ethiopia and will give the people overseeing our application a better idea of who we are and where we live. We have to include 2 posed photos of Chris and I, 4...
Yay! We had our last home study visit on Wednesday! It went really well. We absolutely love our social worker Adela :) She is sweet and informative. We talked about many things and got some great advice. Slowly, it is all becoming more real. Adoption is a long process, but I would argue that is...
I’ve been telling myself not to start buying baby things until are dossier is in Ethiopia and we are officially on the waiting list. So far, I’ve been really good. Buuuut, a few day ago, my mom and I were in Target and we happened to walk by (ok, ok through) the baby section and...
We met with Adela, our social worker again on Friday. It was wonderful to have someone to talk to about the process. Because there is no physical evidence (a protruding belly or morning sickness), it is easy (even for Chris and I) to overlook that we will soon become parents. Talking to Adela made everything...
