We mailed in our Dossier to our agency on Sat. and it arrived on Tues.! Now we are officiall just waiting, but we are not considered to be on the waiting list just yet. At this point a few of our documents in our Dossier needed to be sent to D.C. to be authenticated. Once they are mailed back to our agency, our Dossier will be mailed to Ethiopia. At that point we will officially be on the waiting list! I am guessing all of this will take 3-4 weeks.
I talked to our adoption counselor yesterday to confirm waiting times once we are officially waiting. She said the average to recieve a referral is 4-6 months. From there the average wait before you are able to travel is taking 4-6 months. So we are thinking at this point it could be anytime between 8 and 12 months before we have the kids home! It seems like a long time, but I know it will be well worth the wait.
Congrats Christina! Doesn't it feel great to have the Dossier mailed? Even though it didn't mean we were officially on the wait list, it felt great to just get rid of all the paperwork and let someone else deal with it. You will be OFFICIALLY waiting in NO time at all. :-D
ReplyDeleteCongrats Sam and Tina!!!! I'm sure this step was a huge accomplishment. I can not wait to meet the 2 baby dears.
ReplyDeleteMiss you guys!
xoxo
Bree
WOW, you guys have come a long ways in the last couple of months with all the lengthy paperwork you have done and I know a lot of it in triplicate form!!
ReplyDeleteIt won't be long now and you can officially say you are pregnant!!!!!!!! The end result will be so rewarding. Love, Mom and Dad