This year I'm actually excited to move on from Christmas and into the deep depth of our dossier packet. I mean this thing can haunt you, no matter what I do with it, what gets done out of it, or where I try to hide it there it sits starring at me in the face like come on, lets go. It seems there is always a piece missing or something we can't fully complete. Here is what we have left:
FBI Fingerprint clearance- been 5 weeks(hopefully only 3weeks to go)
Personality test
Physical exam
3 Reference letters (so we are eligible to adopt from Ayudame adoption house)
Letter of intent (why we chose Colombia)
Complete sections of USCIS (which allows us to adopt from a foreign country)
Take an online class for Adoption (8hrs!)
Receive back the completed home study
Put together a family photo page and make a home video (when adopting over the age of 1)
I realize we have a LOT left and my heart just sinks when I open up our folder with a mess of papers that just stares back at me and sometimes I think that is why I just don't open it but.....then I think about our nursery to be, pitter patter of little feet, kisses goodnight, and breakfast together in the morning and then I carry on, page by page, section by section, line by line.
This was the first Christmas where Mike and I could actually say we are going to be parents and it was nice that the family acknowledged it. While the kiddos opened their presents Mike & I received a gift from my parents(oma & opa to the grand kids) and my Mamie(grandma). It was emotional to open gifts for a baby we don't know yet but we are so grateful God knows our baby by name.
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| Once we get our dossier submitted we will start the nursery and this has something to do with it... |
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| We are going to put this in the nursery |
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