Our coordinator in country had all our documents notarized today and is planning to submit them to the court on Monday! We should hear of our court date later in the week. We're so excited to finally know when we are going. We've been in limbo long enough!
Our coordinator emailed me today and told me that we forgot to send our pictures of us with Anya when we were there for the first trip. That is part of the requirements for the court dossier. Woops! I was under the impression we were supposed to bring them when we come. So I went through them and emailed her some. I still have to print them here, have them notarized and apostilled and sent to her ASAP. She said she would just submit the ones I e-mail her for now. Ugh! One more trip to the State Capitol.
This is one of the eight that the judge will see. (This is us looking at our family photos together.) I included 3 of Anya with me, 4 of her with Jeremy and one with the three of us together. The judge wants evidence that we spent lots of time getting to know Anya before we officially committed to proceeding with the adoption. We're getting there.
I wish we could breathe a sigh of relief now, but we really can't until we are on an airplane with her, headed home. At any moment, some parent could send their adopted child back, or some big story could hit the news about someone abusing their adopted child from Anya's country, and everything could come to a screeching halt. This is what happened this time last year there.
It does absolutely no good to sit and worry about it, though. I'm so glad we just don't have time to sit and dwell on the unknown. In the meantime, we'll just keep doing what we are told and getting ready for our new addition. The kids are getting so excited. They pray for her in every prayer and say things like, "Anya is going to love this" whenever we do something fun. It makes Jeremy and I smile. We are so excited for our "missing piece" to come and join us.
I hope to have news of a date next week! Thank you for your prayers. We feel them.
So happy for you, will keep you in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteLove finds a way,
Renee
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ReplyDeleteshe will be in your arms soon! and we will have other stuff to chat about like food our little ones like or don't, like things they like to do so on.just Mommy stuff.It will be here before we know it!
ReplyDeleteHeather, sounds like we could be travelling at the same time. :) SOON!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy papers are before the judge this week. This has been such a week for growth for me. I posted about it all on my blog. Check it out.
I think the apostilled trip one photos is a new requirement (that's what our agency told us, anyway, when we had to put ours together).
ReplyDeleteHope you hear your court date soon!
ohhhhh! I am so excited and anxious for you! We are only beginning and I am going crazy with the unknowns and the waiting but we just have to have faith and proceed with that faith! I can't wait to hear your news of when you get to go!!
ReplyDeleteSo exciting. I can't wait to hear when you get to go.
ReplyDeleteThis is great news. Lets us all pray that the "hoops" you need to jump through are low to the ground. I believe all will work out as planned.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Ken L.