What comes next

A few of you have asked what next and why does it take so long to go get her! Chalk it up to red tape! At this point, our acceptance is in ET and they are getting a few final papers together. Once everything is in order, (hopefully today) it is all submitted to the MOWA (ministry of women's affairs) and to the court registrar. Then we wait for a court date. Currently it is taking about 2- 3 weeks to get a court date assigned, and about 1-2 weeks after that for the date. Once our case is heard, we hope and pray it goes through on the first try. Once that is done, she is legally ours in ET (then i can post her picture!!) Then we wait to get an amended Birth Certificate with our names listed as her parents. That is taking about 2-3 weeks after the court decree. Then we wait for a travel date, which is usu. 3-4 weeks after that. So although we have come a long way, there is still quite a ways to go.

We don't expect to get anymore updates on her until closer to travel time. That is going to be so hard! They will let us know if she gets sick or is hospitalized (not uncommon).

I am off to shop for a little more pink today! It's so much fun!