We have waited one week since we got the official news from the MOJ. It feels so much longer.
We are hoping to have our travel dates in about 1-2 weeks. In adoption I always prepare myself for the longer wait time.
We were told in our email from Bulgaria that we would need to do our medical and local criminal check again since it would expire by the time we travel. Bulgaria wants us to bring these documents when we travel. It's nice that they give us busy work while we wait::)) Makes the time go by much faster. So of course I wanted to get this done right away because they needed to be notarized and apostilled. We went to our local Sheriff's office got fingerprinted and mailed them off to the FBI. After talking with another wonderfully kind PAP we discovered that we did not need to send them to the FBI. They really meant local criminal check. We will be going back to the Sheriff's office next week and get the "criminal check" that we needed. We also have appointments tomoorow to re-do our medical forms. After these 2 things we can sit back and wait for our travel dates.
I can not wait to meet him. Hallmark has a story book out that you can record your voices and as your child turns the page you tell him the story. I thought it would be a great gift to leave him. Our bodies might not be there with him, but our hearts and voices will.
I agree it is so much easier waiting and doing paperwork, although I am happy not to have to deal with the hassle of paperwork. Awesome idea about the book from hallmark. keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteI have recently seen the Hallmark commercial for the book you mentioned and was instantly making a mental note about it as a gift to leave our kids at the end of the first trip, too. I guess great minds think alike.
ReplyDeleteWe also have two crib-sized quilts that our children's grandma already made for us to leave with them. We will use the quilts in our beds for a few nights in Bulgaria, so they can get our scent since scent is said to be so powerful in bonding between parents and children.