Our life story– portrayed in state approved documents.
Close to 100 pages. Every page scrutinized by the State and the Consulate. Photos of our life and family, and pledge to be the best parents we can be. Incredibly detailed medical evaluations. I think I reached my breaking point when our home printer decided not to accept the newly purchased ink cartridge– my loud muttering (“HP garbage helpdesk!”) and foot stamping must have intimidated it enough, as a quick printhead cleaning later it decided it would cooperate.
Brian will be hand-delivering our dossier tomorrow to our agency. At that point, it’ll go into final review to make sure nothing is missing, and will then be whisked off to China to be logged in. Hopefully, the next time we hear from our agency, it will be with the news that we have a log-in-date and are eligible for a referral.
Our attention now turns to checking out pediatric specialists for our future son or daughter, but for tonight, we can rest and celebrate. I can’t believe we did it!
SO excited for you all! Congratulations! 🙂
We are sending you a mutual “hooray!!!” Congrats!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
You guys are incredible! I have all of my fingers and toes crossed for you and am sending positive energy all the way from Texas!
Congratulations! Yes persistence pays off! I knew you guys could do it. I felt it in my heart when I met both of you! I am so very happy for you, and hope it is real soon when you will posting pictures of your new arrival! God Bless You both!
Congrats! I had sent Brian an email earlier when I found out you were adopting, I work at St. Louis Children’s for a group of pediatric orthopedic surgeons. If you need a referral, I’m happy to ask my docs. These guys all know each other. We also work pretty closely with a CP specialist here as well. At our facility we also have a special international adoption program, where they will have an appointment with a multidisciplinary team to evaluate the child http://www.stlouischildrens.org/our-services/international-adoption-center
I meant to add I wonder if any of the facilities up there might have that international adoption eval?
Check out our latest post. We found at least three clinics in Chicago that specialize in international adoptions! Depending on our referral, we might be in touch if we have questions. Thanks so much for offering!