i grabbed the mail as we ran in the house from getting joshua on the bus and saw this return label right away!!!
i tried to keep from getting too excited after last time.
but i would have been devastated if it wasn't our approval.
thankfully, it WAS!!!
those of you that haven't been through this process are probably having a hard time understanding how much this 1 piece of paper means...but it means a lot!
it means that the United States has approved us to adopt 2 little boys.
and it was the last piece of paper we were waiting for to be able to send all our paperwork over to Rwanda.
but, of course, it's not that easy.
now that we have all our paperwork, we have to get each piece of paper (and there are a LOT!) authenticated (which is a step above "notarized" - which they are already all notarized). you have to get stuff authenticated at the Capitol - in Richmond - in our case. you can mail it and wait 3 or so weeks...or drive there and walk in and have them do it. um...we are driving to Richmond on Friday (works out nicely that the kids have a teacher workday that day...but i would have taken them out of school anyways...) :-)
over the weekend we will make 3 copies of EVERYTHING and get it all organized and then (hopefully) i will drive it to our agency on Monday and drop it off!
at that point it will be out of our hands. (which at this point sounds nice...but the next wait will be even longer and harder.)
they will approve everything and it will go through a process of being translated and sent to Rwanda!!!
once it arrives in Rwanda we will wait again for approval from their government. right now that wait is about 7 months...and traveling about 2 months later.
AHH!!! SO excited today!
22 comments:
congrats courtney!!! that is awesome!
All I read was the title of this post and I was crying!!! I'm so thrilled for you guys!! Yippeee!! This is a great day, despite the cloudy skies!
rejoicing with you!!!! What a blessing... so excited for you all :)
YAHOO!!! a late birthday present for you and an early one for pat! congrats!
congrats!!
I knew it! When I clicked on your blog, something just told me this is what would be there! Congratulations! Many prayers as you celebrate & begin the next phase.
YAY! YAY! YAY! DOUBLE HIP HOP HOORAY! SO EXCITED for one more step to be crossed off the list! Bring on those new little boys!
Courtney...i got chills when i saw the title of this post! I am so happy for you and so excited you are another step forward in the process!!! i think driving to Richmond is a GREAT idea. :) yippee!!! what wonderful news!!!
Yay! So, so exciting. I'd be driving to Richmond too!
so exciting! i'm so happy for you guys!
this TOTALLY MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO happy for you sweet girl!!!
we love you guys so much---thank you for letting us be a part of the journey!!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Oh hallelujah ~ the process continues and those 2 precious boys a little closer to joining the family!!!!! Oh how we are rejoicing with you and Pat!!
hooray!!! what awesome news on a rainy day! love you guys! xoxo
Well Praise The Lord!!!! I write that with the same enthusiasm I see in your blog title. So excited for you, Pat & the kiddos.
Yippee!!
AWESOME NEWS!!!! i am getting ready to start catching up on my posts but saw the headline and had to rush over to read the great news!!! rejoicing with you - another step towards holding those little guys!!! :)
Great News Courtney! We are an Ashburn family adopting from Rwanda as well (in the process right behind you), my wife follows your blog as well. Just thought I would pass along that we FedEx our authentications down to Richmond and the last document they turned around in one business day (we include a FedEx return label) but usually it comes back in 3 or 4 days at worst. Your trip sounds fun though and now that this is the only thing in the way of your dossier, I'm sure its worth making!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Crying on this end.... Whoo hoo!
yee haw!!!!!!
Congratulations Courtney!! I'm so happy for you; those babies can't wait to meet their new family!
AWE YEAH!
jsut got home and saw this- NICE! YAY!
oh, YAY!
WOW! Congrats!
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