Well I know I said that I would post every month but December was busy and I didn't have much to report. I was so frustrated with the adoption process this time around and I am not sure why. I sent my Dossier off to adoption agency at the beginning of November, they wanted 2 of my forms re-notarized, I did this and then they sent them off to Illinois to authenticate the notary stamps (or whatever they do). Well the adoption agency didn't catch that 2 of my forms where completely wrong so Illinois kicked them back to adoption agency to be redone AGAIN. I mailed those 2 forms back to agency who will then send them back to Illinois for approval. They are suppose to be translating the papers that were correct. I know that international adoption is unpredictable and one must trust in the US government and foreign agency. It is very HARD to do. I guess I didn't have any problem when going through Lennox adoption that I got frustrated quickly when I hit such a bump in the road so early in the adoption process.
I did decided to stay with Bulgaria because that is the country that I was drawn to adopt my daughter from and I have to stick with the original plan and not give up. I will be united with my daughter(s) one of these days. To be honest, my life is pretty crazy with the 4 kids I have that I can't imagine being matching right now anyway. I am on the same paper timeline that I was with Lennox adoption and I got my referral for him in June (6 months of waiting).
I have joined a group on facebook of all individuals who are adopting from Bulgaria. These individuals are AMAZING. The individuals in this group of from various stages of adoption from Bulgaria. Some are just starting paperwork, some are meeting their children for the first time, others are getting ready to pick their kids up and others adopted years ago.
I know my last post talked about my agency stating that their is a 3 years wait for healthy children. There is an individual who requested 1 child healthy and under age 2. She waited almost 3 years without getting a referral. She changed her paperwork to state healthy up to age 4 this past spring. Well she just got a match for a healthy girl age 4. So after increasing her age limit it would seem that she was matched within 8 months. I guess the 3 years stuck out in my head to the point that I couldn't think of anything else. Well in all reality I am open to special needs, 2 children at one time, and children up to age 7. I do hope that I get matched this year with my child(ren). The process after getting matched seems quite a bit longer than Ethiopia's process. It takes about 6 months until your child is home with you. There is also the pain of having to update paperwork the longer you wait. All I can do is WAIT the UNPREDICTABLE WAIT!!!!
Pictures of Lennox on his 3rd Birthday!!! December 10
more later
jessica
I did decided to stay with Bulgaria because that is the country that I was drawn to adopt my daughter from and I have to stick with the original plan and not give up. I will be united with my daughter(s) one of these days. To be honest, my life is pretty crazy with the 4 kids I have that I can't imagine being matching right now anyway. I am on the same paper timeline that I was with Lennox adoption and I got my referral for him in June (6 months of waiting).
I have joined a group on facebook of all individuals who are adopting from Bulgaria. These individuals are AMAZING. The individuals in this group of from various stages of adoption from Bulgaria. Some are just starting paperwork, some are meeting their children for the first time, others are getting ready to pick their kids up and others adopted years ago.
I know my last post talked about my agency stating that their is a 3 years wait for healthy children. There is an individual who requested 1 child healthy and under age 2. She waited almost 3 years without getting a referral. She changed her paperwork to state healthy up to age 4 this past spring. Well she just got a match for a healthy girl age 4. So after increasing her age limit it would seem that she was matched within 8 months. I guess the 3 years stuck out in my head to the point that I couldn't think of anything else. Well in all reality I am open to special needs, 2 children at one time, and children up to age 7. I do hope that I get matched this year with my child(ren). The process after getting matched seems quite a bit longer than Ethiopia's process. It takes about 6 months until your child is home with you. There is also the pain of having to update paperwork the longer you wait. All I can do is WAIT the UNPREDICTABLE WAIT!!!!
Pictures of Lennox on his 3rd Birthday!!! December 10
more later
jessica
