What Happens Now

Yesterday we sent off our acceptance paperwork -- overnighted it, in fact. There was a lot to sign off on and notarize, plus we needed to document that we sort of have an idea of what we're getting into by creating a transition plan. Of course, we had to fork over a hefty sum to get things rolling over in Ethiopia, as well. They will need to do further medical tests and some poor soul needs to translate all our documents for court.

And now we will wait. Again. This time we are waiting for a call that should arrive in the next 2 to 4 weeks letting us know our assigned court date. By the time we get that call, the court date will be at least a month out, if not longer. About a week after our court date we should receive a call telling us whether or not we passed court. If we did pass court, we will recieve travel dates...about 2 to 3 weeks out from that point. (Very short notice for overseas travel!) If we fail to pass court, which does happen for various reasons, some of them unclear, we'll be assigned a new court date and wait again.

In the meantime, we'll be raising the money neccessary for travel, getting a couple immunizations, coming up with a permanent name, and -- the most time-consuming of all -- turning our office/storage area/bedroom-sized junk drawer into a nursery!