Dossier coming along.

Our dossier is coming along quickly. We have all of our documents gathered for it except Kelly's medical letter because her MD is out of town until next week. Once we have the letter, we'll have CHI go over everything to make sure there are no problems and then have the MO SOS certify everything before sending it off to the Vietnam Embassy to be authenticated. I just finished the third of four online tests we are required to take after viewing a set of adoptive parent education DVDs. Kelly has been making plans for Sarah's room and received a quilt set today that her mother bought for Sarah. Thanks YaYa.

Paperchase

After making the decision on Wednesday to adopt Truong Ni from our agency's waiting child list, we made phone calls, sent out emails and informed everyone we could about our wonderful choice. We also decided to name Ni after Kelly's sister, Sarah. Even though we no longer have to endure months of waiting for a referral, we now have to get our dossier together as quickly as possible, because the sooner we do, the sooner we'll travel to bring Sarah home. Once we have all the documents gathered, they have to be notarized, state certified by the MO Secretary of State's office and then sent to the Vietnamese embassy to be authenticated. Our dossier is then sent to Vietnam to be translated, which can take 2 to 3 weeks. Along with the processing it goes through with the Vietnamese government, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service must approve Sarah's Visa before we can travel. We're hoping to make the journey to bring Sarah home sometime this summer. We'll keep everyone updated on this blog.