Application 2 Approved!

We just received notification from our caseworker that applicaiton #2 is complete - - Yippee!!
Now onto the homestudy process. Hopefully, with us having already done this, it won't take 3 months like last time.

As a side note, Todd has had his cast removed and is on his way back to normal. Wednesday will be his first day back to work in 7 weeks!

We'll keep you posted as more happens.

Application part 2

Whew! Application part 2 is complete and in route to Dillon. This part took longer than expected, thanks to a major unexpected delay. Most of you have heard by now that Todd broke his leg Mid-May, which made some of the running around a little more difficult. But in any case it's in the mail. Hopefully we'll hear in the next two weeks that the approval is complete and that we can proceed with our home study. Our Case Worker is already aware of us needing another one, and with our past home study already on file it should go quicker. (Let's hope.) Hopefully by August we will be getting our Dossier (legal paperwork for the government of India) together. Only when this step is done, will we actually be on the waiting list for our newest addition. Thanks for everyones well wishes and prayers while we wait patiently for this process to run its course.

Update: Medical appointments done - financials done - Just waiting for our pictures to be notarized so we can get the entire application in the mail. By the end of the week we'll be done with this next phase.

Another reason I wanted to post, was to let you know what's happening in Calcutta. We just received word, that the Judge that over-sees the signing of the legal papers for the children to come home is yet again, being difficult. (the last group of children that came home had waited about 10 months in the court system) When we traveled last, we were in court for a little over 2 months. If this Judge continues to sit on the bench when our legals come due, we could be in for this same, unnecessary wait. We've heard that he is not fond of adoption, whether it be domestic or international. So please, anyone that's reading this, please pray for the Judge to be realistic and not keep the children from their intended parents any longer than truly necessary.

More info as it comes.

Status

Today, being very dreary and overcast really got me thinking. We are so exicted to get this process going, yet here we are in a holding pattern just with our medical appointments. Plus I have been hearing of others that started their process about two weeks before ours and they are already onto their homestudies - - I know that soon enough that will be us. . . . . Just thought I'd share the feelings of the day. I am so looking forward to seeing Ahly's eyes tonight - they are always such a pick-me-up!

Update

Well we found out that our Medical appointments can first be scheduled for May. So until then our 2nd application cannot be submitted. This is just one of many different delays we will run into I'm sure. As always, we tell ourselves that God has a reason for every delay - they are all so when our referral number comes up the child that is meant for us is the one being referred.

Michele