Quick Update on Our Timeline

Things are moving quickly now!  I thought I would give everyone a quick update on the status of the adoption and the probable timeline for things happening...

*All of our paperwork has now been sent overseas!  It was sent out Tuesday and usually takes about 7-10 days to get through customs and to our agency in country.  So, we are hoping it will be there by this Friday (Sept 30) at the latest.

*One the paperwork arrives, one our agency's translators will work steadily for about a week to get the documents ready to submit to the government.  There is a good chance that could be done by about October 7.

*After submission, we can expect to hear from the government in 10-14 days...so, around October 20 or so.  Assuming they are happy with the documents, we would be invited to come and meet Kaylee.

*We will try to travel as early as possible.  First, we want to get there and see her.  Second, with some of our commitments here, traveling sooner (end of October) is better than November or later.

*After the first trip, we expect to get a court date in about 2-3 months.  So, we would hope to go back in December-January to try to finalize the adoption.

So, on the completely optimistic side, we could make our first trip to see her by the end of October and back again before the end of the year.  If things end up slower (which we tend to expect),  we would probably travel closer to Thanksgiving and make our second trip in February.  Either way, things are really moving and we should be able to see her in a month or so!  We will start updating the blog more often as we get news.  Thanks for your prayers!