Good news! We are finally approved to adopt siblings! We have been at this request to make a change to our dossier for a few months now, but it is finally complete. We will officially be welcoming 2 siblings under the age of 5 into our family.
When? I wish I knew, but they are still saying it will be about a 16 month wait until referral. Thankfully, our wait technically began when our dossier arrived in the country on Dec.27/08, so that puts us about 4 1/2 months into our wait. Only a year to go ;p. After referral we will still have to go through court, so we are aiming for Christmas 2010 to have our family intact.
I pray it will be sooner! I have actually been feeling kind of numb about the whole situation lately. I have really put it aside and am not as neurotic as I was back in Jan. Since I know it won't happen this year it makes it hard to be overly excited. It all seems surreal at the moment, like will this ever actually happen?? I know that Jan/10 will be a very exciting new year because that is when we will start our 'any day now' wait.
In the meantime, let the fundraising begin! We are having a fundraising garage sale May 21-23. We have a tonne of clothes, books, videos, DVD's, toys and, yes, baby clothes (up to 12mos) and maternity clothes! I am thinking about making up some t-shirts to help in the fundraising effort. I will definitely post if I can come up with something worthwhile. I will also be taking pledges for the Great Big Run for Africa.
I hope it will be a success!
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