Packet to Marilena
After putting the finishing touches on our dossier, it is off to Guatemala. Alexander, we are so excited! We cannot wait to meet you. I have scheduled a trip the last week of May. My globe trotting girlfriend, Anna, is coming with me. We are looking forward to meeting Alexander, Miriam and Marilena. There is also a slim possibility I will be able to meet Maria, Alexander's birthmother. Anna and I plan to do some touring as well as spending time with Alexander. We will not be able to take him touring but will look forward to lots of snuggle time if he is in the mood.
My husband, Eddy, and I are planning to do a trip together this summer. The timing just depends on where we are in the court process. We have to wait until our case hits the courts . Taking this trip during this time frame will make Alexander's adoption an "adopt abroad". This means it will not need to be finalized in the States.
The third trip will be our "gotcha" trip! It is natural to question when this will happen. The short and long of it is it will happen when it happens. The general rule of thumb is six months after the dossier is received in Guatemala, which would put us at September, right around Alexander's first birthday. Things happen though, so there is no real way to know for sure. A lot depends on the US Embassy in Guatemala City and their work load. It also depends on how long our case is in the President and Attorney General's office or "PGN". Our case hits the PGN office after it clears the courts. Sometimes cases clear the PGN within weeks, other times months. Sometimes they throw out cases for being unable to read a signature, sometimes not. In short, it just depends.
For now we are celebrating being out of the dossier compilation phase. Between all of the extranneous stuff Dillon required, India's requirements and completing Alexander's paperwork, it has been constant paperwork, paper monitoring, follow up and the like. As someone who recently took a spiritual gifts inventory and almost had a negative score for "administration" (i.e. pretty ungifted), being able to move on from this phase is a relief. I know once I hold Alexander it will become a distant memory.
It actually feels good to have it out of our control for a bit. Now we can focus on preparing our home for Alexander!!
My husband, Eddy, and I are planning to do a trip together this summer. The timing just depends on where we are in the court process. We have to wait until our case hits the courts . Taking this trip during this time frame will make Alexander's adoption an "adopt abroad". This means it will not need to be finalized in the States.
The third trip will be our "gotcha" trip! It is natural to question when this will happen. The short and long of it is it will happen when it happens. The general rule of thumb is six months after the dossier is received in Guatemala, which would put us at September, right around Alexander's first birthday. Things happen though, so there is no real way to know for sure. A lot depends on the US Embassy in Guatemala City and their work load. It also depends on how long our case is in the President and Attorney General's office or "PGN". Our case hits the PGN office after it clears the courts. Sometimes cases clear the PGN within weeks, other times months. Sometimes they throw out cases for being unable to read a signature, sometimes not. In short, it just depends.
For now we are celebrating being out of the dossier compilation phase. Between all of the extranneous stuff Dillon required, India's requirements and completing Alexander's paperwork, it has been constant paperwork, paper monitoring, follow up and the like. As someone who recently took a spiritual gifts inventory and almost had a negative score for "administration" (i.e. pretty ungifted), being able to move on from this phase is a relief. I know once I hold Alexander it will become a distant memory.
It actually feels good to have it out of our control for a bit. Now we can focus on preparing our home for Alexander!!
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