Updates & The Waiting Game

If you're wondering why I haven't posted anything adoption related, it's because nothing is happening. At the moment we're waiting for our approval letters from USCIS. Once we have those babies, we will get everything notarized and/or apostilled, and then it is essentially out of our hands. That's when the real waiting begins. And just so you know the Bulgarian government is about to enter their month and a half long summer vacation. Which means no court dates. Which means no adoptions finalized until late September.

If the current pattern continues, we will most likely receive a referral around fall of 2013. Of course, we are praying that the pattern does not continue as it is but instead improves drastically. Still it's very important that we maintain realistic expectations.

So that's where we stand.

As we move into the waiting period of the adoption process, I'll do my best to keep you updated. I'll let you know when and how often referrals are coming in, but there will also be a lot of down time. Which means, there may or may not be pointless posts about making bread and watering the grass. Just giving you plenty of fair warning. There will also be family updates, and daily life happenings to read about, but I think I've already warned you about that one. And of course, there may also be some frustrated, angst ridden posts about how long this whole process is taking followed by apologies for my griping and complaining (I would say I'm reverting to my teenage years, but teenagers rarely follow their griping and complaining with an apology).

Now that you know what to expect, I hope you hang around throughout this whole process. I can't promise you much, but I can promise you that on occasion I'm even good for a laugh or two.

Happy Tuesday everyone!