Monday, October 25, 2010

Hurry Up and Wait

Right now we are just in a "waiting" period with the paperwork.  We are waiting on our govt agency the USCIS to issue us a fingerprinting appointment.  It typically takes about 2 weeks to get just the notice for the appointment, then the actual appointment is usually about 2-3 weeks after the notice is sent.  SO, this just means I did all the paperwork in a hurry, to now just sit a wait as I stare at my precious baby girl...


Oh and I seem to get the questions alot these days of, "Well isn't it alot easier since you have already done all the paperwork before?" Unfortunately ALL of our paperwork had to be started over again from the very beginning.  Every piece of paper for each adoption has to have been issued and printed within 6 months of the time you submit it to China.  So even though our birth certificates/marriage certificate and such have never changed, we had to order NEW copies for everything, so that they show a print date less than 6 months old.  Crazy I know, just the way it works unfortunately.

2 comments:

Sally-Girl! said...

KNow the craziness of all the paperwork all too well, but what a treasure is waiting at the end of all of it!!!

She is a cutie!!!

Beth and Ryan said...

Yes, we get those same questions! And we are hurrying up and waiting too! At least we have company :)