The Paperwork is Done

Dearest Dema,

Well, I have great news! We finally got the papers sent off to Ukraine last week. It was a little frustrating at the end with all of the changes to the documents that were needed. We had everything ready to go in November, but the immigration letter was late. Well, since the next appointment date flipped over into a new year, there were a lot of changes that had to occur. Then the adoption department changed in the government  in Ukraine. Not really anything changed except the letterhead on the documents. But it was enough to cause half of the documents to be redone. Then the medical forms were changed and then there was a new form, and then they needed duplicates of the interpol forms, and yada, yada, yada. It seemed never-ending when we were only one form away before.

But we persevered through the documents and they were sent off at last. Now everyone says is the hard part of waiting, but I think the hard part was actually the documents. The waiting I can fill with getting your room ready, buying you clothes, and figuring out how to teach you. I can also fill it with worry about whether you still want to come home with us, whether you will truly integrate into our family, and how long it will take you to learn English. I can go on and on about the worries I have, but as you can see, I am at no loss to fill my time with things while we wait.

We have 10 days until we hear about an appointment. Victoria is going to try to call you again. She tried around your birthday - we desperately wanted to get to you by your birthday - but that didn't work out. But hopefully, she can get in touch with you to let you know about the paperwork being on its way.

Love as always,

Bethany, Amanda, G3, & G4