We finally completed our dossier (application to Philippines) and our agency has sent it off to ICAB (the government agency in the Philippines that decides who gets to adopt). Now we are going to start the waiting game. At this point we first wait for approval. This is when the Philippines accepts our application and puts us in the pile of people that want to adopt. After our approval we wait for our referral, this is when we find out which kids will actually be part of our forever family. The time between the approval and the referral can be as short as 3 months or as long as 3 years or anywhere in between. We will travel to the Philippines 1-3 months after our referral. We stay in the Philippines for one week and bring the children home with us.
So now we wait. We have a lot to do to get prepared for our new children. We have things to physically rearrange in our house and have to prepare mentally also. Thank you everyone for your support.
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This is all so exciting to me! How many kids are you asking for? A sibling group? I love watching Adoption Stories (I think it is on TLC???) but I always want to cry at that moment when the parents first get to see/hold their kids.
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