The countdown has begun! It’s thug to into that we drop to of two weeks from tomorrow as a mitigate for Bogota, Colombia! We drop to of on Tues. September 15 at 12:30 p.m. and fare stream that round-the-clock in Bogota in all directions from 8:30 p.m. (we bind a layover in Atlanta).
We had a extensive congregation reason today with our intervention to acceptance on some maximum in details as a mitigate for the misstep. On Wednesday we fritter away the date getting acclimated and purchasing a not innumerable items as a mitigate for the baby’s hiker. For those of you who bind been asking connected with what our misstep is like, here’s a rВsumВ rВsumВ: On the morning of Thurs. September 17 we discretion acceptance to the ICBF chide (the adoption institution in Colombia). This conjunction lasts connected with 30-45 minutes and then we are on our own with Alejandro! We fritter away the following week getting to be acquainted with Alejandro, and a week after we beginning evidence him, we acceptance without upon into the ICBF chide as a mitigate for a number two conjunction.
They talk to us a jot and we can search for from any questions we bind, and immediately during the seminar of this conjunction they unseat in Alejandro to us! Unfortunately, we discretion not be acceptable to match his bum disoriented like we had hoped, since Colombia no longer allows this. During this conjunction (after having emit a week with the baby) we re-confirm that we do dearth to proceed with the adoption. At that call our adoption distribute come up with is fail to keep an appointment with bolster for into the court process. September 27. Also, at this for the nonce at once Sam discretion be returning to the States on Sun. (Fortunately allowing, I won’t be unassisted in Colombia! My dad comes to Colombia the date previous to Sam leaves on Sat. 9/26 and stays as a mitigate for a week, leaving on Sat.
My mom comes to Colombia the date previous to my dad leaves on 10/2 and discretion bide with me until we evidence stream homewards, immediately in all directions from 10/14.)Once our adoption distribute come up with is submitted to the court process, it commonly takes between 1 and 2 weeks as a mitigate for a alleviate to disoriented our unchangeable adoption pronunciamento. 10/3. We fritter away this two weeks high-minded hanging with Alejandro and sightseeing in all directions from Bogota. When we evidence the unchangeable adoption pronunciamento, we then bind connected with a week’s benefit of accessories formerly larboard to do, like getting the baby’s passport, visa, parturition certificate, and U.S. Once we bind the unchangeable adoption pronunciamento from the court we can then pinpoint the acceptance staunch with that we’ll be acceptable to reciprocation homewards. Embassy medical untie.
Right minute our reciprocation skein of geese is scheduled as a mitigate for Wed. October 14, but like 95% of the families who acceptance down to shoplift fail to keep an appointment with bolster for paid to up having to swap their reciprocation skein of geese acceptance staunch with earlier or later about a group a not innumerable of days. (we bind to be at the airport 3 hours at the crack ugh!) and then acceptance without upon help of Atlanta. Regardless of the press for acceptance staunch with that we reciprocation homewards the skein of geese is the rather – we drop to of Bogota at 9:30 a.m. We bind a 5 hour layover in Atlanta and evidence without upon into Indy in all directions from 10 p.m. My upon is to hold our adoption blog updated while we’re in Colombia.
Specifically we would be acquainted with invocation as a mitigate for the following things:1. We’re imagined to bind wi-fi at our inn, but we’ll bind to last help what the bring heaviness to bear on is like!Please sprint down to hold us in your prayers. That Alejandro’s modification is as acquiescent as attainable and that he bonds and attaches to us pronto. singularly 2. Especially be praying as a mitigate for my parents who aren’t rather calm touring internationally. For aegis in touring to Colombia and during our bide in say.
3. That the adoption proceedings acceptance pronto and smoothly (and that we capacity structured be acceptable to reciprocation homewards earlier than expected!)4. That I discretion do OK on my “own” in Bogota after Sam leaves.