I
am beyond excited to share with you that we have officially completed
our dossier and it is in the mail! I am not going to lie, I felt a
little sick to my stomach when I had to hand it over. It is on its way
to our agency for final review before going to Poland. That’s right –
the paper chase has ended (for now)! Can I get a WooHoo?!?!
We
received our I-797 on Monday. That was the last document we were
waiting for to complete our dossier. We had it notarized yesterday and
apostilled earlier this morning. I would like to send a shout-out to
the wonderful ladies that have been so good to us at the Secretary of
State in WI – they are quick! So, after 6.5 months of this crazy paper
chase, our dossier is finally complete. It feels like a huge weight has
been lifted off of our shoulders.
So,
whats next? Our agency will review the dossier and send it off to
Poland. We were told to expect approximately 2 months for everything to
get there, be translated and officially be on the waiting list for our
child. After that, we are just waiting on "the call". The one that
tells us who our child is and will forever change our lives. I
seriously can't believe that is our next step.
It's
hard to articulate exactly what finishing our dossier means. You see,
it isn't just a pile of paperwork to us. Its made up of so much more -
countless hours, unending prayers, some tears of frustration and
sometimes a bit of heartache, outburst of excitement at the mailbox when
documents arrive, our dreams of becoming parents and bringing our
little home - all wrapped up in unexplainable super duper big heart
crazy kind of LOVE!
It
has been a crazy journey so far, and we are so grateful we have the
opportunity to share it with you. We seriously could not do this
without the love, support and prayers from all of you. Please keep them
coming!
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy.” – Proverbs 13: 12
