Monday, April 5 2010

Once again we seem to have the universe on our side. I received notice from Amanda today that my paperwork was submitted to the Ethiopian Courts on Friday. That means I will only need to travel once and I am one step closer to bringing Mebrate home.
Although it would have been amazing to meet Mebrate early, I would have hated every minute of handing her back for 6-8 weeks. So for now, we are hoping for May for a court date and early July for travel... for those of you not familiar with the adoption process, court is the step where a representative for me and a representative for Mebrate go before a judge. Any living relatives are contacted and required to attend. When we officially "pass" court, Mebrate will legally become my daughter! After that, we wait about 6-8 weeks for her birth certificate to make it to the U.S. Embassy for Mebrate's visa interview.
We are getting so close!