I haven’t forgotten about you all. There just hasn’t been a
lot to write about until now. As of today, changes are afoot. We are heading
back to Korea! The dates are set and the tickets are booked. August 5th
we take custody of Avi. On the 6th we go to the embassy to pick up
her travel visa. We have tickets to return home on Friday but if the visa gets
processed more quickly, we’ll come home sooner.
We’re staying at the adoption agency this time around and
they say that should make the transition a little easier. She’s used to the
place, there are other kids her age meeting their families as well, and there’s
a playground out back. All positive things. The blogs we’ve read from other
people have been shown pretty good results. They’ve written about a few
sleepless nights but otherwise good transitions. So hopefully we’ll be as
lucky.
The only glitch we’ve run into so far is in paperwork.
Apparently our last name is easily misspelled, and she’s coming from North
Korea. As long as they overlook those little errors, we’ll be fine. Actually we’ve
called to get the errors fixed and hopefully they’ll send the correct paperwork
in the next two weeks.
We’ve busied ourselves getting the house ready, arranging
clothes and organizing books and toys. All these things should be quickly
undone about two hours after she’s home.
So it’s just two more weeks of Ann and I. Then it’s me, Ann
and Avi from then on.
Can’t wait J
