Papers, papers, papers

Just to keep people updated:

Our dossier is in Alex's country. The same country popped a couple of new requirements before the dossier could get submitted to their adoption authority. One was pretty easy, the other, after many boring and tedious twists and turns and cyber-communiques, is going to require us doing our 2011 taxes now. We have most of the forms needed, so we hope to do it this weekend, and send these papers after a quick drive to St Paul for apostilles MONDAY.

That's the plan today anyway.

It does appear that due to a slight change in how they process this paperwork (remember they have a new adoption authority there now? The kinks are getting worked out as we type), the time between submitting a dossier and receiving a travel date is longer than it used to be. We've been telling people we hope to travel in March. Anything's possible, but it is looking more and more like the end of March and maybe April. I've got to keep this a day at a time, though, or else I go nuts.

By the way, once this is done, I solemnly promise to do every official form for any given authority in mime, interpretative dance, or both. I'm pretty darned tired of the number and information crunching!

Please continue to pray for Alex (and perhaps a smooth tax prep process). Thanks!

Peace, Susan