It’s official! Maria is now part of our family! It has been a very busy week. On Monday, we checked out of our hotel pretty early, and drove over to the government buildings in La Mesa. There, we signed some documents, and boom, legally Maria was our daughter. It felt Read more…
We got to meet Maria yesterday! It was a wonderful, exciting day, and she is the sweetest, loveliest little girl. We went to the family welfare office here in Bucaramanga (what a fun name to say. Don’t take my word for it, say it yourself!) and met with her caregivers. Read more…
Last Wednesday morning, we got to have a video chat session with Maria! We had a friend of Anna’s with us who was able to translate, and had the opportunity to ask a few questions we had. Despite varying signal strength, difficulty hearing or understanding some questions and answers, and Read more…
Warning: This is a boring post about paperwork. A dossier is, according to Webster’s, “a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject”. The Dossier is the file you submit to the country you are adopting from that contains, among other things, the following: An official application to Read more…
Our journey leading to this point has been filled with documents, more documents, and then some more paperwork. In the U.S., to adopt internationally, you must meet your state’s adoption requirements, get federal approval, and also get approval from the country you are adopting from. There are a few crucial Read more…