We have had the chance to share our happy news with many of you, but we wanted to make it "official": we have decided to move forward with applying to adopt Fernanda and Wendy! We had an incredible summer with them and we are very hopeful that our paperwork will proceed smoothly and that they will be home soon. That said, this could take awhile. We filed our Letter of Intent with ICBF (the Colombia child welfare authority) on August 12, and completed the paperwork for our dossier on August 14. It went down to Colombia to be translated by our agency's representative in Bogota on August 17. So, now we are waiting to hear back from ICBF that we can submit a formal application, and ideally by then our dossier will be translated and ready to hand in.
We are also waiting to talk to the girls again on the phone!! We had the chance to call them on August 5 (the day after they went back) and it was amazing to hear their voices, though they did sound very far away. We are now waiting for permission to call again, and we hope that itwill be very soon. Fer's birthday is next Tuesday, and it would be wonderful if we could call on that day.
We are very grateful for the outpouring of enthusiasm and support for our plans -- thank you all! We will update here with news (though probably not as frequently as we did this summer), so check back if you want to follow along.
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Wow! We are so thrilled for you and to be able to see those lovely girls again. xxoo Caroline & Ricky
Congratulations on your decision! I hope that the adoption process goes well for you.
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