A Finished Dossier

Our dossier is complete and should be delivered to our agency sometime today.  We received our 797C form (Immigration Approval) last Saturday and Nikolas and I made a trip downtown this week to have our remaining dossier documents apostilled.

This is a huge step in our adoption process.  Once our dossier is reviewed by our caseworker, she will send it to Bulgaria to be translated.  Once translated, it will be submitted to the MOJ and we will receive our official referral for the handsome little guy we requested late last year.  We will then be given travel dates to go to Bulgaria to meet him for the first time.  We're so excited to go back to Bulgaria.  It's a beautiful country and we love it there.  We'll be in a different city this time, and we can't wait to do some sightseeing in between visits.  There are some very cool monuments in this city that we can't wait to see.  The photographer in me can't wait to take some amazing photos.  Of course the most important part will be meeting our little boy for the first time and spending time getting to know each other.

Our trip will be expensive, especially since we're going to be travelling later than we had originally hoped for.  We had thought it might be May, but because of several delays, we'll be going over the summer when airfare increases by several hundred dollars per ticket.  We still have 626 puzzle pieces available for purchase in our Puzzle Fundraiser.  You can purchase pieces for $1 each by using the Paypal link to the right.  For each piece you purchase, you name will be entered in a drawing for a $50 Amazon Gift Card.  We're trusting God to help us raise enough money through fundraising to cover the travel expenses for our first trip.  Any help is greatly appreciated!!