Chris and I have started our second adoption. We have chosen Colombia this time. Why not Guatemala? This is the question we get asked most often. We absolutely fell in love with Guatemala. However, with the adoption system in Guatemala becoming more unstable we could not take the risk of having our hearts broken, and our child miles away. It will take us until the fall of 2010 to add our next child to our family. We are happy for this since it will give us plenty of time to spend with Gage.
What have we done so far? We signed with an agency; Children's Hope. We have had our home study updated. It will be sent to USCIS in the beginning of October and we will need to have a second FBI background check completed. After that we will wait for USCIS to approve us to bring a child into the states. We won't be done just yet:) Our paperwork will be sent to Colombia where they will review it and hopefully approve us... wait still not done. We will then be sent to a region in Colombia where we will be matched with a child. Three to four weeks after that we will travel to meet our new daughter or son. Travel time in Colombia will be about three to four weeks.
As I am sure you can imagine the wait will be difficult, but well worth it. Besides we will have Gage to spoil in the mean time. We have already been talking with him about a sibling. He will be in for a real shock when he has to start sharing his Mami and Papi with someone else. I am sure he will be a great big brother!
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