Adoption Process

Every adoption is different, but for us, the basic process has been:

1. Select agency and country.
2. Submit application and supporting documents to agency.
3. Begin gathering foreign dossier documents.
4. Home visit.
5. Agency approval.
6. Submission of foreign dossier.
7. Wait list for referral.
8. Referral.

Our next steps:

9. Court date issued.
10. Successful court date.
11. Travel date issued.
12. Travel.
13. Baby in our arms.

Notice from previous posts that we began this journey over a year ago. Every step in the process has a period of waiting built in. One thing I've learned: patience is not a virtue - it's a skill. And you have to practice a skill to get better at it. By the end of this process, I should be an expert.