Are We On The Right Track?

While we were putting together our dossier it was hard to think about anything else except completing all that paperwork. It was a work in progress that had a light at the end of the tunnel and it was all up to us how fast or how slow we got it all done. Now that our dossier has been finished and is at the consulate I feel like I have become less patient, things are out of our hands. I know that international adoption has cycles of things moving along and then slowing down. It has been a hard past couple of weeks with reading other blogs. The blogs are a great source of great information and also a source of hope and inspiration to hear the stories of other families. The blogs can also be a source of disappointment when things don't work out for a family. Sometimes all the information can make your head spin. People have great things to say about their agencies and then there are people who don't have a good experience. It can make you question your own path. Dusty and I feel that Kaz is still the right path for us. We really feel like our child is in Kaz.

Expectations

There is not much to report except that we are now revising our timeline and hope to travel late summer to early fall of 08. Our agency has experienced an increase in the number of families who are adopting from Kazakhstan and this means that Kazakhstan has an increased number of families who are wanting to adopt. What this means is that there are some growing pains. Our agency is working hard to bring the program up to speed but they are pushed with their staff only able to process so much paperwork at one time. One the other side of that is the Kazakhstan government having to try to keep up as well. So we are still excited and we feel confident about being with Children's Hope International.

So we are extending our timeline to the late summer or early fall and we hope to be home this time next year with Baby Baker.