We got our court date today! We will go to court on Tuesday, November 10th at 9:30am! This is when Kellsey will officially forever become a Garcia! YES! This is way, WAY,
WAY faster than we expected (which is awesome!) so plans are changing a bit.
First, the 10 day wait will
not be waived. No such luck there. No worries though. So originally the plan was for BOTH of us to fly home after court and for Frank to fly back after the 10 day wait to finish up and bring Kellsey home. Because court is happening SO much faster than we originally thought, our plans have been revised.
I will fly home on Wednesday, November 11th, by myself. Frank will stay here. He has enough leave to do this now. This will not only save us the cost of his second plane ticket, but it will allow him to continue to visit Kellsey as much as possible. After the 10 day wait, he will get all the other stuff done required to bring her home. This consists of her medical, passport, birth certificate, visa and a bunch of other stuff. At some point he will be able to get her out of the baby home forever and bring her back to the apartment here. We're not sure yet when that is. If all continues to go smoothly, Frank and Kellsey should fly home together the beginning of December sometime.
We are praising God for how smoothly everything has gone here. As most of you know, our process up until this point has been stressful and frustrating and has had a lot of bumps. We know that a lot of people have been praying us through this, and we are SO thankful for that! We miss our children A LOT and I'm excited and anxious to get back home to them and prepare for Kellsey's arrival! I'm happy that we're not BOTH leaving her here... so she won't forget us! :)
Frank will continue to update the adoption blog which WILL go back public the day after court. I don't foresee any problems, and I've gotten the official OK to do so.
SO that's the latest, I'm excited and nervous and thankful and overwhelmed and REALLY happy. Oh and it's supposed to start getting warmer here for the weekend! We plan to spend our weekend exploring the area and taking lots of pictures! Flat Stanley hasn't been out much (he's not dressed warm enough! haha) and there's SO much we've been told we HAVE to see... so it's now or never! We can go visit Kellsey again on Monday. :)
First, the 10 day wait will not be waived. No such luck there. No worries though. So originally the plan was for BOTH of us to fly home after court and for Frank to fly back after the 10 day wait to finish up and bring Kellsey home. Because court is happening SO much faster than we originally thought, our plans have been revised.
I will fly home on Wednesday, November 11th, by myself. Frank will stay here. He has enough leave to do this now. This will not only save us the cost of his second plane ticket, but it will allow him to continue to visit Kellsey as much as possible. After the 10 day wait, he will get all the other stuff done required to bring her home. This consists of her medical, passport, birth certificate, visa and a bunch of other stuff. At some point he will be able to get her out of the baby home forever and bring her back to the apartment here. We're not sure yet when that is. If all continues to go smoothly, Frank and Kellsey should fly home together the beginning of December sometime.
We are praising God for how smoothly everything has gone here. As most of you know, our process up until this point has been stressful and frustrating and has had a lot of bumps. We know that a lot of people have been praying us through this, and we are SO thankful for that! We miss our children A LOT and I'm excited and anxious to get back home to them and prepare for Kellsey's arrival! I'm happy that we're not BOTH leaving her here... so she won't forget us! :)
Frank will continue to update the adoption blog which WILL go back public the day after court. I don't foresee any problems, and I've gotten the official OK to do so.
SO that's the latest, I'm excited and nervous and thankful and overwhelmed and REALLY happy. Oh and it's supposed to start getting warmer here for the weekend! We plan to spend our weekend exploring the area and taking lots of pictures! Flat Stanley hasn't been out much (he's not dressed warm enough! haha) and there's SO much we've been told we HAVE to see... so it's now or never! We can go visit Kellsey again on Monday. :)