She called at noon on the dot, and we went through all our contract information, and other important paperwork. Once again, the second we got of the phone, we decided to get the paperwork signed and sent in. Really, the signing was easy, but most of the paperwork needed to be notarized. To be exact, 13 signature pages needed to be notarized.
We called FedEx, which had a notary. They would only charge us a small fee of $10.50 per signature. $136.50! Unreal. So I did some google research and found out banks do it, often for free if its your bank. So we drove 30 minutes to the nearest 5th 3rd bank and got our 13 signatures notarized. For free. She never asked if we banked there. So we basically could have gone to any bank. Oh well. We had 30 minutes each way to talk about how exciting the process is :)
Then... of course... we overnighted the documents once again. They'll get it tomorrow. Can't WAIT to hear back from AGCI and move forward once again!
Our next step is the HUGE paper chase that is our Home Study and Dossier. We have been told that is approximately a 4 month process.
Each step we take brings us closer to our little one, and that makes the process so much more exciting! We learned today that at our first trip to Ethiopia (for the court date) we can possibly meet our child's biological mother or care giver. It depends on whether or not they show up to the court date - which we hope they do, because if not, then the process is delayed. I think it would be so wonderful to see who our child comes from, and to learn about their background, family history, health, or anything else we can learn from them! (That is IF we could even talk with them - I have no idea how that process would go, or if somebody could translate for us, or anything. ) But even just seeing them will be wonderful for us!
Stay tuned! We hope to hear back from AGCI soon!
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Wayne and I (Grandpa and Grandma Stef)were anxiously waiting at the beach. I would look at Wayne and say 'I think I have to go to the bathroom' and he would say 'no, stay here, they'll come tell us when they are done.' I still don't know what I was so nervous about!
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