Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Here We Go, Again!

Yep, were ready for another Schlafer! This time, we're off to Ethiopia for our second son. We are thrilled to have another child and look forward going through a whole new process and country.

As of now, we have updated our home study and applied for our USCIS approval. We are now beginning our dossier, and were very happy to see the documents required as opposed to those for KZ! For those of you that followed our blog for Wyatt, this process will be a little different. After we submit our dossier we will receive a referral for a child. With that referral comes a picture and a medical. After we accept the referral, there is a court case to determine us the parents. That happens before we even arrive to Ethiopia! WHEW!!! Once it is determined that we are the parents, we will be asked to travel. We will spend approximately 2 weeks in Ethiopia to meet our child and get the necessary documents to bring him home. As far as the exact timeline is concerned, we are not really sure. The entire process is approximated to take 7-12 months from agency application to arriving back home.

We've been spreading the word about our new adoption and as expected have been met with such support and we are so thankful for that! So far, we've only met one family that has adopted from Ethiopia, but we look forward to meeting more families that have children from Ethiopia and becoming part of this very special community.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am SO excited for you'll!!!
Andrea Adkins :)

The Barnett's said...

We are so happy and excited for you guys! We can't wait to read all about your new journey. Congrats!

The Mom of 'em said...

Congrats! We can't wait.

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KazAdventurers said...

Wow! We're all smiles for you over here! Congratulations! This is very exciting news and we can't wait to hear more!

Anonymous said...

Oh wow! We are excited to follow you all on this adventure. Wyatt will be a great big brother! Thank you for posting this exciting news.

Bethany Barker

Twila and Scott said...

What wonderful news! I check your blog often to check on Wyatt. I wish you all the best in this process.

kitzkazventure said...

Oh my goodness! Can't wait to hear all about it next Sat! We are so happy that you are taking the plunge again.....maybe it will give us a little more courage to "think" about it! ;) I know of some Ethiopian adoptive families in Lex. I will compare names with you and see if I can add to your network. Looking forward to seeing you all. karen

Tishy said...

Yeah!
I love seeing new posts and watching Wyatt grow. He will be a good big brother. I am so happy for you all. Will check often to monitor progress. Miss seeing and hearing from everybody at the village. Send my love to and I hope the new school year starts smoothly.

Kelly said...

Yeah! I am so happy for you guys. Be sure to keep all your progress posted....I am looking forward to reading about it. We'll have to get together soon....Avah has been asking about Wyatt.