(DTE = Dossier to Ethiopia)
Our paperwork arrived at our adoption agency Monday morning, went through additional staff checks, then taken to the Department of State and the Ethiopian Embassy for certification/authentication. Our dossier will head over to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where it will sit until we receive a referral.
And now? We wait.
So tonight, in addition to celebrating my husband's birthday, we tacked on a DTE party to it.
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| The cousins are ready, in Meredith's words, "to send my baby brother balloons to Africa." |
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| My Tennessee girl, rocking the cowgirl boots. |
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| There they go! Off to Africa! |
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| And no celebration is complete without a cake. |
We are excited, relieved, and yet nervous about this next stage. I am praying hard that Drew and I (probably mostly me) will have the patience for the waiting we'll have to endure. But before I begin to worry, I want to spend tonight celebrating this first phase. So we will send many, many more balloons over to Africa during this time.
Much love,
Courtney
I LOVE the balloons! We may steal that (=
ReplyDeleteKhris and I are so excited for your DTE... Praying for the LORD's mercy in your wait.
Love ya!
Congratulations on being DTE! I saw your blog on the yahoo group. We are right there with you all (DTE 9/21)!It's so encouraging to be going through this process with other families.
ReplyDeleteThe balloon idea is awesome!
Whoops! I told you we were DTE on 9/21, but that's a birthday in our family! We were DTE on 9/7! Sorry, I'm a weirdo.
ReplyDeleteHi Courtney!!! Congrats on being DTE!!! I, too, saw you on the Yahoo group. We are hoping to be DTE by the end of December (maybe sooner---fingers crossed!!!). Excited to follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! This is fabulous!!!
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