We are getting closer....slowly.

Well the paperwork has come. We know a little more about her family, but nothing else was new. We have sent our acceptance of the referral to Lithuania and are now wading through more endless paperwork for our government so we can bring her home. It's amazing to me how much paperwork is needed for an adoption. I feel I am writing the same things over and over again. They make it so difficult and every time I think I'm done, my social worker emails that something else needs to be done. Very frustrating!!  As I understand it, we have a form for the US to fill out and that approval can take 8-12 weeks and then once we have that we can ask for a court date in Lithuania and that can be 2-4 weeks out....so March. We were really hoping to be bringing her home this year, but I feel so much better having an idea of how much longer. The other great news is that they will start preparing her for our arrival and telling her about us. We are putting together a photo album so she can start to see pictures of her parents, brothers, house, room and extended family. I am so excited to be able to send this (and a few gifts) to her!! Our families are so excited too! Praying that the next several weeks go by quickly and with no more surprises of more paperwork needed.