Yesterday was exactly one whole month since we first saw S! We have officially accepted her match, we had her medicals reviewed by international adoption doctor, Dr. Jenista, and we also signed electronic copies of her CSR and MER. These are two documents that basically tell us what is known of her social and medical history.
We did have a bit of a set back (not too long, though) waiting for clarification on the spelling of her name. Some of the documents listed the spelling two different ways. Just so we didn't get in any hiccups later - we had to ask them to update her paperwork with a consistent spelling. They did and got it back to us super quick!
Since we signed her papers and submitted them - we have been waiting on CARA to approve our match. Our next step is to complete our i800 with USCIS, but we can't start without that approval from CARA.
BUT - we still got some awesome news today! S's orphange has already sent us what is called her "original docs". These are the original copies of that paperwork (CSR and MER) that we signed and submitted electronically a few weeks ago. This has taken others MONTHS to get so praise God we got our's so quickly! This is one step down that we don't have to wait for when we get to the step when it's needed. We will sign these papers, turn them in to our agency, and they will go back to the orphange with our dossier. These are needed once we are at the step where we are issued something called NOC (which I'll detail when we are there) and also are needed once we get our court date in India set!
Since we got the mail from the orphange...we also have their address! We have a box for S that we have had taped up and ready to mail for a couple of weeks now. We haven't been able to send it since we didn't have her address...but today we got it in the mail to her. I hope that they send us pictures or a video of her with the things we sent her.
Is it crazy to be jealous of a box?! Because today I am. That box is going somewhere my heart is longing to go. I hope it brings a smile to sweet girl's face and she knows how much she is already loved!
Big brothers excited to deliver sister's box!
This is what we sent sister (not pictured is a photo book of our family). We also sent some things to her friends at her home.
