It starts...

I got an email this morning that our little girl is officially our "personal referral"!! This means that nobody else can adopt her while we work to gather documents for our dossier, complete our home study, and get USCIS approval. The tricky part is that we only have 90 days or she goes back on the shared list and anyone can adopt her again. How on earth we are going to get everything done in 90 days is beyond me. I have sent every email I can and now I just have to wait on some answers. I'm hoping to get responses by tonight then I can begin calling to request documents! (One benefit of being in a time zone 7 hours ahead is that I can do things in the evening when it's convenient for me and it's still the middle of the day in the states so everything is actually open!) I'm trying to treat this as methodically as I can. We're still not 100% convinced that we will be able to adopt her, so I have to hold a shred of doubt or I risk my world caving in if it won't go through. Getting sleep over the weekend was hard enough! Once we get the I-800A approved, we will be able to breathe a sigh of relief and know that we made it through the major hurdle! Here's to hoping governmental agencies are cooperative and VERY quick!! (We may need more of a miracle yet!)