Waiting...

It's been a while since I've posted, so I figured I would update you.  Unfortunately, there isn't as much to update as I would like, but that just seems to be the case with every step in this process so I'm starting to get used to it.  :-\

Our Dossier was signed for and accepted on September 4th in Crescent Moon.  I'm not exactly sure what's been happening since then.  I know at some point, they needed to translate it, so maybe that's what's causing the delay.  At any rate, they were supposed to review it and give us a "Log-in Date" (LID).  This date is supremely important to those doing a standard adoption because it's basically your number in line and lets you know about how much longer you need to wait.  Since we're doing everything backwards, it really isn't that important to us.  Well, that isn't true.  It will still be important and will probably be their way to find our paperwork or something, but it has no other meaning to us.  We have already been matched with our child, so there's no wondering when that will happen, etc.

I was getting freaked out because we hadn't heard anything from our agency and I had emailed them over a week ago and gotten no response.  I was worried something bad had happened and they were afraid to tell me.  It had been a long, stressful day and I had a headache so I had D call the agency to see what was going on.  That's when he learned about it being signed for on the 4th.  Our agency also told him that it was the point when we should've gotten our LID, so they were going to call their contact in Crescent Moon, Uncle Z, to have him follow up on that if they didn't hear anything by that night.  Well, that was 2 nights ago.  I'm guessing they are thrown off by half of the documents being authenticated in the US and the other half being authenticated in Germany.  I am hoping that Uncle Z finds out something soon because I'm anxious to know that our Dossier is approved!

As always, I will keep you posted!

-V