Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Exciting Times

Got an early birthday present from my mom and step father. A chocolate Ergo carrier. Can't wait to use it.
Also got some good news from Bulgaria, we had our provisional visa interview at the US Embassy and were approved ( our agency represented us in Bulgaria, we had to fill out paperwork DS 230). So our agency should have our Article 5 letter Friday. One step closer to a court date. What does this mean?
1. Once we get the Article 5 it has to be translated, this takes about 1 week
2. After being translated it goes to the MOJ to get 2 signatures, this can take 1-2 weeks
3. After the signatures the MOJ sends it to the courts to get a court date, this takes 1 week to get a court date.
4. Looks like in a month we will have a court date and then court is usually 3 weeks later (end of May by then) and then after court we get travel dates which are 3-4 weeks later (end of June).
So almost 3 months from now we should have our son in our arms.

Our agency is also mailing him a package we sent to him, tomorrow. We sent him a Sesame Street coloring book, crayons, Sesame Street hard covered book (I typed the words in Bulgarian and pasted them over the English words), a picture of him and his daddy and a pair of sandals for the months of May and June. His birthday is coming up in May so I am hoping to send him a package then too. I just had pictures of him and us printed and will put into a photo book to mail to him and I am trying to come up with a gift idea, any suggestions for a 3 year old that can be mailed?

2 comments:

Katherine said...

That is exciting news that things are moving for you! Sounds like you have some great ideas on things to send your little guy.

Debby said...

WOW!!!!!! You are just flying right through the process!!!!! Hope everything continues to go so easily and send some of those "speedy vibes" my way!!!!!!