It's hard to believe that it has been almost 2 months since our last post. We got all of our dossier completed and everything mailed out on June 27 (see picture left). Half of our dossier went to the Vietnam Consulate in San Francisco to be authenticated and the other half to our adoption agency in Oregon. Once both halves come together the entire dossier will be sent to Vietnam where it will be translated. Once that is done all we have to do is wait for our referral. They are still saying a 2 to 4 month wait for referrals. If they are correct we can expect a referral anytime between September and November. A group of 10 people from our agency just received their referrals on July 2 and they were told that they would be traveling by the end of July/beginning of August. Once our dossier gets logged in in Vietnam we will have a better idea of how many other people are ahead of us waiting.
Meanwhile, we finally found a crib thanks to Dad and Donna and their extremely generous neighbor! Not only did she give us a beautiful white crib, but she also gave us 3 large bags of VERY nice clothes (Kathleen and I will have to fight over them!). I also received my crib bumper and skirt I was having made, it's so beautiful! (See crib picture left) . We also found a little toy chest/seat and a dresser that we are going to paint white to match the crib. So our nursery is slowly coming together.
That's all for now, we will continue to keep you updated as new things happen!
