Well, the NEDC received our paperwork, and we are almost complete with our Bethany paperwork. We hope to have our homestudy end of month or early March, and to be approved sometime in March. But, then there is another long wait period. The NEDC just informed me that they are booked through MAY for the initial consult with the doctor. She doesn't think I could have the initial consult until August/Sept., and because they only do the transfers every other month, the transfer will likely not occur until late fall. Ugh. Not the timeline I suspected.
I'm trying to make the best of this, though. If the transfer happens in late fall, and it doesn't work, then we will be prepared to start immediately on the domestic adoption path. If the transfer happened earlier in the summer, and didn't work, there would be a several month lag before we started the domestic path again. The reason is because we plan to use our 2010 tax return (to be received in early 2011) to pay the fee to get on the list. Also, getting on the list at that time allows us to accrue more sick time for maternity leave. So, I was pondering the other day that if the transfer happened over the summer and didn't work, it would be a very long and difficult fall waiting to be on the domestic list again. So I'm trying to see the silver lining. Still, not the timeline I'd hoped for.
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope." Psalm 130:5.
Now it's MY turn to tell YOU... KNOW THAT HE IS GOD. He knows your desires and has heard every prayer. It will happen in HIS perfect timing. While you wait, hold Brae tight in your arms. :)
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