My physical went well yesterday. They filled out my DCFS form and I will go back tomorrow to have my TB test read and documented. Karl had his fingerprints done yesterday and turned in our background check forms.
Now all that is remaining is Karl's appointment on Friday and then his TB test reading on Monday a.m. and CPR class in the p.m. Then we will mail it off!!!
Now we will need to gear up to work on other requirements - like adoption-parenting training (10 hours, I think) and start working on our Dossier (and re-familiarizing ourselves with what needs to be collected as well as make sure we don't gather something too soon so that the document is not "too old" by the time we submit it.)
Definition of Dossier #1: a set of legal documents and adoption papers used in international adoptions. The adoption papers will include a home study, marriage license, financial statement, and health certificates - to name a few. Each country has its own set requirements for what must be included in the Dossier.
Definition of Dossier #2: When used in the context of adoption, this term refers to a set of appropriately authenticated and translated legal documents which are used in international adoption cases to process the adoption of a child in its own country by the adoptive parents, or for the adoptive parents to obtain the legal custody or guardianship of the child in the foreign court, so the child can be brought by the adoptive parents to the United States for adoption.
By the way, our goal is to complete and submit everything to CHI by the end of December. Many have asked the time-line for the wait and when adopting three siblings, there really isn't a wait per se. There is just a small amount of time that it takes to thoroughly scrutinize a couple's documents and get to know them through their paperwork and then make a match - and assign the couple the children. That time period is roughly 3 - 6 months and is sometimes very quick. The reason it is so timely is that sibling groups of three, four, or five are waiting for families and need placement and there are an abundance of them.
Now all that is remaining is Karl's appointment on Friday and then his TB test reading on Monday a.m. and CPR class in the p.m. Then we will mail it off!!!
Now we will need to gear up to work on other requirements - like adoption-parenting training (10 hours, I think) and start working on our Dossier (and re-familiarizing ourselves with what needs to be collected as well as make sure we don't gather something too soon so that the document is not "too old" by the time we submit it.)
Definition of Dossier #1: a set of legal documents and adoption papers used in international adoptions. The adoption papers will include a home study, marriage license, financial statement, and health certificates - to name a few. Each country has its own set requirements for what must be included in the Dossier.
Definition of Dossier #2: When used in the context of adoption, this term refers to a set of appropriately authenticated and translated legal documents which are used in international adoption cases to process the adoption of a child in its own country by the adoptive parents, or for the adoptive parents to obtain the legal custody or guardianship of the child in the foreign court, so the child can be brought by the adoptive parents to the United States for adoption.
By the way, our goal is to complete and submit everything to CHI by the end of December. Many have asked the time-line for the wait and when adopting three siblings, there really isn't a wait per se. There is just a small amount of time that it takes to thoroughly scrutinize a couple's documents and get to know them through their paperwork and then make a match - and assign the couple the children. That time period is roughly 3 - 6 months and is sometimes very quick. The reason it is so timely is that sibling groups of three, four, or five are waiting for families and need placement and there are an abundance of them.
Initially (for our first adoption) this is why we felt compelled to bump our number from two to three. That is why three is our number again. We considered four and prayed about it. We ended up staying with three for two main reasons: first, since we have three children now, we will assign a "buddy" system where an current child will befriend and help a new child/their assigned buddy; second, our goal, Lord willing, is that we would adopt again in the future and we were trying to keep the transition as smooth as possible and to not overwhelm ourselves or the children and thereby lessening barriers to the prospect of adopting again down the road. We are trying to think long-term. Anyway, I bring this up because these topics are frequently asked of us.
Another milestone is that Karl will announce our family expansion endeavor today at the end his staff meeting!
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