A close call

Today our agency sent us an email notification that they had lost their Hague Accreditation. Yikes! That's basically the international license that countries use to say "yes, we'll agree to guidelines set out the Hague Treaty about how we'll handle children and international adoptions." For a long, convoluted reason that had something to do with some admins not following the proper notary procedures, the agencies accreditation wasn't renewed. Obviously that sent us into a tizzy, b/c no accreditation means no adoptions.

The good news is that Ethiopia is actually a country that doesn't abide by the Hague guidelines, and the agency's ability to continue adoptions from Ethiopia isn't in any way affected. That's a major relief, since we've already been waiting so long, and we already went through the Vietnamese drama that meant we needed to switch countries.

Hopefully, everything will be fine and our little son will be home with us soon. Will this ever end!? (or should i say, begin...)