We Said Yes

After conferring with our dr and dropping off his medicals at Ella's pediatrician, too, we're feeling like there's not a lot left to think about. So, on Wednesday, we checked the "approved" box and Fed Ex'ed our yes away to Children's Hope International. :) So exciting! Is this real!?

They received it on Friday the 30th and said we're a go. Next steps are that the Ethiopian office of CHI starts to translate our dossier and petition the court for a court date. Toni (our consultant) said our court date will probably be in early April. We've signed a power of attorney that gives our agency rep there the right to go to court on our behalf and legally adopt our son for us. Then, once he's adopted and ours, we wait about 3 weeks to get his visa for him to travel home with us. We travel over a few days before he gets his visa and then leave with him a few days after, when we're ready. We only have to stay there about 6-7 days. It'll probably be towards the end of April or in early May, if we're doing the math correctly. Woo Hoo!