Waiting. Our new game.

It seems like we've done so much toward the adoption already, but there is so much left to do!

This week, the first week of December, I am optimistically expecting our Illinois Home Study approval to come through.  We are SO ready to check off Step 1 (which has been a 4 month process, yes, just for Step 1)!

When we get Illinois' approval of our Home Study, then we can send out paperwork to conquer Steps 2 and 3 at once:

Step 2:  Submit an application to USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Step 3:  Submit our dossier (foreign paperwork) to the Philippines

We understand that it will take about 2 - 3 months for both Steps 2 and 3 to be completed.  After that, we will be closer to getting travel dates.

We are still looking at late spring or early summer to make the big trip across the ocean to for our new son!