Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Four to Five Weeks?????

Well.... we received word today that we'll likely be required to spend four to five weeks in Kaz, not the three maybe four originally communicated. Apparently, court now occurs 8 - 10 days AFTER the 15-day bonding period ends making trip one a minimum of 27 days. So, we're looking at our options. Neither of us want to be in Kaz that long leaving JC behind (despite the good care and fun I'm confident he'll be having at Aunt Jill and Uncle E's home!). Plus, Tim's concerned that a slow dial-up connection will keep him too far out-of-touch from work for too long.

We've asked if we can make this a three trip process. Come home after the 15-day bonding ends. Travel back 8 - 10 days later for court. Travel home for the three-week + time needed to process our child's paperwork and then travel back to pick up our newest dude-ette! Lots of travel but it may buy us an extra 10+ days at home which is significant when you're missing a little guy, a grumpy old dog and work that pays the bills.

We should learn more soon. The good news is our agency still expects us to receive our Letter of Invitation (LOI) to travel around March 15th making our "wheels up" date around the first of April.

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