All News is Good News...

All News is Good News...


Or at least that is what I am telling myself.

In the last week of March we received our conditional approval from CARA to match with a child and were told that full approval would be granted no later that April 10th. It was on April 9th that our case worker received an email from CARA not granting us full approval but rather asking for eight additional documents.

Eight.

That is right, they needed copies of both my and Mark's passports, copies of both my and Mark's original birth certificates, 2014 taxes, family photos, and full medical evaluations for both Mark and me. Apparently CARA is requiring more paperwork to grant a CARINGS approval than they had in the past.

Oh well...

Thank goodness we had everything ready to scan and send off within twenty-four hours, before the weekend. Because we uploaded all the needed documents so quickly I still had hope that maybe we would receive our approval this week but after the email I received this morning it seems that will not be the case. Our case will now be reviewed the first week in May.

My guess is that because we did not have all the required paperwork in when our file was reviewed on April 9th, the full review was delayed till next month when all the documents can be reviewed together.

The good news is that we know that our file has been looked at and that it is not suck in a pile on someone's desk where it could easily be forgotten. Hopefully, come next month, we will have approval.




I had bought this Elephant beer to celebrate our CARINGS aproval, but fear not readers; beer is good for a night of commiserating with your spouse too.

Our First Update After Turning Our Home Study Over to India

**This was written a week ago but I wanted to make sure I added everyone before resuming...


I know that it has been a while since I have written. At first I was slammed with dossier paperwork and now I have a cold.

A cold!

I never get colds but, of course, in the midst of a very hopeful, stressful week I get a cold.

Anyway, over the past few months our family life has been peaceful, fun, and dare I say... normal. Miles is doing so fantastically well that I have been afraid to update everyone as I feared jinxing our fortune.

Our old Miles is back!!!

No more depression. No more sadness. No more tantrums. Praise God! I can not explain what a relief it is to see the spirit back in him. We know that this sudden change does not mean that he will never steep into another bout of depression but it is proof that he now has the tools to find his way out. As most thing in life are, his sadness is a phase that can be phased out.

Relief has set in and the adoption is back on track.

We have moved forward in the process and our home study has been approved by the US. We are now registered on CARINGS, the list of India's waiting children and, according to our case worker CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) stated that we should be approved before or on April 10th. From there we wait to be matched.

This is where we need prayers.

We are prusuing a certain little girl and we are at risk of missing her on CARINGS if India does not approve us in time. It is difficult to put your future and your hopefully-soon-to-be-child's future in the hands of another country and an agency that you have only know for a few months. Please pray that we are approved to be matched quickly, and our case worker's diligence pays off and that she finds our 'Petal'. Pray that everything continues to go smoothly and that we receive the next four approvals we need before court in the recommended four month period (unrealistic expectation, I know!)  and that this process does not drag on for years.                

I look forward to updating everyone soon and hopefully that update will be of a match!

***Update from the time this blog post was originally written:

Miles has graduated therapy! We went out to celebrate his last session and, of course, he choose Brewery Bar like a good Amann.

Tacos are always the answer.