Woot Wootin' Willy!
Three cheers for Atu Teklo for working so hard to get the courts to move Y's family member's court hearing from July up to May 28th! As in the very month that we are in right now! Like in 22 days!
What does this mean for us? That means that we will most likely be on a plane in 1 month to meet and adopt our daughter! As in the very next month from this one! As in 30 days from now!
........ GULP .......
In layman's terms, a family member or "finder" gets a court date and then the adopting family's court date (that would be us) is typically scheduled 10 days after. In adoption lingo, an emphasis is always placed on "typically" because even though that is the norm, it all is just crazy unpredictable. Because of this, the really sucky thing is that we will not be able to book our tickets until the family member goes through court and we officially have ours assigned. Before we have our court date, we will have to fly to Addis Ababa then up north to Mekelle to spend some time with our sweet little Y, then fly back down to Addis for court.
To have all of this sequence just right, this essentially means that we get a court date then pretty much need to be landing in Addis 6 days later. Six days! As in, 1..2..3..4..5..6! Ummm... has anyone priced last minute tickets to Ethiopia lately? Because I have not and I am scared. Very scared.
But holy hell - it will be so worth it!!!!
(clarification: we will actually not be able to bring her home this trip, rather we will have to come home to the states without her for a short time while embassy does it's thing, then we'll fly back "typically" in a time frame of 6-8 weeks. BUT, this first trip is the most significant by far, as the adoption will take actually take place.)
I will keep the updates rolling as they come!
2 comments:
Wow, just wow!! Sounds a lot like us. We had less three weeks to prepare for trip one, since they worked hard to get us in before courts closed. It was insane. And yes, the tickets were pricey! And sold out on so many flights! But since it's May, you may be fine. Summer and early fall can be extra expensive. Excited for you!!!
This is all so very exciting! I know you are more than overwhelmed... but excited at the same time. Try to enjoy the ride and just hang on... you will have your sweet baby girl home in no time :-)
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