completed screening

What do I love most about working with the US??? The sense of urgency and the communication!! Although we may not understand exactly what they are talking about it is nice to be updated! The screening of our I-600 (which is the petition filed in the adoption department for adoption to make an orphan an immediate family member) has been completed. Before it can be approved the I-604 (this determines if a child meets the requirements of the US to be adopted) must be completed, in order to complete this in some cases the Embassy official can request an interview with the birth mother or relative, or they can request more information from the agency. In our case they have requested an interview with the birth mother.....which means the agency in Ethiopia is supposed to help them contact the mother....this worries me because we know just how quickly they move. I do not know what happens if the birth mother cannot be contacted but I do know if Liam does not meet the criteria for adoption in the US he cannot get a VISA, I am pretty confident that he will be fine since he has spent almost all of his life in an orphanage but I will feel much better when that is approved. 

Once I604 is approved the I600 can be approved and Liam will have a health exam. After this I believe we will go for our Embassy appointment to finalize everything and then get his visa. But I am not 100% sure about this. We had to turn in several other forms so I am sure they have to be approved at some point. These are all immigration forms in case you are wondering it is NOT easy to become an American. 

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Week 14 day 1

As far as the pregnancy goes I am finally in the 2nd trimester and as promised I am feeling much better and have a lot more energy. I am still having trouble sleeping but other than that I am feeling pretty good. My doctors appointment went fine, I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time! Very exciting, Josh missed it :( I am also fine to travel to Ethiopia! Just have to walk every hour on the plane to prevent blood clots. Not much to tell this week. Still have a few weeks until we find out if its a girl or a boy.