We are looking to grow our family through adoption from The Marshall Islands. Follow us on our journey to bring home our child. We are so exited to meet our new Marshallese family with whom we can share the love and joy of raising a baby!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Packing!
Well, we have been told TWICE now in the past two weeks that we need to start packing! No referral yet but we've been told that it could happen any day now. We were just given a more refined packing list which mentions no swimming suits for women. Board shorts or swim skirt and swimming shirts over swimsuits only. Not even a one-piece suit will fly. Found some cute stuff on Amazon. My skin will thank me, I'm sure. Also no tank tops or shorts. Shoulders need to be covered as well as legs past the knees. Now I need to dig out our baby clothes from the storage closet and start sorting by age and gender. Since we don't know either of those two things, I'll just have to have labeled piles that I can quickly throw into a suitcase. I was told that after we receive our referral, we have two weeks to have it reviewed by a physician and to accept or decline it, but that we should really accept within 7 days. After we accept, they will apply for a court date, which depending on timing, could mean that we need to be in Majuro within 7 days! So we really should be ready to be in Majuro within 2 weeks of receiving our referral. It'll be a whirlwind couple of days but I've been assured that after that, everything just slows down to island time. We were told we'd be updated again in mid-June unless we get a referral before then...
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That's fantastic news! Enjoy thus exciting time for your family. This reminds me I need to slim down a bit so I can fit into my rash guards from my San Diego beach days. I'm so excited for your exciting update! Excitement all around!
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