Documents being legalized

The paperwork journey is just about complete. About 10 days ago, a portion of of Dossier was sent to the Haitian Consulate in Chicago to be legalized. This is the final step for some of the documents. They first needed to be notarized. Then they got state sealed by the Indiana Sectratary of State's office. And finally, they will get legalized by a Haitian Consulate.

The US work is complete. Now we start in Haiti.

Once that is done the full Dossier and copies will get sent off to the orphanage, God's Littlest Angels. I think that will be the real test of patience as we shift into waiting mode. The next major milestone is child referral. This is when we get photos and a description of our son. As I typed the word milestone, I realize that the term is not significant enough. The referral put's a face to the child God has chosen to join our family.

In September, I had hoped to get the referral around Christmas time. I don't think that is possible now, given the timing. *sigh* This is teaching me patience right?