Friday, December 30, 2016

I'm dreaming of a....quick approval!

This morning we got some great news.  We received an email that told us that we have been submitted to the Korean Ministry. What does this mean? In order for us to bring our sweet son home he must get an Emigration Permit. We have been submitted to get this Emigration Permit (EP).
The good news, we were submitted several weeks ago on November 18th, which means we are already 6 weeks into the EP waiting game and didn't even know it! What a great wait to end 2016. 
Now, the million dollar questions, what does this mean with our timeline? To be honest, who really knows. Story of my life, right! I am hopeful that we will be in Korea this Spring. I'm positive we will have him home before the end of the summer. So, sometime between the months of April and August would be a safe-ish guess.   Note: Making estimates and guesses in this adoption process is kind of a joke.  The second you think you are starting to understand something, that's the moment you get a call with a hiccup in the road.  
The next step is to now wait for approval for our little man's Emigration Permit. This could be anytime between now and two months from now. I'm going with the two months from now guess.  I have decided that expecting a longer timeline will only make things easier.  

What are we doing while we are waiting?  I've found a pretty rad Youtube channel.  She has video blogs about her travels in Korean and video lessons about everything Korean; including language, culture and travel.

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 Click here to go straight to the Youtube Channel!!

Oh one last thing, I'm also preparing for our little guy's first birthday! I hope to send him something for his big day.  Stay tuned for a post about his birthday!