Official Adoption Approval

Surprise! We received an important document today. On February 5th, our attorney in Latvia submitted our dossier, which is the package of documents you must submit to be considered for adoption. Today, February 22nd, my email box alerted me to an important arrival; our first official letter from the Latvian Ministry of Family and Children's Affairs granting approval to "Džonatanam Polam Vernonam un Mišelai Linai Vernonai" to officially adopt a child/children.

Stay tuned, next should be our letter granting specific approval for us to adopt Gvido. That's called a "referral." In most international adoptions, the country identifies a child for the parent, so they eagerly await referral because it provides them with the name and photo of their soon to be child. However, in our case, we've pre-identified a child. So, for us, it's just a formality. But, every step taken is a step closer.

We're going to get our boy...