Our Dossier is Complete!

Our Dossier is complete!

I (Ana) cannot even begin to describe just how happy I am to be done with this step. This has been at times very frustrating and it has been my life for the past 3 months.  Part of me misses being in control and having something to do, but a HUGE part of me is extremely excited that it is shipped off and safely in the hands of our family coordinator (Kelsey) at America World. We received an email from Kelsey on Friday and if all goes well our DTE (Dossier to Ethiopia) date will be 7/12/13. This is the date we will be put on the waiting list for a referral!!

Now all we can do it wait. Right now our wait time is approximately 3 years. It is so hard to think we have to wait 3 years to bring home our child/children. I have waited for 10 years now to be able to bring our children home. I have prayed for our house to be filled with laughter and cries and happiness and full out temper tantrums. I/we are ready for it all. It is exciting to know that at the end of this wait the end result is a baby in our arms!

So what will we do to celebrate while we wait? This seems to be a reoccurring question between Shawn and I.  We do want to celebrate our DTE date every month, but we're not quite sure how yet. At least then we will have something small to kind of look forward to every month. We are not sure yet but we do have a month to figure that out.

One thing that we are doing is making bracelets, necklaces, & key chains that say 'One Less' on them. They are made with round copper blanks and all but the key chains have silk ribbon strung through them so you can attach it to your wrist or neck. The reason we, (I say we but Shawn is really the one making them) are making these is so that we could spread the word about orphans.  There are so many orphans in the world and it is so sad. So we are trying to decrease that number by one or maybe two and if the word spreads my hope is that more people would consider adopting.

If you would like to purchase a bracelet, necklace, or key chain you can visit our store at www.richlifeadoption.storenvy.com.
Thanks again for visiting our page.
Shawn and Ana Rich