the process from here?

Thank you everyone for sharing in our excitement. We appreciate all your prayers as well. Please keep them coming!

We have officially sent in all of our paperwork. So what is the process from here?

Now we get to wait some more! Right now we are waiting for a court date. This is the day when our adoption case will be held in the Ethiopian courts and we will (upon passing court) legally become the parents of our precious baby girl in Ethiopia. At that point we will then be able to share photos of her publically, which is super exciting.

Upon passing court Baby Sister (don't worry, this isn't really her name. It's simply what we've been calling her for the past year plus) will be moved to another location -which is run by our adoption agency staff. She will stay there until we arrive to bring her home.

After we pass court, we will wait some more for an Embassy date, which is typically 5-6 weeks after passing court. At that point we will be able to make our travel arrangements, as we will need to be present in Ethiopia for our Embassy date.

So we're just still waiting. Just wanted to share our next steps with all of you. Thanks again for sharing in our excitement.