We received word last night that our packet was sent to Korea on March 9th; a whole month went by before we found out. When they said "hurry up and wait" they meant it. They are telling us to expect a referral within 6 mos. of the packet being sent; since a month has already gone by we are now looking at September; and they say once we accept the referral it is approximately another 3-4 mos. until we can travel to pick-up our child. From what Paige has seen on the message boards and adoption discussion groups she belongs to on line it can happen a lot sooner than this but we plan on the far side so we're not "climbing the walls" waiting.
In the meantime; we are reading some of the books they recommend on Korean adoption, we have attended an adoption seminar and spent a great afternoon this past Sunday (4/5) at our friends Jaime and Steve Bae's for a Korean Baby Shower for Jaime. The Korean food Jaime's sister made was unbelievable only outdone by the amount there was of it! The number of family members who were there was incredible and they all made us feel so welcome just as they did 3 years ago for Jaime & Steve's wedding.
Well; that's the update for now. We will let you know more just as soon as we do. - John
