It's March. Can you believe it? It is the middle of March and still waiting. In January, I was so sure we would be in Bulgaria now receiving our children. These last two months have perhaps been the most surreal time in my life history. I have four children who I can almost legally call my own sitting across the globe waiting for their new mom. Waiting? That is the hard part. What are they thinking, feeling, wishing for, feeling sad about? What are they excited for? Scared?
We have been skyping once a week with the children. Saturday morning, 8 am sharp. It has been quite consistent actually. It is 6 pm there in Bulgaria. At first, it was really awkward. They waved, we waved. Remember they speak zero English, we do not speak Bulgarski. So we smiled, and we waved. We smiled some more, then oh, I know, I can show them the house! Well, that was one week what about the next. It has gotten a little less awkward. The two olders are beginning to learn English so they have their book in front of them and try to ask us questions. This week they asked us how old we are. It sounded like this, "How aaarreewo yuo?" It took them about 5 attempts for us to figure out the "old" word. Language. It is not going to be an easy task! It is comforting to know that almost 80% of communication is body language. And perhaps for someone like me even more than average. I am a very poor verbal communicator and I rely heavily on body language and facial expression. In this situation, it might actually be a blessing.
Our I800 hopefully will be processed soon. After two months of waiting for it, we finally got the specific corrections and found out that we were given outdated forms! Oy ve. I am not sure how long this will set us back. At least a month, which is why we do not have our flights booked yet. The I800 is still waiting for approval to be sent to the next step. Just this morning our new papers arrived at their offices. Hopefully they will prioritize them and speed the process for us so we don't have to wait another month or more for this step. After this step, the papers go to one other location within the U.S. to get the children's visas. Then after that approval, the papers are sent to Bulgaria to finalize the adoption. Then we can go get the kids.
The house is ready. Beds are set up. Basics of clothing purchased. Training modules are almost completed. I am simply twittling. Perhaps nesting is the more correct term.
