REJECTED!

We got our dossier documents back from the Secretary of State office last Friday, and some of the documents were not certified. One of the notaries we used was not registered with the state, and another notary did not say "Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of _____ 2008" by their signature/stamp. So, we're having some documents re-done. We received one back today, are waiting for one, and have one here to be notarized ourselves when we go to the notary ourselves. Hopefully in a few days we'll be ready to resubmit those documents to the State.

We received Sweeti's official referral acceptance papers yesterday, so those will need to be notarized (but not apostilled) and sent to our agency along with our dossier to be forwarded to India.

The agency notified us today that they will send a disk with video/pictures of Sweeti to us and that they are looking into a grant for us too.

It is energizing to see the process pick up momentum and finally be going somewhere, but somewhat draining to always have "one more document" to notarize or "another form" to fill out. Knowing we are making progress and getting closer to getting our daughter home helps ease the difficult truth that we are still many, many months away from meeting her for the first time.