VERBAL REFERRAL!

I've been quiet on here lately as I've anxiously awaited news that we have made it through the next step of our adoption and I finally got that news this morning! We got our verbal referral! So now the countdown starts to the written referral. The average time frame for written is 3 weeks but if for some reason the powers that be don't meet one week to issue referrals it will be longer. Still, let's pray for 3 weeks. At that time, when we are "officially official" we will set travel dates and head out to meet Anya! So...we are likely looking at April. I'd love to leave April 6. I wouldn't be with my kids for Easter but being gone that week would work well with a lot of other things that will affect our kids throughout April so I'm willing to give up Easter. If not the 6th we'll deal with whatever comes our way. The nice thing is that Bulgaria is flexible so we can choose what will work best for us.

Now I have 3 weeks to go insane...um I mean PATIENTLY wait for our written referral so I can finally love on the stunning beauty you see below...if she will sit still long enough to let me :)!