Our dossier has been in D.C. for several weeks now being authenticated and registered at various agencies.  I understand that going through these paces up front will diminish the hassle in the completion of the adoption and naturalization at the other end of the adoption process.

I don’t know, but I am just ready to get that paperwork overseas and sitting in a pile on someone’s desk who will match us with our new treasure.

BTW, we had a nickname for Ellie before we named her.  It was Jelly, but there is a long story behind it that I won’t go into.  So, we decided to nickname New Baby while we are waiting to find out its gender and Amharic name and make our final decision.  While discussing this, Ellie suggested the nickname to be, “Ellie Grace” or “Rocky Horse”.  We settle on Treasure.

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