Bulgarian Adoption - Early Process

Here's where we're at: Our doctor needs to sign approval letters for our new adoption agency - hopefully we'll get these later today. The letters are required as part of the pre-application. Once we're confident that the agency will accept us as clients, we'll complete the application form. Our expected time line, in as much detail as facts allow, looks something like this:

Completion of Home Study and Dossier: 3 Months (we've made a good start here)
National Benefit Center Approval to Adopt: 3 Months
Dossier to Bulgaria for Translation: A few weeks
Registry with Bulgarian Ministry of Justice: Who Knows?
Referral: Around the length of 2 or 3 back-to-back pregnancies.

The key is to be very, very patient! And perhaps enjoy looking at photos of Bulgaria, as in the above street scene.

I'm optimistic that we might be registered prior to the end of this year. The good news is that time is on our side, as it would be helpful to have both our children (ages 6 and 4) in full time school when we bring our new child(ren) home.

This is so exciting!