It's July!!!

It's finally July, and we couldn't be happier about it! We have been anxiously awaiting July since last August! You are probably asking yourself "What's the big deal about July??" Well, let me explain. Last summer just as we were about to have our second home study visit with our social worker, she shared some not-so-good news with us; that Korea would be changing some of their guidelines effective Jan. 2007. This change would delay our process, possibly up to 5 months!! Before the start of this year, the Korean government would release babies for international adoption basically as soon as they were born. In an effort to promote domestic adoption in Korea (which I know in my heart is a good thing), starting in Jan. 2007 they would keep the babies in Korea for 5 months before releasing them, making more infants available for Koreans to adopt domestically. What did this mean for everyone patiently waiting for their babies here? Basically it meant there would be no referrals coming from Korea of babies born in 2007 until June at the earliest. Our social worker told us we would not hear anything about our referral until at least July! Well, now it's July, so bring it on!! (By the way, today has been one of those "not-so-patiently" waiting days!).
RA