Agnese spoke with Gertrude's social worker and the orphanage has done their part to start the process to clear Gertrude, which I think is just sending documentation over to the Orphancourt. She also spoke with the orphan court and they have received the documents from the orphanage. Now they can formally start the process to clear Gertrude for international adoption. They did not tell Agnese if they have spoken with any family members yet. Family has to consent for Gertrude to be adopted abroad. Now that we know Gertrude has agreed, we have to wait for the relatives to agree. This is truly a scary and stressful time for us! The whole process of clearing her, if all goes well, should take 1-1.5 months. We could travel to Latvia anytime after that.
Tomorrow is Gertrude's 10th birthday. Our little girl is growing up. Seems like yesterday she was only 9! We will give her a call and hopefully will get to wish her a happy birthday ON her birthday. We talked to her on Monday, and told her that it was Pop's birthday that day. She gave an excited little gasp. I THINK she understood what I said. I did say it in my best Latvian! One of the other families is traveling for their first court date and will be their for their future daughter's 9th birthday. Wish we could be there for Gertrude's but hopefully she knows we are with her in spirit and that we really want to spend her birthday with her. Well, next year we will have that privilige and the next and the next...!
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