This Monster family officially began its journey into the realm of international adoption two days ago. Our clan consists of The 1-eyed Purple People Eater (a.k.a. 1i), Princess Fiona (me), and our daughter Boo. Our hope is to add a boy monster under the age of 4 to our clan, who we will call Ogre. (We will not use our real names on this site as many countries frown upon publically posting too much information.)
We started down this road the first time 5 years ago but put it on hold as it was just not the right time. After lots of research, we have decided to look for Ogre in Russia. The need in Russia is immense. Our choice to do an international adoption is personal, and we have nothing but love and respect for domestic adoption. We know the need for domestic adoptions is great too. This choice of international adoption is just what fit into this Monster family.
We will try to post here as often as possible as we move through the ups and downs of this journey. We hope you will join us in this journey to bring Ogre home.
Our first step was to apply to an agency, which we did 2 days ago. We were accepted to proceed to the next step, which involved a rush order to get 3 reference letters (thank you so much to our dear friends who met this tall order on short notice). We are now gathering multiple documents and performing a self-assessment. Once we turn that in (we are waiting on one last piece of information) we will begin our home study. So, as you can see, we are very early in the process. Keep watch for more to come!!
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