Post Adoption

Ethiopia requires a post adoption report at 3, 6 and 12 months and then annually until Aliyah turns 18. We are happy to send in these reports so that the Ethiopian government can follow what happens to the children who are adopted internationally. However, I have to be honest, that first three month report really snuck up on us! After all of the excitement of bringing Aliyah home and then the holidays we had to scramble to get our social worker visit scheduled in order to be able to turn our report in on time. We had the visit last week and it went great and now our report is on its way to our agency and then on to Ethiopia. Now that we have three months until the next report is due, I can tackle the question of readoption. We are not required to readopt in the US but there are certain benefits so I want to explore our options. Either way, it's become apparent that bringing Aliyah home was by no means the end of the paperwork required. One look at that beautiful smile though and it's clear, it's all worth it!