Introducing David!

Thought I'd back up a bit and introduce our baby boy, David, who is waiting for us in Medellin, Colombia.  David Santiago Bharucha was born June 8, 2011 so will be 9 months when we meet him next week.  David is at Casa de Maria y el Nino orphanage.  Here's a few pictures of David.  Not sure how old he was in the pictures...

So, next Tuesday we fly to Medellin with a layover in Miami.  We have an apartment in Medellin that looks great on the website.  The apartment has a rooftop pool which Gustavo is so excited about.  On Wednesday, we will go to the orphanage to meet with the director and David's caregivers and then David will be given to us.  After ~1 week, we will return to the orphanage to meet with the Defender of Minors (social worker) to discuss how things have been going as a family.  After this meeting, the court process will start.  This is the variable part of the process as we have no control over how long this process will take.  If everything goes smoothly, we could be approved in less than 2 weeks.  After our approval (Sentencia), we will fly to Bogota to get David's passport and Visa.  We'll be in Bogota 5-7 days and then will fly home.  Sohrab will be in Colombia for 3 weeks and then Sanaya (Sohrab's sister) will join us to hopefully help us fly between cites and fly home.  

I think that catches everyone up on the steps we'll be going through in Colombia.  If I get ambitious later on, I'll update the blog with the steps and milestones we have hit up until now.  For now, I better get packing.  I hate packing and am having a difficult time determining how much of everything to bring for everyone.  

-Jennifer