Chicago

Well, we did indeed get our documents from Chicago only to turn around and send them to our agency in Washington!! I didn't think when I had them done to just have it sent right to Washington and skip me....oh well, keeping the post office in business I guess.

Waiting on fingerprint appt...please come this week...PLEASE!!!

smiles

we have made one teeny tiny step...we got our receipt from homeland security telling us they will be issuing our fingerprint appt. It's not a huge step but we were told we'd get this receipt like 2 or 3 weeks and it came in just 1 so that makes me happy! Praying they will be as quick with our appointment time and processing them!

I hate waiting

why does adoption have to be so hard! First your running around like mad to get your paperwork in then you wait. Then things start rolling again so your rushing again only to have to wait some more. And you know...you'll be rushing and waiting and rushing and waiting again!!!

So....I'm in the waiting stage right now. I'm waiting for our I800a to come so they allow us to get fingerprinted and waiting on my packet from Chicago to arrive so I can send it to our agency in Washington. I keep checking my computer even though it's not going to give me any info. I just need to wait for the info to come in the mail but since the mail already came today....I check my computer! dumb I know...but it's what I do.

Good news is we're going to Vegas in a couple weeks so that will be a nice little distraction and hoping we can get fingerprinted before we leave. But if not, it's something to look forward to when we come home.

the Excitement builds!

We just got a call from WACAP and we are sooooo getting closer!!! I still have many steps to take still but the end is in sight. We were told hopefully in about 5.5 to 7.5 months until we hear when we travel. So....anytime after March we will be on pins and needles waiting and waiting for "the call". Once we get the travel approval we will probably travel about 2 weeks later.

Oh and we will go to Zhenzhou for a week and then to Guanzhou for it to be finalized. I'm so pumped right now! I know it's still a long way off but it's so exciting to just get a glimpse of the end and know...it's coming!

UGH!

I got all my paperwork back on Saturday that I sent to Chicago! Dummy me didn't get the cover sheets with the Seal of Minnesota on our birth certificates or our marriage one because I thought they didn't need it! Sooooo....they NOW have them and tomorrow I will go back to the post office and get them sent....correctly!

It just set me back a week....but in the grand scheme of things it shouldn't matter too much.

I just want to get this to China so I can get there sooner to get our little guy!!! The wait is killing me

Chicago or bust!

and I'm really hoping for Chicago!! I sent about 10 differant documents that are needed for our dossier to Chicago to the CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of CHINA. Sounds fancy huh? well it should be fancy since they charge $20 per document to authenticate them! Once I get them back I'm hoping it will be time to get fingerprinted and then....it's off to China for our dossier!! I just love these little steps as they are that many steps closer to JD.

Now, I'm really praying that somehow we'll get extra money and our whole family will be able to got to China to get him. How I would love for the boys to see China and Zoe to see her homeland. It's such a long shot but God willing...it will happen. If not, I'm okay with that too.

Happy dance is starting.....

I'm feeling the happy dance today! Our homestudy is pretty much done and APPROVED!! Our SW just has some minor tweaking with some spelling and it's done done done! We are going to be sending our paperwork next to Chicago to the Conselate General of the People's Republic of China!! Doesn't that just sound so official? Well it should since it's going to cost over $200 for them to authenticate our documents! I keep thinking...all worth it...it's all worth it! The great news is though is once we get this back I do believe we will be sending our dossier to China so it's that close!

I'm not quite sure of our timeframe though but keep praying we go between June/July and not any later than that!! Earlier is fine...but NOT later.

I'm not sure when I'm allowed to post his photo but itching to do that as well.