A Quick Pic :)

Yesterday, we drove the two younger boys to school because Ryan was spending two days at Camp Mattawa for completion of the 6th grade (boy, there was lots of stuff to carry) AND it was Colin's birthday so he had a treat to bring. We stopped by each classroom and Colin's teacher happended to have her camera; she wanted to get a picture of him being the big brother:) She said that he is always talking about his little sister and he can't wait until his two new sisters come home! How sweet is that???

I-800A Approval!

Well, we received our I800A approval on May 2nd and our Officer was kind enough to use the FedEx envelope that I included with our documents. She contacted me for payment and we received the much anticpated I-797 document on May 4th. I was able to get home in time to turn it around the same day and send our Adoption Petition, Home Study and Copy of the I-797 (I800A approval) to Madison to be State Certified. I paid for expedited service and received the documents back on May 7th. I then was able to send immediately out to the courier service in Chicago to get everything Authenticated by the Chinese Consulate (again paying for expedited service). We should have everything back to us by May 13 and then it will be off to our agency to be DTC (dossier to China)!!!

Once China receives our updated documents they will issue us a new log in date (LID) and then also start processing our Letters of Acceptance (LOA) for the girls. We need these documents to send to US Immigration again with our I800 form. We hope that the upcoming steps are expedited on China's side, too! We can't afford to miss any time. Please keep your fingers crossed for everything to go smoothly!