Adoption NEWS!!!

Okay, so a great way to start off the new year is with LOA (lockbox 1/6, notice 1/8...of course, that means nothing to you unless you're one of my China adoption buddies right now!).  See THIS POST here.  Two days later we got the hard copy in the mail!

So this is LOA-Letter Of Acceptance- (or Letter Seeking Confirmation).  It  looks all official doesn't it?  Same exact paper with beautiful red stamp just like 5 years ago when we received Audrey An's LOA. I'm pretty sure adoptive parents are the only people who get pictures made with their FedEx man!!!!

A beautiful site to me.  A daddy choosing to bring a son into his family.  It's official...we're coming to get you, CHAN DAVID!!!!  I love you, David.  You are a great daddy to our two girls, and you're going to be an INCREDIBLE daddy to Chan.  I cannot wait to see how God is going to use you in his life.    YOU are "da" man!!!!

Arrival of Audrey An's LOA in late spring of 2009.  I had to chase David down  between flights to get his signature! Look how small Abigail is- WOW!

This morning I emailed the NBC (National Benefits Center) to check on the status of our i800 approval and my officer stated our file was on her desk next to be reviewed!  She stated that if everything looked good the approval would be put in the mail today! Also, our visas just arrived via FedEx!  (I refrained from a photo op this time!). So not to bore you with more acronyms and endless policy and procedures...  Bottom line=according to general guidelines and other people's timelines who are just ahead of us, I think mid-March we'll be on a plane to CHINA!!!!  WOOHOO!!!!

Who needs to pack a suitcase and all that "other" paperwork stuff anyway...let's just go!

OH!!! I almost forgot to share THIS exciting news!  At the time of our LOA, we were able to subimit some questions.  One of mine was asking if they could locate any pictures of Audrey An and Chan when they were younger.  The youngest I have currently was right before travel in 2009 when they were both about 4 1/2 yrs old, but look what I got!!!!

One rough and tough lookin' DUDE- awesome! I love this pic, and I adore that our entire family has ridden motorbikes in Asia!

Audrey An- I'm guessing she's 2 in this picture.  She was SO thrilled to see this!  She asks me all the time for a baby picture of her (which I obviously don't have), but this seems to suffice for the time being!