Article 5 Drop Off

It is 7:17 p.m. in China. Alyssa's visa packet and other information needed for the Article 5 should have been dropped off. Now we wait. It takes exactly two weeks to process.

Cabled

So excited! Our paperwork has been cabled to China!!! We are getting so close. In about a month we should know when we going to China.

Thursday is quickly becoming my favorite day of the week. Good things happen on Thursdays. We received our LOA on Thursday, our I800 was approved on a Thursday, and we were cabled on Thursday!

Grace- April 2008

I was looking through our old blog and found this video. Isn't Grace adorable? Where oh where did the time go? She had been home about 8 months. She had her first palate surgery 2 months home but she still couldn't say many words. A little over 2 years home she had p-flap surgery and her vocabulary took off. These signs were so helpful those first couple of years. Even though Alyssa doesn't have cleft lip/palate we still plan to teach her basic signs.

In The System

Very excited to say were are in the National Visa Center's system. That means we may be cabled tomorrow. This week is progressing just like I had hoped.

Alyssa's Room

We are converting what was originally our living room then our office into Alyssa's bedroom. The walls were already rose so we plan to leave it that color. Dallas and I have no desire to paint especially since it has 12 foot ceilings. We found the perfect crib set that matches the walls. Our problem is we don't know what colors to accessorize with. Can we use pink even though the walls are rose? Should there be a different accent color? When it comes to decorating Dallas and I are clueless.

Great Weekend

How could our weekend be anything but great after learning our I800 was approved on Thursday?

Friday night and Saturday morning our church was holding a marriage conference with Pastor Jimmy Evans(author of Marriage Today). We laughed and we cried. So glad we decided to attend. The littles had a great time in the kids program and the bigs had fun helping with the children.

We didn't do much today since we went to the Saturday night service. We did go to our favorite lunch spot, Costco. Where else can you feed a family of 7 for under $20.00 and that includes dessert? We,also, found a couple of adorable outfits for Alyssa. Hope I am guessing the right size.

Praying this is another week of big things. We need our I800 packet to get to NVC(National Visa Center), be cabled to China, and receive the pdf that it has been cabled.

I800 Approval

Today, we received one of the best emails we have ever received. It stated that we had been granted provisional approval for our I800. I know that doesn't mean much to those not in the adoption world so just trust me it is very exciting news.

Our I800 application and approval along with our I800a application, approval and Fu Hao Ling's file will be sent 2 day airmail to the National Visa Center. NVC will look over it, make sure all is in order and cable it to China. Once we get the email that it has been cabled we can move on to the next step.

We are getting so close...

Photo has nothing to do with my post. It is a cute picture Grace took of herself. The heart is her thumbs.