We're on day 77 of our wait for our letter of acceptance (LOA) to adopt Josiah. We know people who received their LOA on day 66 and day 80. It is so hard not to run to the answering machine everytime I walk in the house to see if our agency has left us a message. I'm constantly reminding myself that God's timing is perfect and EVERYTHING is under His control. I also know that when we do get the call, I will freak out because nothing is done...all Josiah's clothes, toys and books (I actually unpacked a few books) are still boxed up from when Sheehan used them. I get a little overwhelmed trying to figure out where I'm going to put all these clothes for two boys. They will have one dresser and one four foot wide closet between them. I guess I can begin boxing up Sheehan's winter clothes. But, then where do I put the boxes of Sheehan's winter clothes? LOL! I think our garage might explode at any minute sending clothes, bikes, crafts, books, old photos, camping equipment, canned food and everything else (which obviously doesn't include a vehicle) flying sky high. There's one small path that I've made that allows me to walk through...as long as I'm not carrying anything too wide. At least it's warmer now and we were able to move the gas grill to the patio. :-)
April 17, 2008
Day 77 since our log-in date with China
March 04, 2008
Log-in Date!
We just got word of our log-in date. It was February 1, 2008. This is the date that our paperwork was received by the China Center for Adoption Affairs. It is about a 4-5 month average wait from Feb. 1 until we get our travel approval. Then it will be 2-4 weeks from then until we travel. We're still hoping to go before the Olympics. :-)
January 29, 2008
New video of Josiah
I just saw this 1st video for the first time today even though it's been in my inbox for almost 2 weeks! Josiah is so cute! He's cracking me up already!
Our paperwork was FedEx'd to China yesterday. The long wait starts.
January 18, 2008
Good News!
We received our I-171H from immigration! Now it just needs to be authenticated and our dossier will be sent to China next week. Then it's a long wait for China to review our dossier and give us permission to come to China to pick up Josiah. We're guessing it will be about 3-5 months of waiting for our travel approval. Then 3-4 weeks after that we'll fly to China for 2 weeks.
