New Pictures!

Just got new pictures of our son through giftstochinawith love. My 13 yr old son laughed because they have both had short hair at the same time and now they both have longer hair. Maybe they really are twins separated at birth! Hopefully I can get the picture on here big enough to see, for whatever reason I can never print them:(

Maybe Monday will bring news of our Article 5:)

Isn't he just adorable!!?

NVC Letter finally!

Finally - boy I seem to start my posts saying that alot. You would think since this is our third adoption I would be use to the wait times....but no...they get worse:)

Anyhoo..I emailed the snot out of the NVC until they sent me the NVC letter via email. From the looks of it they probably didn't even send it out in the mail until today so my watching the mail would have been for nothing up until this point.

Our agency said they would make sure it was taken to the Embassy in Guangzhou tomorrow or Friday. I would love to think they will whip out our Article 5 before Chinese New Year, but I can't hold on to that since they say it's usually 2-2.5 weeks. But I can hope:)

We sent a package to our son for CNY so we hope to hear back..we have been blessed to get a letter and pictures through www.giftstochinawithlove.com everytime so far. So we hope we do again this time. This will be the last time we send anything since we hope to be traveling in March.

The sun is shining and it's my daughters bday today too! What a great day!

NVC letter

I know, what a let down, you thought I was going to say we have our NVC letter, but no. I did however find out that they are sending it out today so hopefully I will get it in the mail early next week. I am hoping to beat the CNY and maybe have the Embassy have mercy and give us Article 5 in less than two weeks. Not likely, but one can hope:) Have a great week!

We sent off a CNY gift and letter to our son so hopefully we will get pictures back this next week that I can share! Not much longer!!

I800 PA!

We received our I800 provisional approval today! It was delayed due to the holidays but at least it is here. We are still waiting for it to arrive at the NVC so we can get it cabled to China. Hopefully it will happen this week. Tick, tick goes the clock! I would love to get our Article five before the end of January in hopes that they can squeeze out our TA before CNY...not likely but one can hope:)

Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

So far we have had a great Christmas. It started last night with Christmas singing at church and then moved to our friends house for cookies and other great foods, there had to be at least 50 people there. We got home about 10 and got the kids in bed before putting out the gifts.

We told the big kids they couldn't get up before the little ones were up. The little ones were up without the big kids hearing them so we had to go wake them up! Fun was had by all and they are now enjoying their gifts and each other.

We are off to my sons in laws house for a PJ Christmas dinner! The best time always! And then home to rest before the week begins again.

I was reading the blog of some new favorite people who are on a plane as we speak to meet their son in China tomorrow. I am so excited for them, I can't help but think of Ty that he is still waiting. Hopefully this next week or two we will hear about PA news so we can move onto Article 5:)

LOA made it!

Our LOA made it to the agency and they will be sending our I800 out to immigrations. If I read things correctly it should take them a couple weeks to send us another approval, then Article 5 then TA then travel. This new system is different for us so I am not totally sure. Nontheless the agency said we would travel within 11-15 weeks! That is great news since we want to be home long before May. We also got pictures of our son and his friends received their Christmas tree and gifts from us. Our son wrote us a nice letter saying how much he is looking forward to coming home forever. Its going to be so hard for him to leave his friends. Be ready because I will be advocating for them to be adopted. I wish I could convince hubby to adopt at least on of his friends, but with 6 already at home ranging from 1-13 I don't think he will go for it. One can always pray right?
Anyway its a great present for us to hear about all this!
Tomorrow we take our kids to Great Wolfe Lodge, something we planned a long time ago to surprise them for Christmas. It's a fun indoor water park and hotel. Merry Christmas to you all!

Crazy woman!

Yes, that would be me. So my LOA/LOC package did not come this morning as promised so I called FEDEX to find out their Memphis hub had snow and everything was delayed. They told me I probably would not see my package until Monday which meant it wouldn't make it back to CCAI by Tuesday, further meaning it wouldn't make it to China before Christmas...delaying us yet again.
BUT there is hope. I called back an hour later because I didn't like their answer and they said it was now on the truck from Olympia to my house and should be here by 4:30...still not good since I can't send it out before Monday, but better than later. Anyhoo...my hubby saw the truck a half hour ago down a main street by our house so I hopped in my car and began to chase it. Yes, I chased it. I tried to get him to stop at two stop signs and pay attention to me but he just thought I was crazy and kept watching me in his mirror! Can't he see a woman who needs her LOA!!!
So I chase him about 4 miles and decide if I want him to give it to me I better go home and wait. My husband thinks I am crazy too but I think its called be proactive. Lord knows if hubby took care of all this paperwork we wouldn't have even adopted our first child, let alone number two or three...Gotta love him though, he puts up with me. So..am I crazy? Ladies please let me know. Hubby thinks I am too proactive:)
So here I sit on the computer looking out the window for the FEDEX guy who will still take another hour or two to get here, since he went way out in the woods away from our house first. I still plan on driving down the Olympia to try to mail it even though they said it had to be there by 2. It is now 1:30. Ahhhh the plight of an adoptive Mom! Surely some of you can understand it!