We're Next!
There has been a major surprise in the adoption referral process from China.  They referred 14 days (April 27 - May 10, 2006) of LIDs this month.  Our LID (log in date) is May 11, 2006.  The translation of this is that when referrals are processed next month, we will receive ours for sure.  Sometime around the 2nd-3rd week in August we will receive a package from our adoption agency in California with a picture of our daughter.  It is so exciting to realize this will be hapening very soon. 

Final USCIS Approval!
We received our final approval from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to adopt a daughter from China in the mail on July 12.  It is called the I-797.  This is the final hoop we should have to jump through to be approved to adopt (again).  As you may know, the wait has caused our paperwork to expire and we had to begin all over again.   There were a couple of gliches (additional information needed and an update to our home study) while we were waiting for this final approval, but it only took 45 days instead of the two months we thought it would take.  Wow...after four years of waiting, this wait was a piece of cake.  We would not have made it through this process without all the prayers and encouragement from those of you who are still waiting and hoping with us.  Thank you.  And a very special thank you to those of you dear friends who had to write and re-write letters of recommendation for us as potential parents.