We are beyond happy to share with you that...
China said YES!!! We have our LOA (Letter of Acceptance)!!!!
I thought this day would never come (or at least that's how it's felt!).
So...
Without further ado....
(The photo on the left is the most recent we have which is a stillshot from a video we received in July. The pictures on the right were some of the first ones we saw of him - taken in early May!!)
We yearn to have him in our arms safe and sound, and forever..
But the good news is our process will be moving full-steam ahead at this point!
So now what are we waiting for (to travel)???
The same day we received China's approval in hand, we applied again and overnighted our application and all the supporting documents to USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration) to adopt him *specifically.* You may remember earlier on that we applied to the USCIS to adopt in general -- now we must have approval from them (US side of things) to specifically adopt this sweet lil guy. :-)
*This approval (I-800 with USCIS) should come in about a week. Once we receive our I-800, there are a handful of other steps before we receive our travel approval from China. If all steps run as smoothly and timely as possible, we could travel in November - but we are most likely looking at December it seems. Please pray for a speedy process at this point! We're hoping and praying hard for early November travel (next would be early Dec). Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Stay tuned!!
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