We received our I-800 approval yesterday!!!!

Hip, Hip Hoorah!! We received our I800 approval which means we can finish our dossier and send it to China for "offical" approval. This was great news and was the bright spot of the day, especially since I was not feeling great. We will now need to wait for our LOA (letter of approval) to our next step, a huge 10 page application and then another wait. We are still one step closer!! I am really not sure when we will travel but I think it will be in Spring sometime.

Merry Christmas

Today is christmas and to my surprise everyone slept til 0800, then chaos pursued paper flying everywhere. The kids were all happy with their gifts and their grandparents and Nikki came for the excitment. Mike my nephew was over for dinner. Our christmas's in Austin are always ALOT quieter then back home, I miss everyone there. I have been keeping up with a friends blog who is in China as I write this and I just read children in orphanages do not get to celebrate Christmas, my heartached for An Qi, I wish she could be here now but all we can do today is wait for the I-800 to come back, and gather the final piece to the dossier.... pictures. Where ever she is I hope she had a good day. Merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve

Today is Christmas eve and everyone is so excited. We are ready and only have one regret that An Qi is not here celebrating with us... but she is in spirit. The kids talk about her as if she is already here, I am creating this post for her as well as everyone interested in our journey. The anticipation, the waiting and then finally the journey to China!! Merry Christmas everyone, Happy Birthday Jesus!