I 800 APPROVAL

I was going to call the USCIS this afternoon to check on the status of our application.  I wasn't even in a hurry to get home to check the mail. But, to my surprise it was there!  I really wasn't going to look for it until Wednesday!  This approval allows Madeline to become an official US resident as soon as her sweet little feet land on US soil!
Okay.... now it really feels like things are moving along!

LOA!!

I am so happy to finally say we received our LOA today!  After the issue we had with our paperwork I thought for sure we were going to wait into February!  So what does this mean?  It means Madeline should be home here with us by Easter!  However I say that with my fingers crossed!  We will now navigate the USCIS working on visas and other approvals!  But for now we will celebrate!

We Received an Update!

I love surprises!  Today we received an update on Madeline along with a few pictures!  She weighs 21 pounds, walks with the help of her foster mom.  Like Kristen, she will eat just about whatever is offered to her.  She is described as shy and quiet but likes to smile!  She sounds perfect!

New Pictures! Well....sort of

One day I was reading messages on Madeline's SWI Yahoo Group and came across a man who had pictures of Madeline from April and July of this year.  The two posted here are from July when she was 10 months old.  I'm still waiting for current pictures and an update.  But in the meantime, we will enjoy the pics we have!

What Do You Think??

Kristen

I finally figured out how to post Kristen's referral pictures.  I think both her and Madeline look a lot alike.  In fact when I first showed Walt the pictures of Madeline he had to take a second look because he thought it was Kristen.  Kristen was five months old in her pics and Madeline was seven months old.

Madeline

Log in Date!!

Another step in the process down!  We just got an email from our agency letting us know that our offical log in date in China was October 26!  Now we wait for our Letter of Acceptance from China.  I hope to recieve that around the New Year!

DTC (Date to China)

This post is a little late.  Our computer broke and we have been without it for far to long!  Anyway our dossier was sent to China back on October 17th!  That means now we are waiting for China to send their offical word that all our papers are in order.  Hopefully (fingers crossed) this will arrive around the New Year's!  I dont' know what our actual log in date is yet but our agency said that happens within two weeks of our dossier being mailed.