Still Waiting...

...Ever so patiently. Ha ha! Well, we have made some progress and have had a small set back. Just need a little more medical information for our dossier. However, The Assistant Stork emailed me and informed me that our I-171H has been authenticated by the US Department of State (Condoleezza Rice's office) and the Chinese Embassy. They are scheduled to pick it up and FEDEX it back to us tomorrow. We should receive it on Wednesday. Hurrah!! Then, we will take it and six photos of our family and a few other miscellaneous items I was missing (ugh), to a local woman who will translate our dossier to Mandarin. THEN...we will FINALLY have our paperwork sent off to China. Phew. I am really looking forward to having everything done and just sitting back to wait for the news that we are going to China! Paperwork can be so nerve wracking, but the end result is what is most important - our beautiful daughter Abbie!

Our good friends Scott and Marry are right there with us in the thick of the paperchase, for their handsome little boy from Gansu Province. (A date for Lucy or Abbie someday?) We hope that our paperwork will run the same course and that we will be able to meet up in Guangzhou at the US Consulate for the second time together! We love you Scott, Marry, Kaia and Beckett!