Wow!!

Wow is about all I can say when I think back over the last few weeks. In my last blog I mentioned that we received our pre-approval in just 2 weeks rather than the 4 that can be expected! Well, now we received our complete approval in just 8 days!! They told us it would take 3-4 months so you can imagine my surprise Tuesday when I was walking around Disneyland and I received an email and missed call on my BlackBerry from Tina at Children's Hope Interanational saying we had received our approval and letter from China! I was a little freaked out because I wasn't expecting it and then Tina said she sent everything overnight to our house. She wanted us to return the documents the next day. Thankfully they didn't have to be so Tina told us to enjoy or vacation and take care of it all when we got home. So, that is what I've done this afternoon. I've been filling out documents, signing documents and making copies. Tomorrow I will send everything by FedEx to Tina and we will be waiting for the next step. I think we should receive a Visa for Kayman in 4-8 weeks and then we should know when we will get to travel to China. I'm excited and nervous as the process continues! I can't wait to see our Kayman Janessa and be able to post her pictures on Facebook and my blog! Since I can't, here are a few pictures from our Disneyland vacation!

I'm in LOVE!

I really wish I could post a picture for everyone to see, but I can't until the adoption is final! I'm so in love with our Kayman Janessa and I can't wait for everyone to see her round little face. She looks healthy to me, but she is very small for her age. She is beautiful and I just want to hold her.

So, here is the process now. We sent in our letter of intent to adopt our little girl on Father's Day. We then had to wait for pre-approval which they say normally takes 1-4 weeks. We received it in exactly 2 weeks! Now, we are waiting for China to go through our dossier more thoroughly. According to the agency this can take 3-4 months, but I read on another blog the normal wait is 59 days. So, yes, we are just waiting again. However, we've decided we better update our home study since it expires in the middle of August. We don't want anything to cause a delay so in just a couple of weeks we will be having another home visit. This always freaks me out, but we always get through it. I'm even more freaked out because our roof leaked and we are working on getting a room redone and the damage fixed. I hate the idea of having the home visit with the house torn up. Oh well, we will get through it like we always have.

Then, after the waiting for the reviewing of our dossier we should receive a packet with our travel info!!! Yay!! So excited. We're getting closer but it's still hard to believe. China is so far away but I want to hurry and get there and love on my princess. I get a little sad when I've worried or complained about it being too hot or I wish I had pizza instead of a sandwich and then I think about my little Kayman in an orphanage. I bet all she wants is a little love! I can't wait to give that love to her.