Tears of Joy

I am crying tears of joy.  And shaking like a leaf.  I just found out that we received our immigration approval yesterday on day 67.  The very nice lady on the phone said that a favorable determination was placed in the mail yesterday so I hope, hope, hope to have it in my hands tomorrow.  If I get it in my hands tomorrow, I will be driving to Tallahassee first thing Friday morning so that I am there when they open the Secretary of State doors at 9:00.  It then goes to a courier in Washington DC who will walk it to the Department of State and the Chinese Embassy.  With rush service and overnight mailing we might actually have our dossier ready to go to our agency before Christmas.  What a gift that will be.

Still....waiting....

The baby blues are setting in.  Our application has been sitting at the USCIS for 66 days today.  I decided to take a chance and gave them a call.  Nothing yet.  She did tell me that they were doing a big push on I800A applications for the next two weeks trying to get things moving and they are starting October applications today.  Well, our receipt date is October 7^th  so we ARE getting closer .  She did say to call back on Friday….we will be at 70 days.  I know it will all happen eventually….I was just hoping….that we would have our dossier to China by the end of this year….

 

I guess I need to get used to waiting.  There will be a lot of it over the next several months.

She is worth the wait

I received an email from Bethel this morning with four new pictures of Elise. She is just so beautiful. It was such a great way to start the day. It is that face that makes this wait bearable because no matter how long it takes in the end she will be our daughter...forever. I love that they sent us pictures of her doing her normal tasks as we get to really see into her personality. My mom noticed that she might be a lefty, the same as her daddy. It is a little odd though because her dominant eye is her right eye and it usually follows hand dominance, though I guess not always. Funny we didn't notice that...but I did notice her dimples. I am so in love with this little angel.