We have our LOA from China

Well folks the last of the major steps on the part of China is done. We got our LOA )Letter of Acceptance)today at Day 57 from our log in date. So once we get the official paperwork from our agency who fed exed it today we will fill out and send back. Next step is just get the I800 immigration approval from US government and get our travel dates. Based on timeframes at the moment looks like Late Jan. to mid Feb travel. That means we will be in China at Chinese New Year. Busy crazy time but will be way cool.

Day46

Just wanted to post , day 46 since we had our log in date for adopting YunWen. Some folks have received their LOA's around 45 days,, maybe we will here something soon. I hope we can get it soon and everything else moves quickly. We would love to have her home by Feb at the latest. Waiting stinks , it is tough and frustrating but part of the process. Just been bummed and wanting the good news to come through.

Emma Yun Wen

Yes , decided to at least leak out this much information. Our daughter we waiting for from China is named Yun Wen. We have decided once we get back and go through the re-adoption process and all of that her name will be Emma YunWen. We will give her the choice as to what she wants to go by. Figured that at 12 she has been called YunWen her entire life and that is an important part of who she is so it should remain her name. However we also wanted to give her a name of our choosing and Emma was what we decided on after much much discussion. At one point we threw Josie out there just for the heck of it. Sadie latched on to that one so quick it wasn't even funny. Took forever to convince her that big sisters name was Emma YunWen. Well Pictures will come once we have the LOA, I promise.

Day 40

Well today makes day 40 that our dossier has been logged in in China. Not really much to report as far as that goes. Good news is a few folks from our agency have gotten their LOA's in 40-50 days so maybe fingers crossed, we will be getting that announcement soon. From there we have to process our I800 and wait to hear back for travel approval. That process seems to run anywhere from 5-12 weeks. That being said looks like we may go sometime late Jan. to late Feb. Who knows. The waiting is tough and no fun at all. But it is something you have to go through as part of the process. I will post more once we get that LOA folks.