Today marks....

A full week of LOA waiting.  Yep, one lone week.  We may have 7-15 more of these crazy weeks to go!  That is of course if we follow the average wait times.  This is definitely the step that fluctuates the most and because of that is terribly grueling.  If I had a more reasonable time frame to stalk my email I'd be a little more sane.  Hopefully I won't be too crazy for the next couple of weeks... but if you work with me I apologize after that point.  ;) 

Here's a picture you have seen to hopefully brighten your day as much as it brightens mine...

Okay, fine...one more....

And pre-approval is here!

We already got word that we've received pre-approval. Now our LOA wait officially begins! I asked our agency about hotel accommodations in Shandong and Guangzhou to give me something else to think about. It's definitely more fun to investigate that then stare at my computer screen hitting refresh for the next 2-4 months. Hopefully this will stave off those pesky fabricated emails I tend to send when I'm hoping for an update on our status...well, at least for a couple of weeks. ;)

Did you know that Lucy's home city of Weifang is the kite capital of the world. Every year the hold a big kite festival there. Also, the capital of Shandong, Jinan (where we'll spend a week) is the springs capital of China. Cool, huh?

Maybe I'll have more random info for you during this LOA wait!

Pre-approval in process

Today our pre approval documents were submitted. Our agency says they normally hear back very quickly and that we may have pre-approval by the end of the week. That would be exciting! However, then we wait for for our letter of acceptance (LOA)which was the most painful wait last time. Our agency says the average wait for LOA is 2-4 months but it can more or less. So unpredictable! Last time is was just under two months. We shall see...

Introducing Lucy!

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON!

After being asked to view a file that turned out to be a file we likely would not be able to move forward with, for several reasons, it all worked out!  We are so happy to announce that we will soon have a new daughter, LUCY!

Today we showed Sophie some of her pictures and video.  I'm thinking the idea of a sister is going to take some getting used to. 

I feel so terrible because Sophie's blog already had a ton of posts by the time we reached this milestone.  With that being said, I'm going to work on Lucy's blog being super cute and try to post more often over the coming months.

I hope that I can tell everyone a little more about Lucy, and her province, Shandong.

Until then though, enjoy her cute little face!