What's Next??

It's been over a week since Lily entered our lives and its been amazing. We still can't stop staring at her picture and just wondering what this little baby is like and think how blessed we are! We had her file reviewed by an International Adoption pediatrician and she confirmed what we thought, she looks like a very healthy baby! We signed our acceptance letter, filled out more paperwork and returned it all to our agency. Now we WAIT! Yes, I should be good at this by now but I want my baby home!! Our agency sends our acceptance letters back to China (first all 9 families from our travel group have to send theirs back to the agency) and then we wait for China to send us our TA (travel approval). Once our agency receives our TA's they make us our CA (consulate appointment). The CA happens at the end of the trip in Guangzhou and that is where the babies get their Visas to come home to the US. When we have our CA then the trip starts 2 weeks before that date and we know when we will travel and can start making travel arrangements. My best guess of when we will travel is sometime in October.

In the meantime I am having a fun end of the summer with the boys. They are excited about their baby sister and love making her pictures and showing off her photo. We sent a care package on Monday and hopefully it arrives safely in China. Once school starts I have to get serious about packing and other baby preparations. I have to say that for the first time in a long time I feel like myself again and that is a great feeling. I feel the JOY again!!