Good News!!

We received a letter from China to accept our little darling!! We received the letter on Thursday afternoon, signed it and rushed it to FedEx back to our agency. We hope it arrives back in China Monday or Tuesday.

Once China gets the letter, then they will notify Xiali's orphanage, who will then fill out paperwork, including a medical update and will send this back to the processing agency, and at that point we should receive our TA.

This process is new and started on January 1st. We could be bummed, because it will extend our wait, but we are just so thrilled that things are happening, and we will really be with her soon. We estimate in about a month to a month and a half.

One thing we are concerned with, is Chinese New Year. We don't know how that affects our travel plans yet, but from we understand, it's a very important holiday in China. It's somewhat like our Christmas, and businesses are closed, and people return to their families for the celebration. We think it would be great to experience the holiday there, but we don't know yet. Chinese New Year is on February 18th this year, and the celebration lasts a week or so. This year is the year of the Pig.

We will keep you posted. Hopefully our TA will come soon, because we are one of the first families to be subject to the new step.