Just a quick update!!

So just a quick update!!  I got a message via the portal from our social worker yesterday letting me know that the agency has approved our home study and now it is sent off for the international team to approve.  Once approved by the international team (she said probably about a week), then we will be on to getting our Dossier (packet) together and then we send that to China.  Now the Dossier is simple forms for the most part, much easier then the home study, just busy work because things have to be state sealed (in springfield) and also notarized.  Also you have to get new birth certificates and things because they have to be marked within 6 months.  So all of that will have to be done over.  No worries I can handle busy work!!!  So this is great news and if all goes well then in a couple weeks I will be on a mission to get my Dossier together!!!!  Once we send it to China, we will get confirmation on the day that they receive it which is known as your LID or Log in Date.  Once you have one of these then you are eligible to receive a referral!!  Getting a referral is a lot like trying to get pregnant, they do referrals once a month and if you don't get one then you wait for the next month to try again!!!  So basically it will just be a waiting game.  I will get into more detail about all of that when that time comes but right now just know that things are happening although it doesn't really seem like it!!!  Knowing that we might be a couple weeks away from starting the dossier just seems crazy to me!!!  I checked my records and we got our formal application approved on March 26 and here it is August 9 and we are only a couple weeks away from preparing for our final step before we are just waiting!!!!  God is so good. 

Thanks for following this journey and we are excited about the stuff that is yet to come...and btw...please buy a tshirt!!!!!  It is for a great cause and we would greatly appreciate it!!!!  I have Small, Med, Large, and XL in stock in my car and any other size I will be more than happy to order!!!!!!  Please get a hold of me if you are interested...they are $20