We just got our Letter of Acceptance!!!

I was excited to send on some pics from the last week, and then my agency called and said we got our LOA-Letter of Acceptance from China!!! WOohooo! A step closer to getting Emma!! So excited! It was 34 days after we got our last approval which is pretty fast! I am very thankful!! In the funding department, we got enough and more to match our grant, and just received another grant this past week. We are about half way in support with what it will cost. So thankful for this as well. Praise God with me for working this out and providing for us.

So, what does this mean, you ask? Ha. It seems like now we have a few more steps. . .
1. They overnight us the LOA and instructions to fill out our paperwork for the US-(I-800)-this process takes about 3 weeks
2. Once we receive approval from the US govt we fill out an application for a DS 230 (no idea what this means:), that is sent to our agency and they send it to the US consulate in China and issue an Article 5 - this takes about 3 weeks
3. Once China gets this, they will give us our Travel Approval(TA)-3-4 weeks later
4. 3-4 weeks later we can travel to China and bring Emma home!!!

Looks like February sometime. Feb 3 is Chinese New Year, so maybe we could go after this?

Some pictures for you.
This is a picture of Emma's orphanage, the baby room. Clean, sterile. Makes you want to go get her huh?

This is one of Lawrence's zoos that he builds during rest time. . .

And a lego creation. . .
Judson wants to be like his big brotherThe day after a library run. . . Found them like this while I was doing the dishes. . .
I found Jud like this:) Some friends had borrowed it and given it back and he was enjoying sitting in it on the floor!!
Halloween House from Grandma Susan!
Trick or treaters