We Are Almost There!

Yesterday we got our Article 5! This is the last US approval that we need under the new Hague process for international adoptions. Our agency's liaison picked up the signed Article 5 from the US Consulate in Guangzhou and immediately sent it on its merry way to the CCAA. They will have it in their hands on Monday morning. Hopfully we will receive our final Travel Approval (TA) in the next couple of weeks.

We are ready to go as soon as we have TA in hand! I have pretty much everything packed. Our passports with entrance visas are here. All I have left to do is stock up the cupboard and fridge with food for Brian and the girls at home and make our final travel arrangements. Abby has her little backpack filled with her art supplies, travel journal, and books. After waiting for what seems like forever, it is so exciting to know that we will be in China very soon.