Passports!

Neil, Cole, and Haley with their passports! We are ready to go!

DTC!!!!!

We received the copy of our dossier today! One step closer!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see you sweet girl...what a long wait...someday soon you will be home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Missing you ...mommy loves you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet girl!!!!

DTC!!!!!!!

FINALLY!!!!!! Today we are DTC(dossier to China)!!!!! I've hoped for this day for so long...now the wait really begins...one day closer to my sweet girl!!!!!!!

GREAT NEWS!

Grace has ALL of our dossier paperwork! Everything is ready to go to China!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank God! We are a BIG step closer to our sweet girl! Haley thought we were getting sissy today! I wish...

Good news!

Grace received our Dossier today! The I171H and home study should be here soon! I'm so glad that Grace has the dossier! What a great way to start the week! I feel like I can breathe again. Hopefully the dossier will go to China this Friday! We love you baby girl!

We went to the circus yesterday! What fun! Thank you Daddy!

Embassy!

We received word yesterday that ALL of our Dossier is at the Chinese Embassy in D.C. ! This is wonderful news as it brings us closer to Sydney. Still trying to accept that there was a reason for the HUGE delay in processing. Hopefully we will have DTC(Dossier to China) next week.

Still waiting.........

We have been told by our agency that the bulk of our Dossier is at the chinese Embassy! Now we are waiting for the I171H and homestudy to make their way there! What a frustrating few weeks it's been. We should have had our Dossier to China already....... Sydney, we are trying. We LOVE you SO much...................

WAITING........

After a record approval time from USCIS now we wait. Our Dossier is STUCK at the US State Dept. Praying for patience and a FAST turn around. Our Dossier should have been in China already. Very dissappointing.....................

A family affair!

We are taking the kids to China! Praise God! What an awesome experience this will be! This week the kids will apply for their passports. Neil is so excited to have a passport! Let the packing begin!

China! Here we come!!!!!!!!!

We received our USCIS approval today! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!! All of our other Dossier documents are in D.C. We hope to have our Dossier to China in the next few weeks! Can't wait to get our new baby girl!!

USCIS!

Our homestudy was scheduled for delivery yesterday July, 17th. Hopefully we will get a SPEEDY approval! You know the old saying "hurry and wait".

Homestudy!

The homestudy is READY! It will go to USCIS tomorrow!!!!! The countdown to the I171H begins!

Waiting.....

Waiting for Sydney. No news today. Still waiting for our homestudy to go to USCIS....................

News........

Chad received his passport on Saturday!!!!!!!! Mine is in the mail!!!!!! Still waiting for our homestudy to reach USCIS..............HOPEFULLY this week.

And the wait begins.......

Today was a GREAT day! We submitted our remaining documents to AHH for certification and authentication! It was hard for me to let go of my ORIGINALS! We are awaiting USCIS approval and our passports! Passports should be here next week!

Passports!

Well, we applied for our passports today! Finally! Tomorrow, I'll be doing our photo page and we are set with the paperwork!!!! Here are some more pictures of Sydney.

USCIS!

Today we submitted all of our paperwork to our social worker! Things will be on their way to immigration soon!!!!!!!

Hi!

Welcome to Sydney's page! We're anxiously awaiting our little girl from China! She's so BEAUTIFUL!!!!!