DTC!!!!!!

It never fails.  As soon as I write something, after waiting days, then I get the answer.  :-)

This is an email we received last night....

Dear Debbie  & Bill -  Congratulations!  Your dossier is being sent to China Friday 1/ 27/2012   It was a pleasure working with you during the dossier phase of your adoption journey.   You  will continue working with  Cori  in the Waiting Child Department.  She will be in touch with you once we are notified of your Log In Date and will work with you now up until the travel phase regarding any questions/status about the waiting child paperwork process.  

I have truly enjoyed working with you. Yuo have an amazing family and am I so honored to have been a part of your journey to Chunwei & Fufang.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!  

CONGRATULATIONS!

WOO HOO!  It's done! This part of the paper work is D-O-N-E!  It feels so good.  3 1/2 months. That's it. That's all it took to get it done.  That's all it should take. Well actually it should take even less time (we waited 59 days for the last approval and that should have taken a few days max).  But anyway, it's done, it's going to China tomorrow.  So now we sit, and WAIT again.

We are now waiting for our LID (Log in Date).  Hopefully it will be quick.  Then we wait again.  We wait for the LOA (Letter of Acceptance/Approval).  This is China giving us the 100% OK to adopt Hope & Maggie.  Right now we have a PA (Pre-Approval).  Now they will go through our WHOLE dossier to make sure we are a good match.  This phase is taking about 2 1/2 months or so. My friend, who is adopting one of Hope & Maggie's orphanage sisters, just received her LOA after 72 days of waiting.  So, we're hopeful we'll get LOA in April.  

Then we wait for TA (Travel Approval).  I think that comes about 6-8 weeks after LOA.  BUT....I have not been following the trends on that so I'm not sure.  I will be keeping my eyes out watching other's status updates on that phase.  

If we get LOA in April, and TA 2 months later, we could be traveling in June. But we do think that we will be there in July at the latest.  We should be home before the 1st day of school.  That is my prayer.  I REALLY want to be here for Tiffs first day of her Senior year.  

We are very excited. The countdown is on. We are slowly getting the house ready for 2 more beauties.  

Please keep praying.  And keep checking back here.  There won't be much to update with the process.  BUT we are expecting new pictures of the girls soon. And I will post them here.

Thanks!