*Fun Mail

Guess what I found in our mailbox today.....Our immigration approval already! And, now it is noted on the bottom that a cable was sent to Guangzhou, China. It's official! We really only had to renew our previous approval, as well as do a change of status from Vietnam to China, so that is why it happened so quickly.

Since we sent in most of our paperwork to the agency on Monday, all we are waiting on now is Keith's Birth Certificate and our medical exams. Keith saw the doctor today, and will see mine on January 7th. Then we await blood test results, and signatures, and our part should be done by mid January. We're making progress!

*God is Good!

He is whether or not we got our immigration approval in the mail today, but we DID! So, it only took 4.5 weeks! Tomorrow we will send a copy to our agency, along with those last pictures and the letter , and our dossier will be complete and ready to go to the Vietnamese embassy in San Francisco where it will get translated. It is a joy to get to write another milestone in our adoption time line on the right.

Keith will be home from his retreat any minute now (I called him first thing, so he already knows), and I have blackberry cobbler in the oven for him. Koen and I had a good day. We went on a picnic and played in the river with my mom, grammi, and sister. Tonight he gave me a big hug (a new skill of his - he squeezes oh so tight, and it feels great!!!) and said "nigh-nigh" when I put him down. Such a sweet-heart. He'll be a great big brother.