Paperwork!

Well on this day of celebrating MeiLin's 1st birthday we are about to send out a rather fluffy packet to immigration. There was a mishap with our I-600A and it lapsed. Hearts were hardened at immigration and while our paperwork was there 1 day after the expiration date...they would not let us renew. We were not going to be discouraged. We jumped right into the I-800A. So now we have to do the application and fingerprints all over again. Thankfully we have had all of our items together from 3 years ago when we did the I-600A that it was fairly painless.

At this point we are praying for a QUICK approval of the I-800A so that we can turn around and apply for the I-800. Meanwhile we wait patiently for official approval from the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs). This is called the Letter Of Acceptance (LOA).

My prayer is that all of this paperwork gets approved quickly and that the time that we spend getting ready for MeiLin's arrival goes by quickly. We are so ready to hold our daughter.