5-30 China Update

Hello, everyone.  I realize you all may be wondering what's going on with the adoption.  I've neglected to keep you updated during this part of the process, and I apologize for that.  We have just received our approval from the USCIS (U.S. Customs and Immigration Service) to bring sister home to the U.S.  This approval gets sent to the Consulate in China who will then issue us an appointment interview date.  Once that date is released, we can then proceed with making our travel arrangements.  Our agency is guesstimating that we will travel in mid-July.  As you can imagine, we are hoping to travel as early as possible.  While there is so much to do here on our end in preparation for the trip and bringing sister home, there's only so much loving you can give to a photo!  Her photo is permanently affixed on our dining room table and we talk to her photo as if she were actually sitting there.  I guess you could all say we're a little bit excited!  Keep your fingers crossed that the paperwork is handled efficiently and we'll get to meet her sooner rather than later!