LOA in hand!

Yes, we got our LOA last week. We kept it in our possession for about 12 hours, then mailed it on to USCIS. We anticipate traveling sometime in April!!!!!

LOA on the WAY!

We FINALLY got the call we've been waiting for! Our Letter of Acceptance (LOA) is the way to Iowa. It should be in hand tomorrow! We had been told the wait time could be 30-90 days to receive LOA from China. We waited 96 days and got the much-waited call on the Chinese New Year. We still have several hoops to jump through, but we anticipate traveling sometime in April 2012 to bring Mason home.

We had the opportunity to celebrate the Chinese New Year with lots of other families who have adopted children from China. It was so neat to look around the room and see how God used adoption to build so many beautiful families. Zach proudly wore his Chinese silk shirt, after I reassured him that it did not have buttons on it (remember, he wears nothing with buttons). We called them "fasteners"!

 

When asked what his favorite part of the New Year celebration was, he said "wrestling with Michael" (Michael is the big brother of Ethan, who was adopted from China about a year after Zachary). 

Here's Zach and new friend, Ruby. Ruby just came home to her forever family in December. Isn't she a doll???

I showed Zach the calendar so he could try to grasp that we still have many days until Mason comes home. He said "but I can't wait that long"!!!! He has many things he wants to teach Mason;) Mom & Dad can't wait til we get to squeeze that little guy and love on him in person!