Fingerprinted and waiting...

Here is a picture of Abbey and Alex at the zoo recently with their sweet friend Sarah. They are all growing up so fast!

We are still working our way through paperwork. We had hoped to already have our paperwork in China by now, but little details here and there have slowed us down. We had our fingerprints done yesterday for our 171h approval to adopt. Additionally, we are still waiting on one letter to come for our final homestudy update before we can receive our 171h. After that, our papers finally go to China. We had heard varying reports of time to travel after our paperwork is logged in. Some have received travel approval as fast as 72 days, while others have waited over 100 days.

We received an update about Aimee's size a couple of weeks ago. She is the same height as Abbey, and weighs 27 lbs, so she is a little smaller than Abbey (31 lbs). So far, Abbey is very excited to be getting a sister. Alex doesn't seem to care either way right now -- but we know he will love her (another sister to tease and adore). Abbey asks nearly every day if it is Fall yet - as we have said we will go bring sister home in the Fall. It is very sweet.

More posts to come soon....