Given the 12 hour time difference, it is currently our daughter's first birthday! To say that I am sad to have missed it isn't quite right: it is more like I am numb to it. I'm a little in shock about it because it was both eons ago and somehow only yesterday that she was 8 months old! I suppose all parents feel that way though.But eventually all the stars, planets, and piles of paperwork will align just right and we will fly to China and bring her to her new home, celebrate the missed birthday and Christmas (hopefully only 1, not 2 missed Christmases)!
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Given the lack of recent posts, I'll give a quick update of what has been happening the past month.
We got our LOA, signed it and returned it promptly. We applied for Abigail's visa and our travel visas. We finalized Abigail's middle name (Zijia). We received some type of immigration approval that I don't quite understand because it needs to go to about 4 or 5 different offices before we
can travel and I am not sure why. We also sent Abigail a birthday care package.
Crazy - I was just about to message you that I'd been thinking about Abigail as her birthday approached (I didn't take the time difference into account!)! I know you guys can't wait to have her in your arms. I'm sure the days are dragging - though it seems like you have plenty of paperwork keeping you busy! Anyway, Happy Birthday to Abigail!
ReplyDeleteJust "checking in" with you. I know time must really be dragging for you right now, but find comfort that all good things are worth waiting for.
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