China said YES!

Over this past week David and I were blessed to get away for a few days to various places.

{Thank you to all of our parents for being amazing in different ways!}

We try to go away each year for our anniversary and each and every time

(no matter what month the trip actually lands)

something big happens-or-we get some big news-or-a big decision needs to be made. 

Well...this trip did not disappoint.

We found out on Thursday that we got our

LOA!!!

It took exactly 30 days for this to come. "What does this mean?"...you might be wondering...it means that China has agreed for our family to adopt precious Yan Jie. China said Yes! Now more paperwork {of course} awaits us but we are one more big step forward with this news. As soon as the hard copy gets to our agency (that could take 1-3 weeks)  we are 10-14 weeks to travel. Whoo hoo!

Then...when we arrived home and checked the mail look what we found! I never would have guessed that I would be holding my three kid's passports for them at such young ages. Cool!