Signing Off

Yesterday, we roused ourselves earlier than God (or at least God when He's on vacation!) (I'm kidding! KIDDING! I know God still gets up early on His vacations at the Heavenly shores!) and drove down to our adoption agency for the signing of our Letter Of Acceptance. Written both in Chinese and in English, the official document was beautiful! It reminded me of the day The Boss and I signed our marriage license. I even had the butterflies in my still- sleepy tummy fluttering around on the whole drive down. We made it a family affair, as this document represents a huge step forward in realizing this dream that we have all been nurturing and pursuing these many years.

The document only requires that The Boss and I sign and check that we accept the referral of this precious child. But we requested that Miss Ashley make a copy of it, unsigned, so that all 6 of us can unofficially sign it and put it in Aidan's baby book. I heard of another family doing something similar to this. I liked the symbolism of all of us putting our names to a paper that will someday tell our sweet girl in black and white that we willingly chose, on Monday, August 4, 2008, to commit to being her family forever and ever. AMEN.

Next prayer focus, for those of you who are pressing in for us!, is that we'd like to see our Travel Approval (TA) arrive SOOON! Specifically, soon enough for us to request a September Consulate Appointment (CA). More specifically, we'd like to travel AFTER the kids' first day of school and BEFORE Baby BlueEyes 7th birthday. Hey, God sent me LOA for my birthday, He surely can send Aidan home for BBE's birthday, right?!