I800A Approval!!!

On August 18th we got a disappointing envelop in the mail.  It was a pink slip from US Citizenship and Immigration Services.  They needed more information from us.  On further study, what they needed was an additional line in our home study stating that the kids were told that they have a "duty of candor" during the adoption process.  Since they are both over 18, they both had to have been told this.  I guess if they are under 18 it would be okay for them to not tell the truth?  Hmm.
As it was the weekend, there was really no way to deal with this and so we just moped a bit and called it good.  Oh, I did send an email or two to the home study folks asking for help.  On Monday, Dillon was great and got it all taken care of for us and FedEx'd the addendum to Missouri.  Officer Ladd of the USCIS said that other than that, our file was clear and ready to be approved.  Tuesday we got the tracking number saying it was delivered.  Being quite patient, hehe, I managed to wait until today to call.  We have been approved and it should be sent out today!!!

For those of you who have never managed the particular maze that international adoption requires, the next few steps include a trip to OKC to get the I800A approval State certified and then a FedEx package to Houston so that all of the documents can be taken to the Chinese embassy for their authentification.  Once those two things are completed, the whole thing goes to California to BAAS (our adoption agency) so that they can send it to China for us.  That's when we will be able to say we are DTC or dossier to China, whoot!

Hang on Jaden, we're coming as fast as we can!