Consulate Appointment Set!

We recieved our consulate appointment today!!! Yipee....
We will be leaving for China on Wednesday, June 23 and returning on Saturday, July 10. We will fly into Beijing, arriving on Thursday, June 24. On Sunday, June 27th we will fly to Zhengzhou, which is the capital of Henan Province. Henan is the province in which Lily's orphanage is in. I am expecting that we will meet Lily for the first time on Monday, June 28. Lily will leave her foster home in Shanghai 1-2 days before we meet her and go back to her orphanage in Pingdingshan City. I believe that her care givers will stay with her and bring her to us on the 28th. From the 28th on she will be in our care!!! I just can't wait.
Hold on Lily girl we are coming to get you!

TRAVEL APPROVAL!!!!

We received our travel approval today!! I am so excited. Fred and I will be traveling with Dawn (my sister) and Guy to bring our daughters home. God is so good!! We are expecting to travel around June 16.

New Picture of Lily

Isn't she just adorable?!?! We think so. I wish so badly that I could grab her through my computer screen!!! Ugggg.....
She has the outfit on that I sent in her 2nd care package, so now I know that she received it..Yeah!!!

Article 5

We received article 5 on Monday. This is the final step before we receive travel approval. It is extimated 2-4 weeks to get travel approval from our article 5 date. We are hoping for closer to 2 weeks then 4. After we receive travel approval our agency will call to get our consulate appointment in China and then we can schedule our travel dates based on that appointment date.
I feel like I know Lily already. With so many pictures and the fact that I can see her "real time" through the internet she has grown so much in our hearts. I can't wait to be her mommy!

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It's Lily's birthday today!!!

I was so excited to see Lily's precious face this morning on her birthday. Though we are many, many miles away it was a blessing to share this day with her through the internet. Her foster home celebrated her birthday today with cake. Enjoy the photos attached. I can't stop looking at them. It won't be much longer and I will be able to hold her in my arms....I can't wait.

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Update

Lily received her care package that we sent!!! She got it on Friday, 4/9. We were so excited to see that she had received it. We also have another picture of her which I will attach.
We were re-finger printed on 04/12 and we received our I800 provisional approval on 04/13. That is our approval to adopt Lily. One step closer!