We have LID!!!!

Today we received an email from our agency saying that we were officially "Logged In" with the CCAA ( Chinese government). Our "log in date" is today 8-2-06. This is one of those dates that you never forget. I'll always remember Audrey's LID was 7-2-04. I'm still guessing to travel in October or November.

Monday we went to the court house to apply for a passport for Natalie. As of now we are planning to take her to China with us. We originally wanted to take Andrew since he is the oldest but he DOES NOT want to sit on a plane for 12 hours. Plus he thinks "all of those Chinese people talking Chinese" will get on his nerves. It would probably be the other way around, Andrew would probably get on the Chinese peoples' nerves. We didn't argue with him. Natalie eagerly offered to take his place. I think Natalie will be a good travel companion. She is so excited about seeing Paul for the first time and having her picture taken on the Great Wall.

To pass time during this waiting process I am looking into sending disposable cameras to Paul's SWI. We sent 1 camera to Audrey's SWI and it was given back to us the same time we received her. The pictures are priceless. We used UPS the first time but this time around I am using an internet business to take care of it. When we sent Audrey's we probably spent almost $100 ( $75 for shipping, $25 on the camera, blanket, toy and photo album). Blessed Kids will send a letter in Chinese explaining who we are and what kind of pictures we would like, 2 disposable cameras, 1 stuffed animal and 2 lbs. of candy for $81. I know it still sounds expensive but we will have so little to tell Paul or show him about his first year and a half of life, the extra pictures will be well worth it.

We received this picture of Paul the same time that we got the other 2. I was having computer problems that day so I only was able to post those pictures. Paul doesn't look too happy here. I bet he's just mad that they made him stand by the wall for no reason. I saw this picture of the ultrasound on someone else's online journal and thought it was too cute. The term "paperwork pregnant" is used quite a bit in the international adoption world so this picture reflects that.

Please continue to pray for our sweet son. Alison