APPROVED!!!

I just stopped home between two appointments to grab something to eat…. and I thought – what the heck – I’ll check my email…. and there it was!!! I received an email from USCIS letting us know they mailed us the I-600 approval today!!!!!!! 

The I-600 approval was estimated to take the first 4-5 weeks of the 8-10 week wait we were last quoted (only two weeks ago), which means, if everything else goes well, we might be traveling in another 4-6 weeks! I am so excited – wouldn’t it be wonderful if we traveled in the beginning of September?!!!! – I just can’t believe it is moving along so quickly (… knock on wood). )

I put a call into our contact at agency #2 to find out what we have to do next, if anything. Somehow I lost track of whether or not we’re supposed to send them a copy of our approval or if CIS sends it directly to Korea for the next step. Maybe it is just the excitement making me loopy. I’ll write more when I hear from her… in the meantime….

I’M JUMPING UP AND DOWN!!! WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off to my next appointment.

Thank you!

The first thing I want to do is thank everyone for all the wonderful comments and emails. It has been so incredible to have such support from our friends and family. I haven’t been able to respond to all the comments, but please know that we really appreciate them. I look forward to checking my email and the blog each night. :0) It sure is helping make the time waiting for Jaden to pass quickly. 

Adoption update: We received a follow up email today from the social worker at agency #2. She said she’s still trying to straighten out the mess with our address being wrong in the government records, but they are not getting back to her either. Go figure (sarcasm intended)! We think we managed a work-around… hubby went to the post office today and requested they stop forwarding our mail. Since we still own the old house, we’ll just pick up mail in both places now. Hopefully the PO manages to get that right (this PO is usually pretty good, so I’m guessing they will).  

In other news: Today I went to see two of my friends for lunch – at the house of the friend who has a newborn boy. He is absolutely gorgeous! I couldn’t get over how teeny-teeny-TEENY-tiny he was. Small though he was, he had strong little legs and it seemed like he wanted to start walking already – he kept trying to kick up, it was hysterical to see. How great to be able to share this time with my friend… not to mention getting in a little practice myself. ) Other than cooing over the baby, we had awesome salads for lunch and had some much needed catch-up time – it had been quite a while since we were able to hang out together as ‘just the girls,’ and I’m guessing it might be another long while, depending on when we get to travel to Korea.

This weekend we are headed off to New York City to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. This was a request of hubby’s mom for her birthday, so we planned it back around May. We are taking both hubby’s mom and dad. We have planned an early a.m. train into the city to make it to the ferry in time. It should be interesting as I have not been to see Lady Liberty since —actually, I have no idea when the last time was. I’d have to guess grade school, but I’m sure Mom knows better. ) I’m not especially fond of the city, so for their sakes I’m hoping I don’t get to cranky (me, cranky?! Never! LOL).