And It's OFF!!!

Another great day in our steps towards our precious Kathryn Grace!!!  I drove back into DC again this morning to pick up our dossier after it was authenticated by the Chinese Embassy.  It was fairly painless although I get the same feeling at the embassy I used to get when we would fly through Osaka, Japan or visit the Okinawa Pineapple Park (Man I miss that place!)... "One of these things is not like the other..."  Me in all my blondeness with all of China getting visas and passport renewals:)   Just in case you were wondering, our Authentication form looked like this:

After leaving the Embassy, my trusty GPS (LOVE this thing!!!  Well really it is a love hate relationship, but that is another blog post...)  navigated me to the Pentagon where I met Scott.  We drove to Alexandria to attempt a walk in of our finger prints.  IT WORKED!!!!  We are all printed up.  Now we just wait for approval of our I800A which will hopefully be in the next month or so.  

Lastly, I was able to mail my entire dossier to my agency today.  I literally cried when the Fed Ex Girl, Tamika, sealed the envelope.  Tamika is fantastic.  She runs the local Pack and Ship place.  She is very excited about our adoption and made me promise to bring a picture of Kate when I have one:)  I think Tamika and I are about to become best friends.  I prayed over my envelope and my precious cargo should arrive in CA by 10:30 tomorrow AM!!!  

So... I had to show you all what all our hard work looked like before I mailed it!!!  Aviva... If by chance you are reading my blog, you must note that I used our Aviva pictures for our required "6 pictures of your family"!  You are legendary!

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