We're official! We have photos!

We've got the Referral Acceptance! That probably doesn't mean much to you, but it is a very big and important step in the process. We get to post pictures and send care packages and begin to gather stuff we will need for international travel. This very afternoon I took an official Chinese adoption agreement to FedEx and sent it to China! ($51 later...). Expensive, but exciting!

Now we finally enter travel stage. What that means is in the next 2-4 weeks we will get Travel Approval which will get us set up for a travel group and time. Until we get the TA, we won't know exact travel time. Right now they are saying late January which is kind of funny because my sister Liz is getting married on January 30. We will be home for that, so we may have to wait for February if we can't get there in early January. You can pray for January 7. That would be the perfect day.

It all feels very real again. This will be happening any day. We are hoping to get some updated information so we will know more current sizes and development stages. I need to unpack Meilynn's suitcase :( and repack for a 1 year old. Supplies for bringing home a baby need to be gathered and purchased. I'm glad that my Christmas shopping is mostly done! We should be very busy over the weeks to come. Christmas letters will be put on hold as we wait for a photo of our whole family, but we still need to manage the Christmas rush in the midst of all the adoption craziness.

And then there is her name... We have decided to name our little lady Sophia. Her middle name is still being debated (Meilynn or Elliana). We will have to land that plane soon!