NVC letter & DS-260 completed!

What an exciting morning.... While checking my emails this morning I was so excited to see that our NVC confirmation email had come in in the overnight hours! What is that you ask?  It is our case number and invoice number from the National Visa Center that we have to have in order to proceed to the next step (and FINAL step with immigration on our end) called the DS-260. That is the online several page document that has to be filled out so that you can proceed with getting your Article 5 (also known as your final approval to adopt your child) and ultimately your Travel Approval from CCCWA

While we wait on our Article 5 to be issued (which will be exactly 2 weeks from now) we will work on getting our Visas issued for our travel to China. Things will be pretty hectic and busy between now and travel time. As we work through the visa process, begin to get packed and make sure our home is in order for us to be gone for 2 weeks while someone else comes in and takes over our home and the care of our kiddos and to bring a new daughter home! Then as soon as we have that Travel Approval we will be booking flights and making all the arrangements to fly to The People's Republic of China - whew!  

In addition, some sweet girlfriend's of mine are planning an "Adoption Shower" for our family during the first part of July. It is possible that I will know when we are traveling by the time we have that shower - that would be super exciting to be able to share with everyone! 

It will not be long before we will have Lily in our arms and ultimately home!  This should all happen in the next 30-60 days - deep breath; we are about the being living under the same roof with 5 children - Praise 
God!!! :)

And just for fun I wanted to post a couple of pics of some of the fun things I have been collecting for Lily......

I am obsessed with Etsy.com I think and have order plenty of personalized goodies for my kiddos...this is Lily's first :)

While reading a blog about another family that had adopted a 2 year old from China, I learned that it would be helpful to bring along a "mini" backpack that they would carry some of their own things in while you are sightseeing and traveling in China and on the planes, trains, etc.  I though that was a great idea so I order one for Lily with her name on it :)

With MUCH love ~

Jessy (and family :)