Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Getting closer...

Last Friday we heard great news from our adoption agency that we received final approval from the Ministry of Justice in Vietnam! We have one more step to go, which is travel approval (TA) from the People’s Committee in her province. Once they set a date for the “Giving and Receiving Ceremony” where Honour “officially” becomes our child, we will then receive “the call” to come to Vietnam. We were told that this can take anywhere from a few days to a few more months. Do we even need to say that we are REALLY hoping for the “few days” time frame?

We were also told that at some point this week, we will be receiving some pictures and even a video recently taken of Honour. So we are spending WAY too much time checking our email and waiting for the phone to ring.

Right before the birth of our two oldest children, Christel would enter into a “nesting mode”. She went crazy all of a sudden…cleaning, painting, moving furniture around, etc. It was a sign that it was going to happen VERY soon. Well, she just entered nesting mode about a week ago. So I think we’re almost there.


-Rob

1 comment:

Stevens Family said...

I got goose bumps reading this post. It feels like yesterday when I got that "MOJ approval call" and I just broke down right there in my office (I'm sure my co-workers thought I was nuts and didn't really know what the big deal was). But hay, we know and it's the sweetest thing next to TC. I can't wait to hear you've finally gotten that travel call!! She'll be in your arms in a mere matter of weeks!!