Catch up!

Tomorrow makes 3 weeks since we got the call about Max. I've been so busy, I have barely had time to breathe. As soon as you accept a child, you dive head-first into a pile of paperwork! So on top of the adrenaline rush and paperwork, we had a yard sale fundraiser, and don't forget, we have a 2 month and 3 year old!
Yard sales are a TON of work. I spent hours working in the garage, cleaning, organizing, and labeling donated items. We are so grateful for the many family members and friends who donated items for us to sale. We had a successful sale, Praise God! We raised almost $2000!

Here's where we are currently on the paperwork...
The first thing we did was write a "LOI" letter of intent, stating that we wanted to adopt Max. That was sent to China, and they later sent back a "LOA"... letter of acceptance (they approved us to adopt him). Now we are filing form with USCIS and waiting for approval from the U.S. that we can bring Max home. Also, we have signed the LOA, and it will be mailed back to China this week. Things start moving now. We have been given the travel estimate of 9-12 weeks from now. So possibly January? It is totally out of our hands at this point. It is up to China and our government to process all these forms. And of course, we will have much more paperwork to get through.