LID!!!

As of Wednesday, October 23rd we are officially Logged in with the CCCWA!!!

This means China has acknowledged they have received our dossier. We were told this step could take up to 3 weeks, but we were logged in 2 days after our dossier made it to China.
So for those keeping track, 10/23/13 is our LID.

So now we wait again. We are now in the last long line. We are waiting for our LOA, or letter or acceptance. We are told this is generally issued in one to three months. Again, we are praying that we are on the short side of this! If so, we are still hoping for early 2014 travel.

I know it seems like this is taking a long time, but this is all still really quick as international adoptions go. To put it in perspective, originally we thought we would be doing all this paper work, get our LID, and then get a referral. We were so blessed to find Penelope early on in this journey, but knowing about her the entire time makes it feel like it takes much longer.

No matter what, we know she is worth it. We can't wait to have her here.

We love you so much Penelope Mei!