We have our LOA!

LOA: Letter of Acceptance.

Yippee,

Woo-Hoo,

 Woot-Woot,

 Hallalulah,

Praise the Lord,

Thank You Jesus!

After 8 months,

3 days and

hours of paper work

equaling over 6 inches

the Chinese government has given us official

 approval to adopt D**g S*nM*ng.

Steps left before we meet our son:

LID October 23, 2012

LOA (day 49)

I800 Approval, January 3, 2013 (day 20)
NVC cabled, January 10, 2013 (day 7)

Article 5 Drop Off
Article 5 Pick Up (takes exactly 2 weeks) Jan 30, 2013

TA (usually takes 1-3 weeks) Feb 12, 2013

looking at a
Feb 14 or March 1, 2013
travel date