Waiting on our LOA

We have submitted all of the required paperwork up until this point. We are waiting on our Letter of Acceptance from China before we can submit the next round of paperwork. The wait time we are currently in is 2-3 months. We are already one month in, so now we have 1-2 months left to wait. We have heard from other families who are adopting from China, that their LOA came pretty quickly, so we are hopeful that our will too. Like, one family received theirs in 53 days as opposed to 90-120 days! We are prayerful this is the same for us! Overall, we are 4-6 months away from traveling to China. I have been doing a lot of reading and researching in preparation for our trip. I am learning a lot about where Xue is living from what other families are experiencing. It is exciting! Kaori is sooooo excited and has enjoyed picking out little toys and foods to send to Xue. We have mailed him one package already and are hopeful that it will arrive very soon. I check the tracking everyday but there has been no update for quite some time. I plan to mail another package this week. In our first package we sent Xue two toys, a little car and a blue bouncy ball. Some food just for Xue and some food to share with friends. A disposable camera and gifts for his nannies. We also sent some clothes. When we went to the beach, the whole family worked together to pick some things out for him! I hope he gets it soon!

Last night, I had my first dream about Xue. I guess you could say that he is on my mind. It was not the best dream because in it I could hear him crying but I could not get to him. Then I woke up. I left me feeling worried about him. Even from thousands of miles away, that mother instinct is alive and well. We are praying for him everyday. Kaori prays for him every night and we just love him very much. We are trusting in the Lord's timing.

Pictures of his first package!