APPROVED!!!!

I know I haven't posted much lately.  There is a two part reason for that, 1) there really wasn't much to say since we were just waiting on immigration approval and 2) I was crazy stressed and struggling with my attitude.  For a couple weeks it just felt like we were being attacked on each tiny step of this process.  All of our paperwork and approval's seem to take longer than anyone else's and every time I thought I had all the paperwork I needed I would find out that we needed yet another thing printed, notarized or certified.  To say I was very frustrated would be an understatement.  I know that really it is just a stall b/c our baby is not ready for us yet, but I really needed to move on to the next step to feel like we were making progress.   I was also feeding off of some other people's negative attitudes and letting it affect me which I usually try really hard to avoid. No worries though since I have completely realigned my outlook and attitude (trust me Mark and Konnor are VERY grateful for my new calmer self).  So now it's time to move on to the really good news.....

Our I-800a (Immigration Approval) came in the mail today!!!!  WhoooHooo!  This is the last piece of paperwork needed before we can send all our paperwork to the Chicago Chinese Consulate for authentication.  I will be doing this later this week and then the next step after that is Dossier To China (DTC)!  That means that all our paperwork will be headed to China and they will start the translation process.  It also means that our agency will start looking for the next member of the Hendricks family!   Stay tuned as we will have more frequent updates in the coming month.