Hooray! More photos of Chao (and brother Jun) from a family traveling in Luoyang! Thanks for taking the time to find our sweet boy!




He's SO TINY! Look at those little legs! I'm thinking Emma-Grace could squash him. I think it may just be the angle of the photo but he and Jun both look small for their ages (Chao is supposed to be 5, and Jun is 6). There must have been a big sale on pink and yellow jelly shoes! ::grin:: Isn't it funny how our cultures are so different. I don't think I've ever seen a boy in Jelly shoes in the US. But, hey, that's okay.. at least he doesn't have on the Minnie Mouse shirt ::grin:: I'm only picking. I imagine they do the best they can with what they have - I just think of it as a funny cultural difference.. not a put down, just an observance.




ALL of our paperwork is turned in to our Dossier Consultant - we're just waiting for it to be back from being authenticated, verified and whatever else has to be done. Say a littel prayer that it gets done quickly. I want to travel and be back before October 20th. ::PLEASE:::???

Hooray. Our Home Study is at USCIS, I believe. Our HS agency Nathanson's is just so awesome. We couldn't be happier with them - Helene is the bomb. And Sheryl, our SW, is wonderful and efficient and on the ball.



She said she requested an expedited I-171H - so hopefully that will be here soon. Our Dossier Consultant is sending out our paperwork to be authenticated/verified, etc. So we're really under way!!