Two months!

We received our referral for Alex two months ago! Its hard to believe that its almost July. The time has gone by pretty quickly really. Now that we are getting closer, however, we are more anxious and ready to go! The baby's room is all ready, our bags out of storage and ready to be packed. More things are getting crossed off my "to do" list everyday.

We'll be sure to update you here if we receive any news. While we've had some friends recently who received their "travel call" within 2. 5 months of referral (or less), I have a feeling it will be closer to 3 months or more. Not sure why, just a gut feeling. I hope I am wrong and the phone rings tomorrow!

Happy 7 Month Birthday Alex!

Alexander turns 7 months old today!  

Another Step Completed!

Today we were surprised to learn that our Emigration Permit (EP) was approved.  We had expected to wait a couple more weeks for that.  This is great news!  As I understand it, the next step is for Alexander to get his visa physical and visa issued.  Then travel will happen soon after!  

We received another well baby check from Korea today also.  Alexander is going great.  He's smiley, does pat-a-cake, says "abba", creeps and crawls, sits fairly well and weighs 21.6 pounds! We are so grateful for the wonderful care (and loads of formula) he is receiving! 

I Love Mail

Its always been fun to get mail... not the electronic kind, but the REAL mail - the stuff you can hold in your hands and rip open excitedly, wondering what the words inside will tell you.  Mail has become lots more exciting for us lately!  We are getting updates in the mail almost weekly about what's happening with our adoption process.  Its probably the only mail from the government that I've actually been giddy about (except, possibly that tax refund last year).  

Anyway, today we received another exciting piece of mail.  The National Visa Center has received our I-600 approval, logged it in, and sent it on to the Embassy in Seoul.  In Seoul, they will schedule an adoption interview, which I believe is one of the last steps before Alexander gets to come home. We'll see what next week brings!