Dossier on its way!!

Today we had our I-171H notarized and took the whole dossier to the Secretary of State's office to get it certified. The good people at Sec. of State's office had it completed within an hour, and then it was off to Mailbox It to overnight our dossier to the consulate in Chicago.

The authenticating process in Chicago is supposed to take 4-6 days. Once they're done they will overnight our dossier to our agency. We're hoping all this is done and AAI has our dossier by August 7th.

Greg gives the dossier a final check before having in sealed.

And here's the sealed dossier! Our last glimpse before sending it to Chicago.

"The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here!"

...To borrow a line from Steve Martin's character, "Navin", in The Jerk.

Or in our case, shall we say... "Our I-171H is here! Our I-171H is here!!" That's right, we finally got it, just one day shy of 6 weeks.

This was the last piece of paperwork we had been waiting on to complete our dossier. Now we can get it sealed at the Secretary of State's office and then send the whole dossier to The Chinese Consulate in Chicago for authentication.

As Navin goes on to say... "Things are going to start happening to me now."

For Starters...

Hello everyone. Well... might as well jump right into it. For those of you who don't already know about our news and are visiting this blog having no clue why you are doing so... you're about to find out! We have decided to adopt a baby girl from China! So, there it is! This is a decision that has come over a couple of years. We've spent countless hours talking and praying about it and feel this is what is in our hearts to do. We are very excited, and although it might be a long & winding road, are looking forward to the day we bring our daughter home. We've seen a lot of people who have used blogs to chronicle their journey in this way and thought it would be a great way to keep everyone updated on what's going on. There will be more to come, so please keep checking to see what's new and PLEASE don't be afraid to create your own message (you can add a comment to something we've posted, or send us an e-mail). It would be great to hear from you! Thank you for visiting our blog... come back again.

Greg & Laura

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