Our updated I-171H is here

Hooray! We just received notice tonight that our updated I-171H is processed and being sent to Taipei via the NVC (National Visa Center). We will receive our original in the mail in the next few days! I'm so happy - this is the last loose string from our move that we needed to tie up before we could travel. Now all we need is the Judge to get our case expedited! lol Hopefully we will travel before my fingerprints expire in the middle of August.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to my brother and his wife on their first baby.
We're glad you're here Josiah Ray!

April Updates are Finally Here

What a great surprise to see the updates in our inbox this morning! She has really grown between last month and this month - I think her outfit is probably a 3month size and she finally fills it out! lol Where Caleb was wearing 12month outfits at 6months, she's the opposite - 3month outfits at 6months. At least she'll get plenty of use out of her clothes!



Her video (see above) makes us smile. She is so busy checking everything out! We can't wait to get her home and are praying that everything went well with our hearing and that the judge took a look at our stuff and said 'I think these people are ready to have their daughter home. Let's expedite the process for them.' We can dream can't we? lol

Those eyebrows crack us up!

We Have a Court Date!

Hooray! We just received word from our caseworker that we have a court date scheduled in Taiwan! This is the first of three court hearings. After this there will be a Civil Hearing and then there will be a Final Ruling. Once the Final Ruling takes place she will legally be ours! After our first court date, which is scheduled for April 18th, we can expect a 1-2 month wait until our next court date. We pray it will go quicker, but are just thrilled that we have our first court date so soon! Our dossier was sent to Taiwan on March 17th and usually it takes appx. 2 - 2.5 months to get a court date so we feel like we are finally making up some time. We are hoping and praying to travel in June, but it could be anytime this summer.

Our Baby is Six Months Old

Happy half-birthday sweet baby girl. I hope we get to see you soon!