One Happy Family!

Wow, don't you wonder why that family looks sooooooo happy? It's because they just received their I-171H Form this week!!!! Hooray! Yippeee! Woo-hoo! Yeee-Haw! If we could think of more cheers, we'd probably add them to the list too!

For those of you unfamiliar with the adoption process, you are probably scratching your head and thinking we're a little off right now. But, for a prospective adoptive family, the I-171H is sort of the crowning glory of paperwork! Funny, huh? It is the form from the U.S. government that allows us to get a visa for our yet-to-be-determined child. It literally says that we are completely, formally, offically approved to be adoptive parents. Almost all the papers we have filled out, notarized, certified, authenticated, and sealed with a kiss have led to this one - so we say again, "YIPPEE!"

So, what's next, you say? Well, our papers will be sent to the U.S. Consulate's office and then on to Vietnam to be translated and officially logged with the Vietnamese government. Hopefully, they will soon meet up there with our acceptance papers when we are officially matched with our son! Boy, are we ready for that part! If you think we are smiling in this picture, stay tuned! Wait 'til you see us when we get to meet our son! We're just hitting the really good part now!