Getting close

We have passed through lots of steps in the adoption process this past few weeks. Today we got our Article 5 approval which is our government giving us permission to adopt Elliott and for him to live permanently in the US with us. Now the only step we are waiting on is TA (travel approval). Once we have TA we will begin planning our trip. We hope to have this in the next 2-3 weeks! I am so ready to know the date we will get our sweet boy.

A few weeks ago the representative from our agency who is managing our adoption was in Chengdu and visited Elliott in the orphanage. She has been wonderful through every step and now she went did the most remarkable thing...she gave him hugs and kisses for us and sent us some precious videos of him!!! Prior to this we had only 8 photos of him. Seeing him in the videos was so special to us and the kids! It was nice to get a little glimpse of his personality and see him looking healthy and happy. I will post them soon...when I know if it is ok to :)