Travel Approval July 18, 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!

We got a call from our agency yesterday July 18th! We were all surprised and
happy that it came before the August 1st deadline for new rules. It is a 3 fold
blessing! If the consulate appt. is approved for Aug. 23rd then my aunt and I
will travel Aug. 11th! It came sooner than we expected since I got the letter
from the Nat'l Visa Ctr. on June 11th stating they forwarded our info to the
Consulate. We get Danielle sooner than expected and I get $900 back for the
post-placement visits! That will come in handy for our trip. We will just have
to have the 2 original 6 and 12 month visits now which is what I have always had
with my other kiddos. Today Danielle is 3 years old! I sent her a pkg thru red
thread so I hope she had a nice party (while we were sleeping!). I wish we
could have been with her for that but soon, very soon, we will have a big
birthday bash to welcome her home! My birthday is August 14th so I should have
her in my arms on the 13th. That is the greatest 45th birthday gift I could ask
for! Some people get surgery at my age to tweak some parts but I am getting a
baby! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I feel better now:)