Friday, April 1, 2011

CHINA SAYS YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is Allie's 19th birthday, and it became our L.O.A. day too! 

We just received the phone call from Holt's home office in Oregon!

Happy Birthday Allie
and
Happy LOA Day MeiLi!

L.O.A. stands for Letter Of Approval (from China). It's a really big step that means
China has agreed to allow us to adopt MeiLi!

Next we apply for U.S. Immigration to grant her citizenship and then we apply for our visas.

Travel often occurs 3 months after receiving LOA, so we'll probably be
 flying over the north pole
some time in
July.


5 comments:

Jerusha said...

YAY!!!!! Happy birthday to Allie, and congrats on LOA! That didn't take too long, did it? :o)

Tamera said...

Wow! Congratulations Doug and Carolyn. What a wonderful gift you received today.
Happy Birthday to you too Allie - exciting times!!

Anonymous said...

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!! :D - Jayme

Brad and Stephanie said...

This is thrilling news!!! So happy for you all. What a wonderful experience you have to look forward to!!

Beth G said...

Congrats guys! Wonderful news! Thanks for keeping us posted ;o). Wonderful!