Things are starting to move!

Each time I go to Kroger I feel like I always get in the slowest moving line.  This past year that is how things have seemed.  I have felt like we were trying to get to China in a very small boat across the ocean.

Nothing really moves fast in the adoption world.

However, the past few weeks things have started to move.  I guess we have traded in the kayak and got a faster moving model.

There is light at the end of this long tunnel.

This week we received word that our last immigration paperwork had been approved.  For those of you who have lost count, yes that is about step number 4856 million....however, we are only about 3 more steps away.  This paperwork we just received was our petition to classify her as an immediate relative and get this little Chinese wonton into the USA.  Our steps left are for our paperwork to go to the National Visa Center, then onto the US Embassy in China so the adoption can be completed, schedule a few appointment there in China, then wait for the long awaited news that we can come get her. So, yes things are starting to pick up. 

On another note.....as things get closer I realize that Cambree Jade is for real.  Don't get me wrong...yes I know she has been "for real" a long time, but when you have a picture to match your dream and it almost time to go meet your daughter a whole new level of fear begins.....and a prescription of zantac is needed.  Since we received her file I knew that she was from Kunming China and the Kunming City Children's Welfare Institution. 

Doesn't it look beautiful!!!!!!  Well, guess what she isn't there.

So, over the past few months I have been on every website, blog, and adoption group forum that you could imagine.  I ran across a wonderful lady named Julie who was traveling with her family to Kunming to adopt their daughter this week.  And the best part was their daughter was from the exact same orphanage as Cambree.  Of course I emailed her to say "please see if you can see/get a picture/get any information you can on my baby!  I gave her Cambree's Chinese name, birthday and the only photo I had which was taken at 9 months old.  As if Julie didn't have enough going on she was happy to see what she could find out.  Today she and her family was able to tour the orphanage.  She was able to see the infant room and meet a few of the ladies who worked with the babies.  She ask about Cambree and although they knew exactly who she was, we learned that she was not living there at the orphanage.  Cambree is currently living with a foster family away from the center.  She will remain with them until a week before our arrival.  At that time they will bring her back to the center for one week to wait for us to arrive - can you say "rip my heart out".  That is the worst plan I've ever heard of.  She will be an emotional hot mess!  My heart hurts for her just thinking about that process.

As I called my friend tonight to share a few......tears....she reminded me of something special.  Our baby is getting some individual love, and care, hugs and kisses and will know what love is all about.  So, tonight I pray for this very special foster family that is taking care of my child. This Chinese nanny who is the only Mama that Cambree Jade has ever had.  I pray that she is giving her all the love and nurture that she can until our arrival.
Isn't that amazing that God placed Julie in my path to get updated information on Cambree.  How cool is that!