busy day

We received our Letter of Approval via Fed Ex yesterday. It was so great! I had lots to do in order to get it back same day to our agency. I had to fill out all of the travel papers, gather and notarize tax returns, w-2s and k1's, passport copies, notarize vaccination affidavit, create, notarize and send for authentication a power of attorney (for Scott), apply for visa's (for myself and Mckenzie), and on and on.
Meili took a nice long nap which helped so I could get it all done.
It is always a bit emotional to complete part of the process. We've been waiting for a long time to be able to complete this step and to enjoy the day! The letter of approval (loa) asked us if we were still willing to adopt Hong Yuan Xiu and we had to sign and date it. Then, after the rest of the paper work that came with it was complete I sent it off. I had such a peaceful feeling leaving Fed Ex. We are so close to having her home!!!
Wow, a family of 7... pretty hard to believe :)
I completely spaced off my scout training meeting last night... oops... sorry guys!
Oh, we had to decide who was going to travel before we sent stuff back - it is Mckenzie!!! She is sooo excited. We talked with her teacher about her missing school. She agreed that it would be a wonderful trip. Mckenzie wants to go to the Great Wall - I need to decide if I am tough enough to deal with the frigid temperatures of Beijing in January.
Hope all is well! Take care!
Melanie