Waiting ..

We received the letter we were waiting for saying that the visa info for Faith was being sent to China.  We overnighted a copy of this letter to Yongmei - our Chinese adoption coordinator.  She then sent our info packet (not sure what was in it) to China.  The only problem is that the offices in China were closed until Feb. 22nd because of the Chinese new year.  It's the year of the Tiger by the way.  Anyway, because the offices had been closed since Feb 15th they are a little behind.  It's supposed to take two weeks for the officials to sign a document then our "guide" will pick up the forms and overnight them to Bejing.  A TA or travel approval will be issued within 3 or 4 weeks.  So we are looking at about 6 wks I think at the earliest.  I was hoping it would land on Paige's spring break but unless there is a miracle, it will be later.  Paige's recital is May 2nd so she might miss it, and she's okay with that.  And on a side note, Paige's Birthday was yesterday and we got her ears pierced.  She was soo excited.