Monday, March 11, 2013

After 75 long days...

...we got LOA!

It's taken us a little while to get over the fact that pretty much everyone else got theirs in around 30-something days, but as my dad said, it's not like we can go back in time.  We're a little frustrated to think that little R will probably require 1-2 more transfusions in China (assuming she's getting them) as a result of all of these delays, but as we've come to learn with adoption, it's out of our hands.  We can look for someone or something to blame, but one thing we know is that it's not anything we did or didn't do...we worked as quickly as we could to do our part, and the rest was up to someone else.

So, now it's on to celebrating and being thankful that we are one step closer to our little daughter whom we can't wait to hold and love and bring home.  Last night E said, "I want to marry Ro-rie when she gets here!"  Hopefully it won't be too much longer!

7 comments:

AnnaJ said...

YAY for you all.Hopefully everything will move quickly and "Rorie" can come home.

Lilly said...

have been reading your little family since you went to china for e and can't wait to see you again to bring r home. come on ta, come on ta! your e has the most contagious smile

lilly

The Jiu Jiu said...

YYYYYYEEEAAHHH!!!! 8-D

Tera said...

Congrats!!! Sorry you had to wait so long! I know the feeling as we waited 99 days for LOA the first time. I'm really hoping for a shorter wait time this go around.

likeschocolate said...

Congratulations! I am so excited for you guys! I hope it will not be too much longer before you have that sweetie in her arms.

Cory and Molly said...

Amazing news! Congratulations!

Anonymous said...

Hooray!!!! Counting the days for my new adorable great niece! Love you all, Pattie and Joe