******TA******

Today we have officially made it to the finish line of our paperchase!
This paper pregnancy is about done!

At 11:00am today we received an email from our agency saying that our Travel Approval had been issued and was on it's way to the U.S.

Then, at 1:15pm today we received another email from our agency saying that our TA had arrived in the mail!!!

Sean went directly to the agency after work to pick up this document...the only piece of paper separating us from Audra, yet uniting us at the same time.  Our names listed at the top, her picture at the bottom and the red-ink stamp of approval with the date 3-19-2013.  The very sight of it brought tears to my eyes and the words made my heart melt:

"In accordance with the Adoption Law of the People's Republic of China and the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, we agreed that the child, NAN QI JIA (female, born on 2007/09/27), who is in the care of SWI of Maonan Dist., Maoming Guangdong Province, be placed with you for adoption.  Please travel in person with this notice to the adoption registry office within the Civil Affairs Department of Guangdong Province in China to proceed the registration formalities."

We are so happy...so excited...so thankful...and oh, so ready!

The journey we started just about one year ago is coming to a close. The only thing left if the BEST part...time to go get our girl. 

We are coming Audra.  Soon.  Very, very soon!