Almost a week ago today, we found out that Hong Kong had approved David and me to be the parents of our 3 year old boy (we knew he was ours even when they didn't). Woo Hoo! It only took 3 months & 27 days to make that decision, but who's counting? We are so excited! It almost seems unreal that we are getting closer to traveling.
So that is the next question. When do we travel? From what I understood them to say, here is the break down:
2-3 weeks for I-800 approval
2 weeks for Article V approval
8-10 weeks for the High Court Order
So that is roughly 4 months, which puts us into December. I also found out that we will only get about a 1-3 week lead time for airplane travel and hotel. I'm already worried that the airline tickets will be astronomical because of both the time of year and the fact that we can't buy the tickets earlier. I'm praying about that. I called Clark Howard's consumer action number to ask the best way to handle this. They said the best way was to sign up on various websites to track ticket prices.
Another reason I'm concerned about ticket prices is because we had originally planned to take Calvin and Holley Kate with us. If the tickets are real expensive then that will not happen. Of course, that make me sad :(
But you know, whatever happens is what was supposed to happen. God may not make a way for Calvin and Holley Kate to go with us. He may have other plans that my human self has no way of grasping. And if that is the way it shakes out, I'll be ok with that. I'm trusting in Him to handle this little hiccup.
We started decorating his room. Nautical!! I'm painting a Goodwill dresser right now. I'm so excited to do these little things for him. We have to work on a video to send him too. I'm having a lot of fun right now.
God Bless Y'all!
