Travel Approval!!

Hip hip Hooray!! WooHoo!! We received both our travel approval and Consulate appointment today!! Travel approval is China saying it is okay to enter the country for the purpose of adoption. Our consulate appointment is the day we go to the American Consulate and Lila officially becomes our daughter!!! The consulate appointment is the basis for what day we will travel. It is also the last day we are there. Before then we have more paperwork, Lila has to get checked out medically at a clinic and did I say more paperwork?! So we have to be in her Province (Guangdong) on 8/27 and our "gotcha day" is 8/29--our Consulate appointment is 9/7--we have to stay for a day after the Consulate Appointment (not sure why) but we will come home 9/9. We actually will depart B'ham on 8/23 to arrive in Beijing late on 8/24. We will visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Hutong tours and whatever else we can squeeze into 2 days--then off to Guangdong Province by plane again! We will have a guide/translator the whole time we are there. Oh there is so much more but I will save that for another post!! Once again I must say we are so thankful God chose us to love and care for one of his children! I guess he knew how loved/spoiled a little girl would be in our house!!