Great News!

We just got the best news! Our appointment at the American Consulate is March 19. On that day, the adoption is complete and blessed by both governments. Jim and Jacob will get Will on March 8 at 4:00 pm. This translates to March 8 3:00 am cst time for us. We are bit nervous. Will will be 2 1/2 and very much aware of the strangeness of the situation. We are praying that two years of Chinese will pay off and Jacob will be able to communicate with him. This is assuming he speaks Mandarin Chinese and not Cantonese.

On March 9, our adoption is complete in the eyes of the Chinese government. The only remaining task for the Chinese government is to get his passport ready for us. Will will travel home on a Chinese passport.

Jim just finished booking the tickets. I am very excited - they are going to spend 2 full days in Beijing sightseeing - the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, etc. I can't wait to hear what Jacob thinks about walking the Great Wall. If they make it to the top, they can get a medal saying they made it with their name on it. On March 7, they will head to Guangzhou to get Will to complete the paperwork process.

Finally, it's almost over and our son will be home!