Thank you! And an update...

Thank you for all of the sweet and loving comments you've left me here on the blog and in my email. I'm still both in shock and absolutely thrilled! And I'm sure there are some of you that may have wanted a reply. I'm still working through everything. If I missed you, please feel free to send me another email. I'm not intentionally ignoring anyone. :)

It's amazing. This blog rarely got any visitors before the referral. I think I had around 10 visitors a day. Then once I got my referral, I had a couple of days of 1500+ visitors and am still getting a few hundred each day. So fun!

The last couple of weeks have been a total whirlwind. Despite having 3 years of waiting behind me, I have basically done nothing to prepare for a baby. I know, I know! It's so ridiculous. But I kept thinking that if I bought too many things or did too much preparation that somehow I would jinx myself. This whole process has been so unpredictable that I really had many days where I felt that it wasn't going to ever happen, and that fear prevented me from doing too much preparation. I think I was trying to protect myself.

But, now I have a LOT to do. I have managed to buy a stroller and car seat this past week. I am getting her care package ready this weekend. And I think I'm going to finally get around to painting the nursery this weekend as well.

Here's a picture of the care package (only I haven't bought the disposable cameras or the candy for the nannies yet).

I spent Thursday driving up to Washington DC (a 4+ hour drive from here) to hand deliver my I-600A paperwork for my renewal. Get this... I sent it to them TWICE in the last 2+ months and they LOST BOTH SETS! So I had to drive the third copy up there and hand it to them in order to make sure this one didn't get lost. And yes, both packages were sent FedEx and were signed for. Don't get me started on how I feel about these lost packages. Furious wouldn't even begin to describe me. Anyway, they let me go ahead and get fingerprinted that day as well. And they promised me a very quick turnaround. Hopefully I will have it in my hot little hands within a week.

After that comes, I hope LOA is quick to follow! I'm ready to go to China!!!