L to the OA!

On June 13 we received the hard copy of our "Letter of Acceptance." This is China's approval of our adoption and signing it is one of the first of formal agreements to adopt Thomas. Our pens were ready!

We had just earlier received a few precious pictures of Thomas at the Chengdu Children's Welfare Institute (orphanage) anniversary celebration. He looks enthralled:

As soon as we signed, the document was heading back to San Francisco (our agency's location) and then on again to China. We also were able to send our I 800 application, which is the immigration application to adopt a specific child. Our next wait is for that approval.
In the meantime, Ben has painted Thomas's room and we picked up a couple pieces of furniture and will have it together soon!