No tricks -- just a wonderful TREAT!!

Our LOA arrived at our agency's office today! That means all of our paperwork has been approved by the Chinese authorities, and we are officially "matched" with Peyton. Now the ball bounces back to the US side of things, and we file our final application for immigration approval. I've had the form filled out for weeks just waiting for this little piece of paper to add to the already thick stack of attachments. We should have the LOA in our hands tomorrow, and it will be right back out the door and on its way to the USCIS office. This phase of the process has been averaging about two months, so we're expecting our travel approval around the first of the year and hope to be traveling by late January or early February -- which will be here in the blink of an eye!!