That's right! We got a call today from AAI saying that our home study was faxed over to them and it all looked great. We are home study approved!! Yeah!! She said the next step would be to get a copy of the home study for ourselves and take that to get our I600A (orphan visa petition) and then to just keep working on our dossier (which is almost complete!). Please everyone keep praying for the next $3000 or so! We (mainly me) are very anxious to "officially" get on the waiting list for our baby, but we want to trust God's timing!
AAI commented that if we requested a child of either gender it almost guarantees a referral for a boy. She actually said "98% chance" - so that's pretty high! I am kinda torn about this information. For one thing, it's nice to basically know what the gender will be. It would be really great for Cale to have a brother close in age, and it's nice because we already have boy clothes and toys...BUT a small part of me is crying out in protest because I feel like the element of surprise is taken away. Deep down I long for a daughter. Now, this will not be our last child, so we will always have a chance for a girl with the next child, or the child after that, so Tim and I have agreed to keep our request for "either gender." Who knows, we may be part of that 2% that gets a girl, and if not...Jace, baby, we will be overjoyed to have you!
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I will say that just getting your child's picture is so exciting even if you know the gender. So do not worry, there will be more excitement than you can even handle
: )
Leah
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