Rental Car

I went to get a rental car today. The guy was a jerk! I think I was putting him out because I needed a rental car. "Hey Dude, that is what they pay you for!"

CRASH!

After leaving work today, a lady was nice enough to run a red light and total my car. She hit the front fender on the driver's side. We hit so hard that we spun and hit rear fenders on the driver's side too.

I have bruises on my legs, shoulders, and elbows. My left thumb is black. I am grateful that I wasn't hurt too badly, just a little stiff and sore. She totaled my poor Impala, that I loved. Now I have to look for a new ride.

Received our PA Pre Approval

Yeah! We got our pre approval in 10 days. I am really excited! The pre approval just states that we are allowed to adopt Yu Chi Rong Er. See, I was right! She was our little Mia! Now we are waiting for the Letter of Acceptance (LOA). We should receive it in 3-4 months.
If the paperwork continues like it has in the past, we will probably travel in September after the Olympics.

Fingerprinting in Louisville

Today we went to Louisville, KY for our fingerprinting. We were lucky to have the fees waived for this renewal. It is amazing that fingerprinting by USCIS (immigration) for an adoption is $685, but if I want to commit a crime it is free. Go figure!

Recent photos

We had to send some recent photos of us to our adoption agency to go with our paperwork. Jamie's Mom took these photos of us.

More about PA- Pre Approval

I thought about the pre approval. Some of you may not know anything about the Chinese adoption process. In November 2006 we submitted our paperwork for a Chinese adoption. We were approved by our homestudy for a SN (special needs) or NSN (non special needs) adoption. Once we received the call about Yu Chi, we decided to pursue the adoption of her. We submitted the Family Summary Plan and some photos of us.

The PA will come from China saying that we are preapproved to be her parents.

Sent in Papers For Pre Approval (PA)

We sent in our information today via email to our coordinator. She said we should hear something in 2-10 weeks. We are praying for 2 weeks.