The Magic of Pressed Wood Fibers

We finally are official - the mystical "brown envelope" came today from Guangzhou. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this document, the envelope contains all the information and forms we need to get a Consulate appointment and a visa for our new daughter to be. It's now just a matter of time until we get to bring over one new little life to set up shop here in the U S of A.

For whatever reason, not everyone receives the brown envelope, and no one seems to know why some families do and some don't. It's kind of one of those things that isn't really a big deal - families that don't receive envelopes still receive Consulate appointments, but somehow actually opening the mailbox to see official government correspondence sent from China just makes me feel that much closer to bringing our daughter home.

What's ironic is the fact that the wait has extended so long, we may receive a second brown envelope a year or so from now. Yep, we may get to experience this phenomenon twice. But for now, I'm going to just be happy we're one step further along than we were yesterday (and remain in denial about the wait)!