Finally

Haven't posted too much about this, but one of the requirements that China put into effect in May 2007 was that both parents had to be under a certain BMI (Body Mass Index). Charlie was fine, but I was waaaayy over. Our agency allowed us to put together our dossier while I was losing weight.

About 3 weeks ago, after finally hitting the right number on the scale, I went to the doctor. It was mid-day and by that time I had managed to gain five pounds from that morning's weight and it turns out their scale weights 5 pounds more than ours. It was just awful.

So back on the diet, though I derailed a little bit with Bethany's surgery. For the last week I really hit it hard and this morning I went in and I am under the BMI!!! Just a little but it was enough. Total of 61 pounds lost. This is a huge deal for me and also means we have the last piece of paper needed to send our dossier to China. It was pretty overwhelming and I started sobbing (possibly the lack of food recently had something to do with it) and the receptionist came over and hugged me.

So Charlie drove the medical form to our agency and it was sent off to be certified. All the paperwork has to go through various Chinese consulates to be authenicated, so we are waiting for that to come back as well as one form that had to go through New York. Then we can be the magic DTC!!!! Maybe as early as June 23rd.

Then we wait for China to issue our Letter of Acceptance in a few months, which we sign and send back saying, yes, we really, really want to adopt Jack. A few weeks after that we should get Travel Approval and then we can go to China!

Happy, happy, day!