Waiting on LOA

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while, but we're in the long waiting period for LOA.  On Ch*na Adopt Talk, people seem to be getting this Letter of Acceptance more quickly than in the past, but the wait time varies greatly from person to person.  It seems to be dependent on which province the child lives in.  Also, I think it depends on which person's stack your paperwork ends up in.  Hopefully, we're in the fast stack!  Our LID was on April 13, and the counting begins there, so I guess that makes us on day 24.  A few get it this early, but the other extreme is over 80 days.  Sh*nghai seems to average 55 - 60ish  days.   Please continue to pray for a speedy LOA.  Once we get it, we'll sign it and send it back quickly.  It means we accept the placement of our daughter in our home. From that point, we'll go through a series of short paperwork steps to travel to get her.

In the meantime, we are preparing for her arrival.  We ordered a toddler daybed.  She is accustomed to sleeping in a crib, but we didn't want to set up the crib for a 4 year old.  The daybed is the same size as a crib, and it has rails almost all the way around, so it'll feel like a crib, but is low enough to climb in and out of safely. It'll fit perfectly in the bay window in our bedroom, so she won't be alone upstairs.  As soon as Bob gets it put together, I'm going to take picures of it to put in another little photo album of the family and house for her.

I wish so badly that we could bring Raeanna home right now, while Katey(and Adam) and Brett are home, because it won't be that often that they're all here at the same time. I know God's timing is perfect, and I'll be patient.  However, I'm praying His timing is very soon!