Monday starts the Chinese New Year celebration. That means the CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) will not be working for 2 weeks. That means there won't be any referrals for 2 weeks. That means there won't be any approvals for 2 weeks. OH, it's gonna be a long 2 weeks!!
If we don't get our "referral approval" by mid-February, we will have to have our fingerprints taken again for immigration purposes. I don't know what the price is on that these days, but I'm thinking it will be approximately $850! (No, I didn't forget to put the decimal point in there!!) So, we are praying that we can get approvals and be back before April 1 so we don't have to go through the fingerprinting process again and have to pay the fees. I really don't understand why they have to take our fingerprints again... it's not like they have changed!
Meanwhile, I'll keep studying Chinese and learning new vocabulary. "Wo shi ni mama. Ta shi ni baba. Women ai ni. Ni de shou hen da." With good pronunciation, that would be "I'm your mom, He's your dad. We love you. You have very big hands."... If bad pronunciation... "I'm your horse.... and who knows what else!! hahaha
I was thinking about playing "peek-a-boo". In Chinese, "bu" (pronunciation = boo) means "no" or "don't". Poor child! Playing happily and someone comes around the corner and says "Don't!" How confusing!! Guess we'll have to come up with a new word, or just teach Little One that "boo" in English is a fun word.
OK, I'll get back to housework now. Please continue to pray for speedy approvals. Thanks!
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