Article 5

We were notified this morning that our Article 5 was picked up last night at the U.S. Consulate in China and forwarded to CCAA! We will now wait for just ONE more APPROVAL, our TRAVEL APPROVAL. The agency said it is taking 3-5 weeks from this point to receive it. Most families I have seen receiving their travel approval have been in 3-4 weeks, a few came in 2 weeks. Please pray ours will come sooner than later so that we will have more time to book our flights. We would like to leave on June 4th which would make our gotcha day June 7th. This date is special because it is exactly 18 years and 6 months since Darrel and I were married. It would also work out best for Darrel's work schedule to go then and for our family who will be watching our kids for us while we are gone.

We also mailed our visa applications today to get that taken care of. It always makes me a little nervous mailing my passport!

Shayle is doing well, recovering nicely. She still wants chips and she can't have anything like that for a little while longer. She also loves popcorn and drinking from a straw. These things have been the hardest for her. She will go back to the surgeon on May 25th for her check up and then she should be able to startgoing to speech again. Most everyone I have talked to can understand her better, PTL! I know her speech will continue to improve for up to 18 months as the scar tissue thins out and makes her palate longer.

Have a great weekend!