Birth Certificate Update

Great news! We received the following e-mail from our adoption coordinator:

For your birth certificate part of your dossier, a photo copy of your original birth certificate along with the beige "Notarized Copy of an Original" form will suffice with China and for your dossier. I have attached another form if you need it. If you want to send me a copy of Lee's original birth certificate to make sure that is fine, that would be great! I hope this helps.

That does help, and it's an answer to prayer. Now, rather than having to wait for who-knows-how-long, we can forge ahead.

We're nearly done with everything needed for our dossier, and it appears as if the home study will be completed before Thanksgiving. Once all of the documentation is authenticated by the U.S. government, our dossier will be off to China!