Submitted!

So excited to say...

THAT WE WERE FINALLY SUBMITTED TO EMBASSY!!!

We received the email at 5:34am CST,

from the Embassy stating that they had received our file.

So...

now it is their job to determine if our Little Man meets

the US definition of "true orphan" under the US immigration law.

even though he is legally ours.

side note:

I caught Ellison saying the other day,

"oh, but he is 'legally ours' "

cracked me up...

i guess i've been saying that a lot!

I'm sure she has no idea what that really means!

anywhoo....

in the email, the embassy stated that this process could take

weeks to months.

We are praying for a WEEK!

Just one WEEK! :)

okay, maybe a week and a half!

and at some point...

we will receive another email in the middle of the night,

saying that we have CLEARED,

and that we can come pick him up and bring him home!

So in about a week,

I will not be sleeping anymore.

because I will constantly be checking my email all through the night!