Our Princess is 6!

I feel like I was just posting this not that long ago. Wow, a year has flown by with so many wonderful things happening.

Grace had a very fun, "magical" birthday party with her friends and family to celebrate turning 6 years old......or, as her and Neena put it....joining the "great big 6 year old club". The party ended up being quite large but, I think we pulled it off well. We had a magician come to the house, played games, and enjoyed cake.

In these 6 years, my sweet Gracie has grown into an amazing little person. She is smart, very strong-willed :), inquisitive and sensitive. She has a wonderful, bubbly personality that radiates through her laugh and smile. She gets her quick wit and goofiness from her Daddy and I like to think her sensitivity and curiosity from me. ....5 and 6 year olds have MANY questions about everything. I think they are really started to understand how things and other people "work". I love talking to her, watching her, and still holding her (when she lets me). Some of our favorite times together are when we just chat in the car before or after school.

Happy Happy Birthday Sweet Princess!!! We love you! XOXOXO

I-600 Approval

We received our I-600 (petition to classify orphan as an immediate relative) Approval in the mail today. Wahoo!
It took 14 weeks for approval.....seemed like a very long time. I think this was because we had heard that the process was so much faster than it used to be. I guess hearing that, we were expecting a quicker turn around time.
But, that's neither here nor there...........we have approval now :)

For those of you who are still unsure of the process.... no, that does not mean we can travel or bring Jackson home any sooner. But, it does mean that all the necessary approvals on this side of the ocean are complete. Yeah!