Cabled!

After NOT receiving the NVC letter that informs us that our I800 was cabled to Guangzhou, I decided to call the NVC tonight and I must admit, I am so happy I did! According to the NVC Representative I spoke to on the phone, our information was cabled to the US Consulate in Guangzhou on April 21st! Come Monday morning, I must call our agency with this wonderful news!

another step closer...

As for now, I found myself once again not-soon-patiently waiting for our Article 5 to be issued by our Consulate in Guangzhou.

***NVC = National Visa Center****

Care Package #2 and Shopping {what more can you ask for}!!!

Care package is due to arrive at Benjamin's SWI on April 26th!

Seeing how we are once again getting ready to send out Care Package #2, I found it only fitting to share with you all the great stuff that will be included this time in our son's box!



a soft cuddle blanket...



a pair of fishes shorts....



a Tony Stewart {for when he drove for Home Depot} race car...



an truly adorable monkey stuffed animal...



two packs of Dum-Dum pops...



a disposable camera...



and last but not least ~ a photo of his "soon-to-be" family {all labeled in English & Chinese}!








I am really hoping to get these carefully hand-picked surprises off to him within the next two weeks!


PLUS



While I was out shopping for all those goodies listed above, I found some other MUST HAVE items that I just couldn't pass up!



a pair of shark sandals...



a dragonfly bubble blower with bubbles (Francesca and Annabelle already have a set each as well)...



a few pairs of "big boy" briefs {Thank You Sara for the inside scoop on those}...



and a "way too cute for words" "Sharkie" Polliwalks (which I found at TJ Maxx for $8.00)!!!!





I never imagined shopping for a little boy could be this much fun! Can't wait to see what else I find over the next couple of weeks while I try to get - not only ourselves - Benjamin room, closet and dresser drawers filled with everything he will need!!!!

A few UPDATES!!!!

OK here is the photo that I received from our agency on Friday along with some updated measurements...

Currently ~

Benjamin is...

24.25lbs

30.3" tall

head measures 18.5"

chest measures 18.9"

each foot measures 5.1"

and he has 16 teeth!

Seeing how I am comparing these measurements to our Annabelle's (who is one tiny little girl), our Benjamin is truly one tiny little boy! I was planning on taking 2T clothing but it is now looking like I NEED to take 24 month size clothing as well...

Lucky for me I didn't purchase any more pajamas than the ones that my dear friend, Sara, sent to him this past spring which are 2T and are looking to be a perfect fit! As for his shoes, I have a few pairs of sandals purchased that are size 6 which I think as going to work!

Now ~ when do I think we'll travel, I am now thinking early June? Who knows? But we did find out that our I800 was processed on April 14th. We also just sent in our DS-230 along with a few finally fees needed for Benjamin's visa.

I am also getting ready to send out another care package to our baby boy. It has a blanket in it, a monkey stuffed animal, a #20 Home Depot Matchbox car, 2 large bags of lollipops for everyone to enjoy and a photo of his new family (along with a few other things)!!!! Hoping to get it sent out this week :)

I am still planning on posting to this site when we travel. Not sure if I'll be posting every day (seeing how there will be 6 of us once Benjamin comes) but I will try to do my best! Plus my notebook has been "misbehaving" on me lately. As much as I don't want the expense of a new notebook before traveling, we just might have to bite the bullet and get a new one.

So for now, this is where we are at! Hope you all enjoy the updated photo and measurements as much as we did!!!