Sunday Update

Well as most of you probably know we had a really great week! We got photos and a new medical update and of course the OOO so anticipated EP approval!!! I am still just so excited to have that behind us and now we are just waiting to hear that she has her Visa!! There are a couple steps that have to happen first though.. of course isnt there always one more step.
So first if you remember P3 had been sent to Holt Korea and has been sitting there waiting for EP approval before it can be sent back to the embassy for her VI to happen. Before that can happen Holt has to get her passport so that is what I am waiting to find out... Im hoping to call DC this week and here that P3 has been returned and then I will be waiting to here that her visa interview (VI) is scheduled and then after that we will just be waiting for her travel call unless.....
In some cases during the VI the interviewer can decide that her medical needs need to be signed off by the parents... us just acknowledging that we now of everything. Well we are hoping that even though she was a WC that because she is perfectly healthy that we wont have to worry about this waiver because it could slow us down another week. So Im praying that no waiver is necessary.
So that is a lot to happen but should all be able to be completed within the next few weeks. Really we could get our TC this week or next week, which would be amazing and such a blessing.
Now that we have EP Ive been able to relax a little bit and focus on Maddie and Kaden and trying to give them some special attention. Ive had a lot of talks with them about what it is going to be like when Malia gets here and that she will probably cry a lot and be scared and that Rich and I will be focusing so much time on her and having to carry her around a lot and that I will probably be super tired and maybe even a little cranky. I really think that talking about this so much with them really has them as prepared as they could be. Maddie will tell people that when our baby gets here she is going to be scared and cry a lot and its ok because she doesnt know us.... I think thats really sweet.
Im hoping and praying that she doesnt struggle to much and that she will feel comfortable and trust us quite quickly. Im hoping all these prayers and blessings will help her.
Really Im just getting super excited and a little nervous too. Im already feeling sad for her and the loss she is once again going to be experiencing. Not only has she already lost 2 moms she is about to loose again her caregivers that love her so much. Im really hoping all these losses doesnt completely keep her from attaching to us quickly and by quickly I know that can still be months, Im just hoping not years!
We all love her so so much and just really want her home so so badly! So keep praying with us that we will get our Travel call!!
*BTW her medicals were great and sad all at the same time. She now has 4 teeth on top and bottom, she is taking 2 steps at a time and gained 7 oz and grew just a weee bit taller. She is hitting all of her milestones and Im just so happy she is getting the excellent care she has been. What a blessing. Yedda (sweet lady that got us photos this last week) was able to tell me how sweet she is and that she loves to dance, she also told me that the babies eat what they call baby cheese and that she is eating rice cereal with either veggies mixed in or meat. I was so happy to hear that because her medicals had only been saying formula. Im hoping for a good little eater!