Update 3: A Puzzle for Leah

We currently have 214 pieces sponsored, and you can see the outline of China! Thank you again to all who have contributed to our puzzle -- family, friends, and even a few people we don't know well at all! We are so happy that you all want to help us Leah home. There are plenty of pieces left for anyone who would like to be a piece of Leah's story.

Adoption update: I'm just going to be 100% honest here and say that I don't fully understand what is happening with our paperwork right now! I fill out what I'm told, send it where I'm told, and wait for approvals. I do know that our paperwork is currently with the National Visa Center. I was extremely concerned that the government shutdown would hold us up, but so far we have not been affected. We are awaiting an approval from the NVC so we can then send information to China requesting travel approval. TRAVEL APPROVAL...did I just type that?! I long to meet Leah, bring her home and get to know everything about her. Normally it seems like it is taking forever to get to her, but just the fact that I'm even mentioning travel approval is encouraging. It really is coming soon!

Sweet big brother reading a bedtime story