When you know, you know...

I've hesitated and gone back and forth on what to post for a couple weeks now.

It's not that I didn't want people to share in our experience or our excitement, but nothing is set in stone yet and I don't want to have to come up with an explanation if things fall through.

That being said...
We've been matched with our son and he will be 4 in February. I'm sure some of you are shocked to see we are going to have a SON! We kind of were too. We had intentions to pick out a girl under 2 years old. But once we saw his face, we knew he was ours.

Our original plan was to get 2 children, a boy and a girl, but because he is considered Special Focus we will only move forward with him. Once a Special Focus child is matched, they don't like to make them wait and try to expedite the process!

We can't share any pictures or his real name online. We also can't (and won't) share his 'story.' His relinquishment is something that we will have to talk to him about in the future and it's his business if people know that about him.

What we can share is that we will change his name to Easton and he is albino. What's sad about that is albinism is considered a special need over in China. We've reviewed his file with our doctor and have steps in place for when we come home. We speculate we will travel around the beginning of the year... we are really just hoping to have him home before his 4th birthday.

We just have a few more documents to get authenticated in Chicago and then we can send the dossier in. Once that gets turned in, it has to be translated and then sent to China for review. Essentially, we are just waiting on the OK from China that we can bring him home.

Prayers for a quick turn around time!!!