Which News Would You Like First...

We woke this morning looking for the email that would tell us we have those two letters we have been holding our breath for 9 days now... TA - Travel Approval. We received two emails. Which news would you like first? 

Email # 1 was a gift, just not the one we wanted. We did not get TA today. We watched many families and some with our agency get their TAs and we celebrate with them! What we did get was an email from our agency letting us know they had inquired for us with CCCWA and our TA is "in the works" and should be ready "in a couple of days". A couple more days. More days. Sigh.
But, It will be ready in a couple more days. We will have TA in a "couple more days". Does that mean Christmas? The day after? Will we have our Consulate Appointment (CA) by Monday? Tuesday? We will be going to China on January 12th (almost) for certain now. There shouldn't be a problem getting a CA (the last of the acronyms to achieve) in the first week of February. I called the travel agent. We are going to put the car seat into the car this weekend. We are going to go to China. 


Email # 2 was a gift. Totally unexpected. And a gift. 

This boy!