I-171!

Yippee! In this otherwise bleak week of trying to overcome Sophie's illness, a bright light appeared in our mailbox yesterday...our I-600 was approved by our local Citizenship and Immigration Office and is on its way to Korea! It appears that they received our application on 12.29.08 and approved us on 1.05.09, which is pretty gosh-darn fast, folks!

We are so happy to have this taken care of as it's something else we can check off of our "waiting to travel" list. Here's hoping that the Korea-side completes their paperwork just as quickly...we want our baby girl home!

Also, an update...Sophie has just begun to perk up around here. Finally, after 2-3 days of being lethargic and really not even responding to us, she began to sing, "Where is Thumbkin," once again...it's music to our ears! Little by little, we are getting our Sophie back. Excellent timing as we are scheduled for her annual cleft palate clinic tomorrow...would love to be able to keep that appointment if at all possible!