Pardon Granted!!!!!

We are happy to announce that John is now a free bird!! (he's been singing the song free bird all day!)
I called the Pardons and Clemency division in Ottawa this morning to find out the status of Johns pardon application. The officer there told me that the letter had been sent out just this morning, so we should see it in our mailbox next week sometime! Meaning that John's pardon is on it's way to us right now!
I'm so glad that the pardons officers took our plee seriously and processed John's application so quickly! This helps me to regain a little bit more faith in the system.
We are getting so close!!

Also today, I read that in Shanghai right now there are over 100,000 orphaned babies and toddlers under the age of 3. That's in Shanghai alone...which is basically the smallest province in all of china!! Wow. Knowing that makes it so much more frustrating to have to wait over a year to be placed with a child when there are so many little souls over there that need mommies and daddies and families right now. :(
But again, there is nothing we can do but wait for the little soul that was meant to be with us all along. Did I mention before that Cadence thinks she is growing our China baby in her belly button?? Too cute!
The truth is that our whole family is growing our China baby in our hearts!

I'll post again when we have word that our home study has been sent to the government of Alberta for approval. We're hoping for that to happen within a couple of weeks from now!
Bye! Hope every one's summer is going well!