may 20, 2011

we are on day 9 of the 14 to 17 day countdown to Article 5!  once we have A5 (hopefully on may 25th, which is the earliest we can get it), and it goes to beijing (takes 2-3 days), we will start the 2 to 4 weeks countdown to TRAVEL APPROVAL! 

once we have the coveted and magical TRAVEL APPROVAL (TA), we will be 10 to 14 days from getting on a plane to china and ben!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so, at this point, i'd like to say, we are still short of funds.  :)  yes, i'm begging, again!  don't forget our "ChipIn" located somewhere in the archived posts of this blog or found here:


http://bushresko.chipin.com/international-adoption

and i have had a marvelous and generous offer from a photographer friend for a free portrait sitting for a local family!!  (local defined as Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock counties, please)  my friend, kristen has offered a free portrait to the local family who donates the most before we travel (we travel in roughly 5 to 7 weeks)!  for examples of her work, go here:

kristen conway 

i can't even begin to thank kristen, trish, nancy, alyssa, wendy... and there are so many more! - all the folks who have so generously donated their time and skills and money to helping us raise enough dough to bring benjamin home!  thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!