FABULOUS news

My friend answered my mobile on the way home, and it was Mr Messy saying we had received an email from the LA Team Leader!! Apparently she has now contacted the DFES and all we need from the LA to switch over is for her to write a letter of support!!!! This is FANTASTIC!!!! Our LA has never done an intercountry adoption before, and is scared stiff of getting anything wrong, so they cross the t's and dot the i's to the n'th degree - and make us jump through more hoops than anyone else I know of!! BUT this time they have actually spoken to the DFES and listened to what they need. Originally the LA were talking about us having to redo medicals, references and the whole homestudy (with us paying!!!) AND revisit Panel, so this is the bestest news we could get :-) I nearly drove off the road when my friend relayed Mr Messy's message (luckily I didn't and I'm still here to tell the tale). So instead of this change to a SN request taking months, it could take days or a week or so :-) At least then we are likely to get an answer from the CCAA as to whether or not they will let us change over, and I'll be able to relax a little more. I won't relax fully until we are actually in China with our new little one fully adopted - then I might believe it will happen!!!