Holding onto hope....

It's what we've got right now. Not a whole lot else...but we did hear a couple of encouraging tidbits this week.
1. The USCIS has unofficially let it be known that there will at least be SOME exceptions to the DNA testing of relinquished children. No clarification on which, but at least we hope it would include already referred children, or ones already in orphanages, or something that includes those of us stuck in limbo over the last 6 months.
2. We received a bizarre series of emails from USCIS this week, with them requesting various parts of our dossier (which we've sent them previously, but which have apparently disappeared.) We got an email Thursday night confirming that they had all of our dossier now and that it was being reviewed. It isn't exactly the Receipt of Acknowledgment, but then they've already sent us two of those and then later wrote us back telling us to ignore them. Confusing, frustrating, etc, but almost normal to us at this point. Upside: they admit to having all of our dossier, now we just wait for I600 (and travel)pre-approval from them.
3. Jynger expects our G&R date in the next couple of weeks. (decoding of adoption lingo: G&R is the giving and receiving date, the date assigned by the Vietnamese government, when we travel and the adoptive child is officially recognized as your child). Jynger says it is POSSIBLE, and I know that's not even close to PROBABLE or CERTAIN, but April could still be a possibility for travel if everything lines up in our favor.

So.....we hope, and wait. And pray some more. Thank you so much to all of you who have sent us kind words and prayers. The support has been overwhelming and sustaining to us. Sam has no idea how big his cheerleading team is here. But hopefully he will soon!