Today marks day 33 since we’ve been logged in at the CCAA. Lately TAs for the special needs program have been coming really quickly, some as soon as 45-65 days post LID. I don’t know if that trend will hold true for us, but a girl can hope, right? I find myself starting to really believe she’s coming home soon… Read More
FINALLY!
We got the good word from our agency this morning … we’ve been logged in! It was with mixed emotions that I read our LID is 3/2. A little bummed that it took almost an entire month to get logged in at the CCAA, but resplendently happy that we’re ‘in’! We’re officially in line, the CCAA knows we’re doing all… Read More
Six months
Yesterday marked six months that we have been pursuing our precious Sophie. In a way it feels like much longer, I can’t seem to remember a time that we didn’t think about her and pray for her daily. But it also seems like yesterday that I was sitting at my computer when I opened up the email from Lifeline, the… Read More
Another care package marks another month
I mailed out Sophie’s fourth care package on Thursday. The first one was mailed right after we received our pre approval and I have had the best time collecting goodies to send to her, her friends at the SWI and the nannies. We also mailed out a big box of blankets, hats, mittens and cleft nursers after we heard that… Read More
What’s up ladybug?
My son pointed out this sweet ladybug crawling across my McDonald’s cup last Friday. I am not really superstitious, actually I’m not at all superstitious, but for some reason seeing this little lady scurrying across my cup gave me the warm feeling that maybe our dossier is going to be logged in soon. It has been almost 3 weeks and… Read More
Sophie’s site is up
We recorded our journey to Isabelle by having our trip hosted by Joe and Jennifer from My Adoption Website. They did such a great job that we decided to have them do the same thing for us on our journey to Sophie. I am so happy with how the site turned out – it’s beautiful.
IT HAS ARRIVED :)
Our dossier officially was received this morning (afternoon, China time) at CCAA! It was so fun to watch our dossier’s progress over the weekend. This is a great day for our dossier to arrive since the CCAA has been closed for the last week due to Chinese New Year. Hoping to hear in a few weeks that we are officially… Read More
Where is Sophie?
Sophie is from the Guangxi Province, on the southern coast of China, which borders Vietnam. She is in the city of Guilin, which is in the northeast corner of Guangxi. When we travel for her we will meet and adopt her Nanning, but we are very hopeful to be able to visit Guilin, not only because of how lovely that… Read More
Party time!
It’s time to CELEBRATE! We heard from our agency this afternoon and our completed dossier is on its way to China! We have been working toward this day since September and it feels great! Now it’s time to settle in for the 3 month wait until we get our TA (Travel Approval) and then it will be just a few… Read More
More on our girl
We first saw Sophie’s face on September 7. Our agency inquired on our behalf with the CCAA if they would consider us to adopt her since we have more children than China allows. We heard the good word a few days later and our LOI (Letter of Intent) was sent to China on September 22. It was a long wait… Read More