We couldn’t have come half way around the world to adopt without an awesome team. What a team it was and I will forever remember each and every one of them. CCAI is an amazing agency. I cannot speak more highly of them. Throughout this entire process they were there answering the silliest of questions. […]
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The day is FINALLY here
I have to admit, I was sick as a dog in Beijing. I tried to blog and each time I would start feeling migrainey and nauseous. I prayed so so very hard for God to help me with my health and make me feel well enough to meet our son yesterday. He came through as […]
Beijing , a whole new world
Let the adventures begin! We arrived to Beijing Thursday around 4 pm. The flight was very nice, we were lucky to fly business so the accommodations were very nice. We’ve been here a couple of days now and my jet lag has only improved somewhat. I really got hit hard with the time change and […]
5 More Days !
I am so glad to be having the chance to finally sit down at my computer and update a bit. The last month or so has been a complete and utter whirlwind, preparing for our son to come home. We found out a few weeks ago that we had travel approval and were given the […]
The Wait
I sit in front of my computer wishing I could type the words, “We know when we are leaving for China!” But alas… I cannot. Yet, it IS getting closer to knowing and we do have a timeframe. We thought it would be March, but the way China is flying through approvals lately, it looks […]
Divine Intervention
We became DTC, Dossier to China on October 19, 2015. An exciting day because we knew that now it was just a matter of time before we could start viewing a file if it were presented to us. Let’s go back though to a couple months ago when Josh and I were enjoying outside porch time […]
APPROVAL YA’LL
So this day has just gotten a little bit better !!! Let me just take a minute to say that my day has been a little up and down so far. Started off with my sweet Libby going off to Kindergarten for the second day and when I dropped her off this morning at […]
Home study report approved
Good news! Our home study report has finally been approved and I’m expecting to get the notarized copies tomorrow. CAS will mail one to our adoption agency to add to our dossier and one will go off to USCIS for our immigration approval called I-800a. Of course, we filled out our Immigration paperwork weeks ago […]
Met a new friend today !
Today I had lunch with Jill Hudson, a super adorable girl who is also in the process of expanding her family through adoption in China. We are both going through it all at about the same pace, although she is slightly in front of us. It was so nice to sit down and talk dossiers, home […]
All Four Home Studies Complete !
I’m not sure how we got so lucky, but our sweet social worker Dora, was able to complete all four home studies in just a couple of weeks. Normally they like to do one home study a week which can take a month or more sometimes, but luck was on our side. Dora was going […]
