Journey To Our Girl: Our Chinese Princess

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Our Chinese Princess

Here is a cute photo from today!

3 comments:

The Giffen Family said...: BEAUTIFUL!!! Love this picture! :); December 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Sarah Beth said...: What a doll!; December 29, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Unknown said...: Hey Emily and Danny
i finally got a chance to catch up on your blog tonight. I didn't want to stop reading. Thank you for sharing your journey. What a blessing. She is beautiful. i can't wait to meet her ! Grace Padgett; December 29, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Adoption Timeline...

May - June 2007
Choose an agency -- Lifeline Children's Services -- and start paperchasing.

November 2007
Approval to adopt from USCIS.

December 29, 2007
We are DTC (Dossier to China)!

January 15, 2008
We are LID (Log In Date)! Logged in to the CCAA (Chinese Consulate on Adoption Affairs) system. Meanwhile, our son, Britton, was born and living in the NICU.

January 2008 - August 2009
WAITING. Adoptions are moving very S-L-O-W-L-Y.

August 2009
We decide to pursue a special needs child and begin reviewing files here and there.

October 21, 2009
We get Lia Kate's file and know she is ours! Send off our LOI (Letter of Intent) to adopt her.

October 27, 2009
We get Pre-Approval (PA) from the Chinese government to adopt Lia Kate!

November 16, 2009
Our Letter of Approval (LOA) came saying we are approved to adopt Lia Kate! We waited only 3 1/2 weeks to get it ... crazy fast. Hoping to leave for China in December.

December 10, 2009
Travel Aproval (TA)

December 15, 2009
Flight to China

December 21, 2009
Gotcha Day!!!!

December 29, 2009
Consulate Appointment (CA)

January 1, 2010
Fly HOME!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Our Chinese Princess

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