Since we missed Christmas with Britton, we celebrated with "Christmas morning" on January 2, the first morning we were back. We woke up, had a good breakfast and opened gifts with Britton and Lia Kate. They were both loving it. Lia Kate loved playing with the wrapping paper and Britton loved opening gifts. It has been a year since last Christmas and his last birthday so I haven't seen him really enjoy opening gifts until now. It was a fun morning and Britton and Lia Kate got a lot of great gifts thanks to grandparents, aunts/uncles, and great grandparents, as the parents have had little time to shop!
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What a beatiful, happy hand-full they are! You are so blessed!!
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.
6 comments:
What a beatiful, happy hand-full they are! You are so blessed!!
Aunt Peggy
love these pics, they make me smile. and these matching pj's are WAY cute.
Adorable ;) britton & lia kate best friends in the making...emily you look very happy...Congrats!
Andrea
Love these! Lia Kate looks thrilled and Britton is already a good older brother (looks like a linebacker by the way). Hook 'em! ~ Uncle Scott
How wonderfully beautiful and joyful!!! I can't wait to meet Lia Kate!
What a blessing and a beautiful family you are!! April C.
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