Psalms 126:3

"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy!"


We've Been Waiting:

Making our Way to Miah:

We are very close to receiving out TA (Travel Approval) WHOOP, WHOOP!

April 23: All Hague adoption paperwork is complete. US Consulate will issue our Article 5 to China (CCCWA) within 10 days.


Happy Referral Day: February 21, 2013
(we waited 1 year, 6 months, 20 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes

LID - March 26, 2012

DTC (dossier to China): March 9, 2012

USCIS Approval: February 13, 2012

USCIS Fingerprinting visit: February 7, 2012

Dossier completed: January 2012

Chinese Consulate mailing: December 2011

Paper-chase began: August 1, 2011

Talk to our Agency: July 2011

Decision to begin the journey: Father's Day 2011

Monday, December 29, 2008

LEAVIN' ON A JET PLANE!






















WE ARE HEADED TO CHINA BABY!


This is a what my sister & I call a WOO HOA moment - WOW it is finally here....can you believe it....what a life changing & amazing journey we've been on....we can't wait to kiss our sweet one's face.

We will receive our full travel itinerary within China from our agency tomorrow.

This was a whirlwind of a day. I decided to contact our agency as I had not heard back from them as to whether we landed our US Consulate appointment prior to booking our tickets for a Jan 8 departure. The emails of confirmation & travel instructions were going to my office email that I wont' be reading until January 2 - yikes. I have had my tail on fire all afternoon getting our tickets booked and emailing the US government office as the Consulate office in China said that they had not received our updated fingerprints..what...double yikes! I'm working on that one, but believe it will all workout.....especially since I'm holding the official document that has valid prints w/an expiration date of 2010.

We depart for Beijing on January 8th @ 1pm...make a stop in Tokyo and then arrive on January 9th @ 9:40 pm. We will head for home on January 23 @ 8:30 am (with THE BEST SOUVENIR EVER) and arrive back home on the same day @ 6:55 am.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!! Awesome!!!!! I am just thrilled for you. . .peace and calmness to you both. . .level heads. . .LOL Just think. . .you will be meeting Liliah sooo soon now!!! What a blessed journey!! GIGANTIC WOO HOO SISTER HUGS!!!!!

Laurie said...

OH my gosh, the time is almost here. Are you sleeping at all? Up all night imagining what it will be like to meet your sweetheart? Packing like crazy? Just a little over a week- WOW! !I'm getting SO excited for you!

Patricia said...

WONDERFUL news!!! I'm so excited for you!! Once you're there, SAVOR every moment, take a bazillion pictures, & ENJOY that sweet, precious girl of YOURS!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Can't wait to follow along!