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 22, 2008

A Sweet Gift

How excited were we this morning to receive a picture of Liliah sitting with her foster dad at the Yulin Orphanage. She is in the front row, first child on the left....turned around looking at those behind her. Oh, she looks like a busy and social one - yeah!
(click on picture to enlarge)

This is a picture of all of the children with their foster parents after receiving a Christmas gift from the orphanage. I believe the man standing in the back on the left is the director.

We are about 21 days away from meeting Liliah!!!!!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome!!!! You are getting soooo close now!!! How can you sleep?? So neat to have this picture!!! This will be a wonderful Christmas for you guys as you get so close now to bringing Liliah home. . .we are sooo excited for you. . .Big Excited Hugs!!!!

Dawn said...

Sharon, that is such wonderful news!!! You are so close to having that little girl in your arms!!! I cannot wait to follow along. We did know who Lucy was last Christmas, but we did not get PA until Jan 2, so we tried not to get our hopes up...yet all along we knew she was our girl!

Anonymous said...

I'm so excited to be seeing pics of Darryl, Liliah and you all together soon...I know the wait is soooo....long, but the timing will be perfect! Love & Blessings, Diana

Anonymous said...

Hi Sharon!
That is a great picture!!! I love your daughter!! She looks so sweet. My name is Ethel and mom to three children, Yi Kong is now 5 years old and adopted from the Yulin orphanage in February 2005 (at 14 months old).
Are you a member of the Yulinshaanxikids yahoo group? I would recommend you that and maybe post the picture there. Otherwise I could do that for you. There are a lot of fostermom and -dads on the picture ánd children and a lot of parents are looking for their childrens foster family.
You can email me privately:
t.vandervlies@upcmail.nl

Best wishes and good luck on your trip to your daughter!!!

Ethel, The Netherlands
mom to Blossom, Yi Kong and Jing

Anonymous said...

I am so sorry, I didn't read your blog too well. I saw your daughter is from Guangxi, right? Our son is also, from BeiHai. There is also a Yulin, Shaanxi, that is were our daughter is from.
Congratulations on your daughter!!!
Ethel