Mandarin Chinese Word for the Day

Please qing Cheeng

Wednesday

No adoption news today - which I HOPE is a good sign.

We are going to Ruth & Dave's for the 4th (D's Parents) they have a wonderful home on the lake.

This will be totally relaxing when we get there. The kids have such a great time.

Alex LOVES the beach and we can't wait for him to get to spend some time with Ruth & Dave and they get to see how much he has changed and how funny he can be.  It will be great for all the kids to get to see them!!

Looking forward to next year when Aric can enjoy it with us all.  

Document...

Just got and email from our agency and the Document has been received!!

PTL!!

God Willing we are going to send our Dossier To China this Thursday!!! 

YEA!!   :)

Mandarin Chinese Word for the Day

Good Night --- Wan an --- wahn ahn

Monday

No new information. :(

I did call our coordinator today and left a voicemail - just wondering if they received Dave's BC back from Chicago.

Hope to hear something tomorrow!!!

I did talk with a Mom that will be traveling on the 6th of July to pick up her child.  Our children are in the same orphanage and she has offered to take pictures (try to) and check up on Aric.  That is great news!!!

Dossier Completion??

After receiving our USCIS approval -  Monday, 6/16 Austin, Alex and I drove to our agency A Helping Hand ( in Lexington KY) to pick up the documents that needed the additional certifications.  A few we had to take to Fayette County Clerk of Court - then on to Frankfort, KY to the Secretary of State's office and get the State Certifications from them.

Then back to Lexington and A Helping Hand - we met with Dana to discuss what we need to send and where.  The documents have to go on to the Chinese Embassy.  I thought they would all go to the same one and that is one reason we waited to send them all at once.  You use a courier service to take the documents to the Embassy and in our case they go to Washington and also on to the Secretary of State office there.  Other states send to different locations - the courier charges a set amount for the documents - $135.  Well it seems that since Dave's Birth Certificate is from Wisconsin - this document must go to Chicago Consulate.   Bummer!  An additional courier fee.

A Helping Hand mails out correspondence to China once a week on Friday's  - so if everything were to have gone as planned our Dossier would have been sent to China on 6/27 - BUT the document from Chicago did not get back as expected?!

We REALLY HOPE our Dossier will be able to be sent out on Thursday - 7/3 - it is a Thursday this week cause of the 4th of July holiday falling on Friday.  

After we are DTC (Dossier To China) we will wait to receive our Logged In Date or LID. This is the date that begins our official wait. :)  

The dates - subject to change at any given second - most recently families have been waiting and average of 60-70 days for their Letter Of Acceptance.  From my understanding this is the document!! This will mean we have officially been approved for his adoption.  With the Olympics thrown in there in the middle - who knows what type of backlog that could possibly create.  Families that received their LOA's (Letters Of Acceptance) back on 5/1 -- will be traveling on July 17th and the travel dates are being squeezed in prior to the Olympics.

So - right now we will just concentrate on our DTC date. :)

Praying that Aric is safe, healthy, and loved.

We Have USCIS APPROVAL!!

Sorry it has been soooo long since I have written!

We did receive USCIS approval - we received it on Saturday, June 14th!  Funny thing is this is not a day we were even home.  Of Course!! No running to the mailbox as soon as the mail arrives to see if this is the day???   

We were out of town working and got back in late.  Dave had brought the mail in and he knew but didn't say anything, I think he knew it wouldn't take me long.  I zero'd in on the mail 2 minutes after I walked in the door and THERE IT WAS!! It is a most beautiful piece of paper. :)

So only 1 month 2 weeks and 1 day to get. Not too bad considering I had been hearing 3 months!!!

Guess the next step is to change the Poll!!