The pictures look great! Everyone looks wonderful.
Happy Birthday to Liliana– Josie’s Birthday is in November as well. I love the Hello Kitty cake pops! Hello Kitty is a huge star in our home as well! Now we get to gear up for Clara Rose’s birthday in a few weeks. Winter is so busy!
I am Kelly, now the mother of two. You can follow our family adventures here. Keith and I were married in 2001 and our son, Koen was born in 2006. The Lord put a passion for orphans and a desire to adopt in our hearts and we started our adoption journey in early 2007. The adoption road for us was full of anticipation and discouragement, but ultimately the Lord blessed us with a spunky little girl from China. Ai Li (Liliana) came home in September 2009 and we are working on the attachment process.
Our Adoption Timeline
-9/25/09 Ai Li comes home, becomes a US citizen -9/23/09 Consulate Appointment -9/14/09 We Finally meet our Daughter! -9/12/09 Leave for China -8/31/09 Received our Travel Approval
-8/10/09 Received our Visas -8/3/09 Signed and Sent our LOA to China -7/31/09 After 155 days, our LOA arrives! -7/30/09 Applied for Visas -3/12/09 Match is Approved (PA) -2/27/09 Matched with Ai Li!! (LOI) -2/26/09 Log In Date (LID) -2/11/09 DTC (Dossier to China) -2/9/09 Finished SN Checklist -1/15/09 Finished paperwork for China -12/26/08 Received Immigration Renewal, this time to China -12/11/08 Filed I600A & I824 for Immigration -12/9/08 China Home Study is Done -12/4/08-Decided to adopt from China -9/15/08- Update I171H -9/1/08- Vietnam closes, 11 months DTV -4/25/08- Bad news: VN will not complete adoptions without referrals by 9/1/08 -10/1/07- DTV (Dossier to Vietnam) -9/20/07- Dossier to Consulate -9/12/07- All paperwork is in to agency -9/10/07- Immigration Approval -8/8/07- Filed I600-A, fingerprinted -8/2/07- Home study complete -June 2007- Applied, started home study -May 2007- Decided on Agency -February 2007- Started researching agencies
Merry Christmas Kelly and Happy New Year!
The pictures look great! Everyone looks wonderful.
Happy Birthday to Liliana– Josie’s Birthday is in November as well. I love the Hello Kitty cake pops! Hello Kitty is a huge star in our home as well! Now we get to gear up for Clara Rose’s birthday in a few weeks. Winter is so busy!
Enjoy!