Congratulations on your referral! She is beautiful! I saw your blog on the RQ list. We have a special needs referral currently waiting at the same SWI! NiCole
OH, she's just beautiful! Congratulations from another adoptive Momma! We also have an Ethan, and he's 5 months older than our little China baby. They were 20 months and 15 months when we were in China! :) God bless you and your family as you add a precious daughter. Selina
Congratulations! She is beautiful! My girl is a Gao girl too! Come on over to the Gaozhou SWI yahoo group- lots of great families with beautiful Gao girls to talk to and learn from! After an incredibly long wait, your time as finally come! Congratulations!!!
07/28/2003 Matt listened to Stephen Curtis Chapman on Family Life Today
07/29/2003 Shawna tuned in to day 2 of Family Life Today
10/11/2003 Attended the “If You Were Mine” adoption workshop in Brentwood, TN
10/11/2003 God conceived in our hearts our daughter from China
02/2004 Found out we were pregnant with Eli ~ adoption on but on hold
07/2005 Sent in Pre-Application to Bethany Christian Services ~ was told by Bethany we should wait another year
07/22/2005 Mailed Bethany a letter stating why we believed God had said “Now is the time”, along with our financial statements
08/22/2005 Mailed official Adoption Application, auto-biographies, other Bethany forms, and the first check of many
10/11/2005 Criminal History Report request mailed off to the state of Indiana
11/07/2005 Passports issued
11/14/2005 Submitted our I-600 to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services
12/27/2005 Home study complete
03/15/2006 Fingerprint appointment in Indianapolis
04/03/2006 Dossier completed and submitted to Bethany
05/04/2006 Dossier mailed from Bethany, Grand Rapids, to China
05/11/2006 Dossier received by China ~ LID
07/2007 Second set of fingerprints done in Indianapolis
07/25/2008 Felt the Lord calling us to enter the COP program
07/25/2008 Sent off for Eli’s passport
07/26/2008 Began to doubt God’s calling to adopt ~ sought out council and was encouraged to look back and identify times we were certain we heard God and saw God work and then to cling to those movements
07/28/2008 Third social worker comes to update our home study to reflect our new house
07/30/2008 Third set of fingerprints done in Louisville
11/14/2008 I-600A Refile
02/09/2009 I-600A Refile
08/27/2009 Fourth set of fingerprints done in Louisville
06/14/2010 I-600A Refile
09/10/2010 5th set of fingerprints done in Louisville
11/06/2010 Home Study Update
5/25/2010 Ethan Blaine was born
08/06/2010 Went "on hold" due to the birth of our 2nd child
01/21/2010 Letter to request to be taken off hold was mailed to China
15 comments:
She's adorable! Congratulations! Hope you travel very, very soon! =)
She is precious and beautiful. It is such a blessing watching God's plan for your family unfold.
Congratulations! And I recognize that floor tile.
Your baby girl is so beautiful! (as are your other children). Congrats!
Trace7, RQ
She is adorable, congratulations. Blessings
What a wonderful idea to celebrate at Build a Bear. She's precious, congrats!
Yay!! She is absolutely beautiful!! I better get to those questions so you can ask me more! :) Stay busy during this time of waiting!
She is too cute!! Congrats to you all!!!
Congratulations on your referral! She is beautiful! I saw your blog on the RQ list. We have a special needs referral currently waiting at the same SWI!
NiCole
Oh, she is darling!!! I love her name, too.
Congratulations!!!! This makes the long wait worth it, doesn't it?
Erica
OH, she's just beautiful! Congratulations from another adoptive Momma! We also have an Ethan, and he's 5 months older than our little China baby. They were 20 months and 15 months when we were in China! :)
God bless you and your family as you add a precious daughter.
Selina
Congratulations! She is beautiful! My girl is a Gao girl too! Come on over to the Gaozhou SWI yahoo group- lots of great families with beautiful Gao girls to talk to and learn from! After an incredibly long wait, your time as finally come! Congratulations!!!
What a cutie... congrats...
She is ADORABLE!! Congratulations!!
Awwww...perfection! Such a beauty! Congrats!
Kelly
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