I took these photos of flowers in our backyard. I think I will frame them, they look neat to me. Things are moving along now, we got our I-171-H last Thursday and mailed it to the Chinese consoult office in Houston to get it authenticated by Friday. Houston got it back to us by this Friday, so it only took 7 days which is not bad at all. Lori and I went through the check off sheet again to make sure that we had everthing, then we went to Mail Boxes Ect. to photocopy everything. Then after the marathon photocopying session we checked everything against the checklist again. I recommend doing this if you fixate on things like I do, it will help you sleep wile your dossier is going through critical review at your adoption agency. Then we shipped it off to CCAI via Fed-Ex for the white glove check aka critical reveiw. Our dossier arrived at the adoption agency on Monday at 10:23 AM. I can't tell you what a relief it is to get to this point. There's a definite sense of calm that comes with the completation of your dossier. With that said here's what happened this Monday night(the same day that the agency received our completed dossier).
I was sitting on my couch trying to figure out when we might be LID and my loving wife said oh, so now we are going to be doing this for awhile. Meaning, I see now that we have got our dossier done you have just changed obsessions without even a days rest inbetween. I love that woman, but I'm starting to think that she knows me way to well. The ink wasn't even dry on the photocopies of our dossier yet and I had moved on to DTC AND LID. By the way, according to my calculations, I know we will be LID sometime in July and that's such a good feeling. Now I'm going to try and relax because we are in for a LONG wait.
Below is a video some one posted on MSN China adoption group. It is shot inside Yangxi SWI, by an adoptive father. Although this may be hard to look at, I thought I would share it here. If any of you have heard that there are fewer orphan children in China and that is why the wait is getting longer, according to this video I don't think that is the problem there are still many babys and kids that need good families and homes. This is one orphanage and is not necessarily the way that they all look. If our daughter comes from this orphanage, I now have a look inside that I might not have gotten otherwise. I would want to know where she lived the first part of her life, so if your daughter comes from or came from this orphanage this is where she spent her days. Tonight as I lay in my soft bed I will think of the babys in Yangxi SWI and the rest of China. Norah we will be there soon......
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6 comments:
Hi, We are The Fogles. We are using CCAI also, and hopefully we too will have a July LID. I am waiting for Chinese Consulate in NYC to send me back my dossier and then it will be off to CCAI. Anyhow, was this video a few years old or recent? I was under the assumption that CCAA did not have enough babies to keep up with the dossiers..but, this sure makes you think twice about that theory.
Melissa, It was taken Wednesday may 17,, 2006,heres the link that I got it from. After you go get there click on the "psgres" at the top to see the rest of there photos. You might have to cut and past all of it.
http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=97713&cdate=20060517&ctime=002610
I beleave that the number of paper ready babies that CCAA has recived is not enough to keep up with the dossiers. The orphages send the paper work on the babies to CCAA then they do referals from them. There are still way more babies that need familys. Then familys that are looking to give a baby a home. Good luck with your July lid date we will have to watch to see if we get the same LID date.
Glen
from Carolyn
Glen, sad to see so many unwanted babies, but nice to see that the place is clean, even if the conditions are sparse, those wood bed slats are something else. Glad to know Norah will only be there a few months before coming to our family to be cherished.
Glen, What a terrific picture!! You should frame it.. for Norah when she comes home..
Laurie Wells
Congrats on your I-171-H! I know it must feel great to know you're this much closer to your little girl. Good luck with everything else.
The Davidson family
(James, Cheryl, and Monica)
fellow FCC family
My husband and I are also working with CCAI and hope to have a July LID. Our dossier has passed the critical review and is being translated. Thanks for posting the orphanage video. Good luck with the process!
The Colombo family
Mike & Rosemary
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