On It's Way!

I am over the moon! We received word this afternoon that our Dossier made the final review and it is now on its way to China via FedEx! It is such a feeling of relief that our documents are finally complete, approved, signed, sealed and on their way to being delivered.

It will be 2-4 (or more) weeks until the Log In Date (LID), the official date recoginzied by the CCAA when it received the dossier. The LID is very important with regards to when/ if rules apply to you, and when you receive your referral (matched up with a daughter.) Right now, the referrals are coming 16 months after LID. So we are looking at Julyish 2008. Our prayers now are for a speed up in the process! :)

Thank you all for your support over the past 6 months as we put our ducks in a row. We have grown a lot over these past 6 months, and hope to find some peace as we wait now for the word that our Ladybug is ready to come home with us.

The Chinese symbols at the top of this blog are the symbols for "blessed," because that is how I truly feel today, for the first time in a very long time.

We'll keep you posted!

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Happy Chineese New Year!

This weekend is met with mixed emotions for us. We are still waiting for our 171-H to come back from the Chinese Embassy in DC. If it does not come today, or at least given to FedEx today, we will have to wait until the middle of next week since the Embassy is closed for CNY. That puts us very close to the February 23 DTC (Dossier to China) date. The next DTC date is March 9. All because of a silly typo from the Virginia State office! ARUGH!

I know God has a reason for the seemingly endless delays. He has our Ladybug picked out for us and this is just timing adjustment to make sure we get her. But, a girl can still ask for expediency! :)

Babies born in the year of the Boar are considered lucky tokens to have in the family. From http://www.locketown.com/chinese_horoscope.htm:

"By nature, BOARS are peace-loving, trustful, honest, and sincers. People born in the year of the Boar will be lucky and successful in handling money, business and academic matters. They have a deep desire for knowledge and are generally well informed. Boars are the finishers, they are the ones who put the last necessary touches to a project. Boars are suited to be doctors, bankers, businessmen, scientists and entertainers."

Our Ladybug will probably be a Boar Baby. It is exciting and heart wrenching to think about her life before we will know her. I guess the best we can do is pray for her birth parents and for her as she continues her journey to us.

Happy Year of the Boar!

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Welcome to My Blog!

We are so excited to begin our Journey to Ladybug! We are adopting a baby girl from China. This Blog is a great way to share our journey with our family and friends.

For those keeping score at home, we are waiting for our 171H (that's the US form for approval to adopt a foreign born orphan) to get validated by Virginia and approved by the Chinese Embassy in DC. Then it is off to Harrah's in Texas, where it will be sent off in the next batch of dossiers to China.

We'll keep you updated with adoption news and other exciting events in our family.

As always, thanks for your prayers and support through this journey.

Love,
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