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The adoption of Hope Xiaodan and Lily Love from China

Friday, September 21, 2007

Posted by Amy Reneé at 10:25 PM
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miphatname said...

who's fingerprint is this?

September 25, 2007 at 5:03 PM
Amy Reneé said...

Cyberperson's,

October 7, 2007 at 7:48 PM

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Our Adoption Timeline

  • July 2012: Lily's second surgery
  • Sept. 2011: Lily's first surgery.
  • May 2011: Hope's cleft palate surgery
  • April 2011: Hope's cleft lip surgery
  • Feb 10-26: TRIP TO CHINA!!!!
  • Jan. 18, 2011: We got our Consulate Appointment! Booked flights to leave for China on Feb. 10!
  • Jan. 12, 2011: WE FINALLY GOT OUR TAs!
  • December 1: FedEx man comes again bringing Hope's RA to sign!!!
  • November 29: RA FOR HOPE!!!!
  • November 24: PA for Hope!
  • October 29: Sent EA to China for Hope
  • October 29: Referral for Hope!!!!
  • Sept. 7: FedEx man comes! (Lily)
  • Sept. 2: Referral Acceptance Dang Ning Li (Lily)!!!
  • August 23: Lily's PA from China
  • August 16: Sent EA to China
  • August 13: Referral for Lily!
  • August 2010: renwed Home Study for second time. Renewed I-171H for second time.
  • July 2010: switched to the China Waiting Child program
  • June 2010: mission trip to special needs orphanage in China
  • May 2010: Wait time has been over 2 and a half years.
  • January 2009: Dossier renewal. Wait time has been 14 months.
  • November 2, 2007: LID!!! Our dossier is logged into China!
  • October 5: Received our I 171-H Form! The LAST thing needed for our dossier!
  • September 20: FINGERPRINTED!
  • August 10: Dossier certified by Secretary of State!
  • July 23: Sent dossier off to get certified and authenticated!
  • July 11: HOME STUDY COMPLETE!
  • July 10: sent off the I-600 A form asking permission of US government to adopt Hope!
  • June 20: last Home Study appointment
  • June 7: 3rd Home Study visit, Amy's birth certificate comes from La....it's a miracle!
  • June 6: PASSPORTS come in!
  • June 4: hearing tests...yes we can hear!
  • June 3: Amy goes back for a hepatitis test
  • May 20: got physicals, blood tests, applied for passports
  • May 17: second Home Study
  • May 15: first Home Study appointment; kid's TB tests
  • May 11: received Home Study and Dossier packets and began collecting documents
  • May 10: found out Amber is our Home Study Coordinator
  • May 7, 2007: found out Kim is our AWAA Family Coordinator
  • May 1, 2007: Mailed in official AWAA agreement with initial payment!
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Favorite Quotes

  • Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take;But by the moments that take our breath away.
  • "The religion that God our Father. accepts as pure and faultless is this:. to look after orphans and widows in their distress." James 1:27.
  • “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21
  • Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children. Joyce Maguire Pavao
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Consider this...

Just how many girls are missing from China and what has become of them is still a matter of demographic guesswork, but it could mean an absence of 40 to 60 million girls by the end of the decade.

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