More Hope For Us: Two of my great loves: husband and shark

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!
April 21, 2007: we are approved to adopt!
early April 2007: application sent to America World

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
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go!” T.S. Eliot