So, there is reason to believe that we could receive our TA ANY DAY! And by any day I mean, today, tomorrow or any day after that! Good news!
After lunch, I needed a little something sweet. I had a few fortune cookies leftover from CNY so I grabbed 2. The first one I opened said, "Good news of a long-awaited event will arrive soon." YES!!! I love that. Then I opened the other one and it said, "You will soon take a very pleasant and successful trip." Seriously people, you can't make this stuff up!!!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wahooo!
We just got this from our agency!
We just received an update from our Guangzhou staff stating that they have picked up your family’s Article 5(s) (signed 2nd acceptance letter) from the Consulate and now it is off to the CCCWA. The Article 5 typically takes about 2-3 days to be delivered to the CCCWA. Once the CCCWA receives this document, they will have all that they need to issue your family’s travel approval. The CCCWA typically takes about 2-4 weeks to issue a travel approval. Once the travel approval arrives families typically leave for China about 10-21 days later. We see this update as great news for your family as you are one step closer to getting you to your little one in China!
So based on this info we are anywhere from 4 to 7 weeks away from traveling!!! Puts us in China between mid-March and the first week of April!!!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Article 5 drop off!
Today our Article 5 paperwork was delivered. So, in 2 weeks from today the actual Article 5 will be issued and picked up. It is at that time our wait for our Travel Approval will begin!
I can DEFINITELY see the light at the end of the tunnel now!
I can DEFINITELY see the light at the end of the tunnel now!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Xin Nian Kuai Le!
Happy New Year! It's the year of the dragon, which is a lucky year! And I would say so, we get to bring home Lyla in the year of the dragon.
"The other Lila's" family has done it again, this time they sent us a VIDEO!!!! AHHHH!!!!
Apparently I am not smart enough to be the actual video on my blog, so you'll have to click on the link, sorry! I just wanted you to see it!
Video of Lyla!
A HUGE thank you again to the Childers family for getting pictures and video of our girl! And big WELCOME HOME to them as they arrived home yesterday!!!
"The other Lila's" family has done it again, this time they sent us a VIDEO!!!! AHHHH!!!!
Apparently I am not smart enough to be the actual video on my blog, so you'll have to click on the link, sorry! I just wanted you to see it!
Video of Lyla!
A HUGE thank you again to the Childers family for getting pictures and video of our girl! And big WELCOME HOME to them as they arrived home yesterday!!!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I800 Approved!
Yay! One step closer! Again, all these steps, they mean something super important to immigration, but they confuse the heck out of me. The important thing here is that we were approved and we are one step closer.
Let me add, the average time it takes for this step is 18 days, it only took us 13 days! Can I get a WOOT! WOOT! for being below average this time?!!!!!
Let me add, the average time it takes for this step is 18 days, it only took us 13 days! Can I get a WOOT! WOOT! for being below average this time?!!!!!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Excited little sister
I know this blog is about adoption and Lyla, and this still fits that category, but it's mostly about excited little sister Macey.
We've explained to the kids that Lyla will say different words than we do, we might not know what she is saying and she may not know what we are saying. I've said that she speaks Chinese and we speak English. Well, my kids are big fans of Kai Lan, so I explained that she speaks Chinese like Kai-Lan. That seemed to help them understand.
Well, we've been talking a lot about the upcoming Chinese New Year, and that we get to celebrate it and they are getting very excited. Any mention of the word party and my kids are ready to get involved. Macey remembered that we had a Kai-Lan DVD of the Chinese New Year episode and asked to watch it today. I put it on for her and came to the other room to work on the computer. About 5 or so minutes later she came in and said "Lyla knows how to say Xin Nian Kuai Le." It just made me smile so big!
The rest of the video she was repeating all the Chinese phrases and making sure I knew that Lyla knew how to say those words. We talked about how when we meet Lyla we would say "Ni hao" instead of "Hi," so she has been practicing that for the afternoon.
Sweet girl, she is so excited to have a big sister! She looks at Lyla's pictures and always points to the ones where Lyla is smiling the biggest and says "This is the one we are going to get." Apparently, she will not put up with a grumpy big sister, but after the last set of pictures we received, I'm thinking we'll see a lot fo smiling in our house!
We've explained to the kids that Lyla will say different words than we do, we might not know what she is saying and she may not know what we are saying. I've said that she speaks Chinese and we speak English. Well, my kids are big fans of Kai Lan, so I explained that she speaks Chinese like Kai-Lan. That seemed to help them understand.
Well, we've been talking a lot about the upcoming Chinese New Year, and that we get to celebrate it and they are getting very excited. Any mention of the word party and my kids are ready to get involved. Macey remembered that we had a Kai-Lan DVD of the Chinese New Year episode and asked to watch it today. I put it on for her and came to the other room to work on the computer. About 5 or so minutes later she came in and said "Lyla knows how to say Xin Nian Kuai Le." It just made me smile so big!
The rest of the video she was repeating all the Chinese phrases and making sure I knew that Lyla knew how to say those words. We talked about how when we meet Lyla we would say "Ni hao" instead of "Hi," so she has been practicing that for the afternoon.
Sweet girl, she is so excited to have a big sister! She looks at Lyla's pictures and always points to the ones where Lyla is smiling the biggest and says "This is the one we are going to get." Apparently, she will not put up with a grumpy big sister, but after the last set of pictures we received, I'm thinking we'll see a lot fo smiling in our house!
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