We have a confirmed Consulate Appointment!!

Based on our Consulate appointment, we will fly to Hong Kong on the 12th of May.  That is less than two weeks away.   Now it is a mad dash to the finish line. 

We received our TA today!!!

We got our Travel Approval (TA) today.  All we are waiting on now is an appointment with the US Consulate...almost there.

More pictures of our precious little girl

Visa's are here!!

We received our Chinese Visa's today from the Chinese Consulate in Houston.  One more step closer...

What Happens Now?

Some of you were wondering what happens now, so we wrote it down for you.  We signed our letter of intent to accept Xiao and Fedex it back to CCAI.  Now, is the time where so much happens in such a short time.  Our agency (CCAI) will (or did) send our acceptance back to the Chinese government (CCAA) and CCAA will work on getting us a Travel Approval (TA) to fly to China and adopt Xiao.  This process can take around 2-4 weeks.  Once CCAA sends our TA back to our agency, our agency turns around and sends it to the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China, along with our fingerprints and passport copies to schedule an appoinment for Xiao's visa and our swearing in ceremony.  The consulate takes about 2-4 days to set-up an appointment.  After the consulate notifies our agency of said appointment, our agency starts booking an itinerary for us (travel, hotels, government appointments in China, etc.).  Our agency will notify us of our travel dates about 7-10 days before we actually travel.  We will spend about two weeks in China.

We should get updates about Xiao after CCAA receives our intent to adopt.  We will share any and all updates when we get them.

More Pictures

Introducing Song Xiao Qing

Isn't she precious?  Here is the information that we have right now.  Granted, this information is from her last medical check-up on 12-15-10 (my birthday).  Her birthdate is 8-8-10 (Susan's is 8-6), she weighs 12.23 lbs, 23.23" tall, and all test (HIV, HEP, etc.) have come back negative.  She is completely healthy.  We love you all. 

Fortune Cookie

     No truer words have ever been encased in a cookie before.

Official wording from our agency

4/1/2011 Matches Mailed!

We are very excited to have learned that the CCAA has mailed a group of matches to us! The CCCWA has updated their intranet site to state the following: The CCCWA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before June 15, 2006. We do not know when matches will arrive in our office, but we will update this site as soon as more information becomes available!!

From the Rumor Queen:

Ni hao zau an

THE LID CUT-OFF IS THE 15TH!!!!!  Meaning, we are included in this months referrals.  We will get our phone call from our agency today or on Monday.  So excited.  BTW, this is not an April Fool's joke, we wouldn't do that to any of you.