WOW! Good news, we have a tenative date for travel, May 4, 2007 return May 18th Yaaaahooooo!!!!!.
We will fly from Newark to Beijing then to Hunan Province, be united with Angelina and then fly to Guangzhou for final paperwork, then we fly back to Beijing and then home to Newark. We'll get the details on April 20th, when we have our travel meeting at our agency.
It feels very sureal. I have been dreaming about this forever and now it's finally here! Our journey has been filled with joys and sorrows while we were waiting for our Little Angel. We moved into a new home in April of 2006, Bill and my brother Steven turned 40 in July 2006 and my mom passed on in July 2006. My son Christopher 14 had a massive growth spurt and towers over his mama! Christopher is very excited about his new baby sister. He keeps looking for her when we mention her name.
Our journey has been supported by so many wonderful friends, family and yahoo groups. Along this journey we have made awesome new friends and I can't wait to have playdates!! Thank you everyone for being there for us. We truly appreciate and value your support and friendship.
Here are some facts about Hunan Province, most likely we will be in the capital city of Changsha when we meet Angelina for the first time.
Located in the south central part of the Chinese mainland, Hunan has long been known for its natural beauty. Hunan is surrounded by mountains on the east, west, and south, and by the Yangtze River on the north. Hunan's mixture of mountains and water makes it among the most beautiful provinces in China. For thousands of years, Hunan has been a major center of Chinese agriculture, growing rice, tea, and oranges.
http://www.toptrip.cc/destination/province/hunan.htm
http://www.toptrip.cc/destination/city/hun_changsha.htm
http://www.sinopro.com/chinamap.htm
Monday, March 26, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
One Step Closer
Today Bill brought more paperwork to our agency. Our agency will be working on our visa application and travel arrangements. As of now, we will be traveling by May 4th. Yeahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
We filed for orphan petition and fingerprinting on March 9th and received approval and appt. in a week! We are so grateful to USCIS for the speedy return. Our fingerprint appt. is March 30th and hopefully that will be processed quickly as well.
We waited so long and now everything seems to be moving at a super sonic speed. Just awesome!!!!!!
We filed for orphan petition and fingerprinting on March 9th and received approval and appt. in a week! We are so grateful to USCIS for the speedy return. Our fingerprint appt. is March 30th and hopefully that will be processed quickly as well.
We waited so long and now everything seems to be moving at a super sonic speed. Just awesome!!!!!!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
More paperwork
It seems that the paperwork never ends. Thank god my husband is really good at it! It has been 15 days since we first laid eyes on Angelina. My husband carries her picture around and he even places one on the chair when we are eating. She feels so part of our lives already.
We are currently waiting for our fingerprinting appt. Because our process took so long we had redo and repay for several documents. As of now we hope to be traveling by May. We hope to be back for Angelina's 1st birthday party.
Here is the bio on Angelina:
*Chinese Name: Lou Fu Fang
*American Name: Angelina Lou LeMaire
*DOB: June 1, 2006
*As of November 2006 - she weighed 15 lbs and was 24.5 inches tall
*Angelina is from the Hunan Province, Loudi Social Welfare Institute in foster care. She has been in foster care from the first day she was found in front of the Loudi SWI.
*Hunan Province is in the southern part of China
Because of our long journey, I feel like we told the world about Angelina. We have had awesome support from family and friends throughout this incredible journey. We are so grateful for our supportive family and friends.
To all my internet friends, the caring, love and support has gotten us through some rough days!! Thank you all for being there for us.
We are currently waiting for our fingerprinting appt. Because our process took so long we had redo and repay for several documents. As of now we hope to be traveling by May. We hope to be back for Angelina's 1st birthday party.
Here is the bio on Angelina:
*Chinese Name: Lou Fu Fang
*American Name: Angelina Lou LeMaire
*DOB: June 1, 2006
*As of November 2006 - she weighed 15 lbs and was 24.5 inches tall
*Angelina is from the Hunan Province, Loudi Social Welfare Institute in foster care. She has been in foster care from the first day she was found in front of the Loudi SWI.
*Hunan Province is in the southern part of China
Because of our long journey, I feel like we told the world about Angelina. We have had awesome support from family and friends throughout this incredible journey. We are so grateful for our supportive family and friends.
To all my internet friends, the caring, love and support has gotten us through some rough days!! Thank you all for being there for us.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Pressure Cooker
Today we spent the day redoing our paperwork for fingerprinting. Our lives have been very hectic in the last month that we completely overlooked redoing some of our paperwork.
Anyway, I've finally got this blog site up and running and I will do my best to keep you all updated on our amazing journey to our daughter.
Anyway, I've finally got this blog site up and running and I will do my best to keep you all updated on our amazing journey to our daughter.
The Beginning
Our journey began in 2004 with "The Paperwork Chase"! There are tons and tons of paperwork and that alone was an exciting adventure. Bill and I learned a lot about each other as we were getting our documents together.
We chose China because we were told that from the time our documents go to China it would be about 8-10 months. Little did we know that it would take 16 months before before finally getting our referral. Referral is when you get a picture and a bio information.
Following is list of life events that happened while we were waiting for our daughter:
*September 2004 - initial paperwork began
*March 2005 - delay in paperwork due to medical issues that ended being nothing
*September 16, 2005 - documents went to China (DTC)
*October 18, 2005 - documents were logged in (LID) and the LONG waits begins!
*September 2005 - My little cousin had a baby boy
*February 2006 - Bill's two cousins had babies, both boys
OH BOY! ARE WE EVER READY FOR A GIRL!
*April 2006 - We moved into our new home on Quail Run.
*July 2006 - My mom passed away, had a 40th birthday party for Bill and my brother Steven
*December 2006 - My sister Susan came to visit for the first time. We also had Bill's mom and sister come for a visit.
*March 5, 2007 - FINALLY! WE GOT THE CALL AT 9:13 A.M. WE HAVE A BABY!!!!
We waited all day and finally got to see our Angelina at 6:15p.m. at Fay's (social worker from our agency). It was the most emotional moment of my life so far. She is beautiful and of course we were instantly in love with her.
We chose China because we were told that from the time our documents go to China it would be about 8-10 months. Little did we know that it would take 16 months before before finally getting our referral. Referral is when you get a picture and a bio information.
Following is list of life events that happened while we were waiting for our daughter:
*September 2004 - initial paperwork began
*March 2005 - delay in paperwork due to medical issues that ended being nothing
*September 16, 2005 - documents went to China (DTC)
*October 18, 2005 - documents were logged in (LID) and the LONG waits begins!
*September 2005 - My little cousin had a baby boy
*February 2006 - Bill's two cousins had babies, both boys
OH BOY! ARE WE EVER READY FOR A GIRL!
*April 2006 - We moved into our new home on Quail Run.
*July 2006 - My mom passed away, had a 40th birthday party for Bill and my brother Steven
*December 2006 - My sister Susan came to visit for the first time. We also had Bill's mom and sister come for a visit.
*March 5, 2007 - FINALLY! WE GOT THE CALL AT 9:13 A.M. WE HAVE A BABY!!!!
We waited all day and finally got to see our Angelina at 6:15p.m. at Fay's (social worker from our agency). It was the most emotional moment of my life so far. She is beautiful and of course we were instantly in love with her.
Our beautiful daughter
I finally did it. This is where you can follow along on our amazing journey to our beautiful daughter. Our documents went to China on September 16, 2005 (DTC) and our Log in Date (LID) is October 18, 2005. We received "the call" for our daughter on March 5, 2007 at 9:14 a.m. It was the greatest day of my life so far!!!! We are so excited to introduce Lou Fu Fang also known as Angelina Lou LeMaire. Her birthdate is June 1, 2006 and she is from the Hunan Province and is from Loudi Social Welfare Institute (Loudi SWI). Angelina has been in foster care since she was found in from of the Loudi SWI. We hope to be traveling by 2nd week in May to bring her home.
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