We received an email overnight that said our Article 5 has been completed and now our agency representative can deliver it to the CCCWA who will then issue our TA (Travel Approval) to come get our son!
My favorite part of the email is where it states:
"We look forward to meeting you and your new family member when you come to the Consulate for your visa appointment!"
With any luck our TA will arrive mid January and we can make our travel plans!
Once again a huge "THANK YOU!" to all who have contributed to help us bring our son home and for the prayers for our family!
The money will be used toward our trip to China. Currently we have sold 202 pieces of the puzzle and every little bit helps out! I have extended our ChipIn on the side to go till the end of January so there is still time if you so desire to contribute. We really appreciate it all!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
NVC Letter
I received the email yesterday with a copy of our NVC Letter that was Cabled to China the same day!
This letter, along with all our other paperwork, gets taken to the US Embassy in Guangzhou. This will happen early next week and then it takes a standard 2 weeks for them to review everything and issue our Article 5 letter stating everything is in order for the adoption. Once this is complete it is taken to the CCCWA and they will then issue a Travel Approval (TA) for us to come and get our son!!! TA is the last step, we are getting so close!!
What an exciting time for our family!!!
This letter, along with all our other paperwork, gets taken to the US Embassy in Guangzhou. This will happen early next week and then it takes a standard 2 weeks for them to review everything and issue our Article 5 letter stating everything is in order for the adoption. Once this is complete it is taken to the CCCWA and they will then issue a Travel Approval (TA) for us to come and get our son!!! TA is the last step, we are getting so close!!
What an exciting time for our family!!!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Update....
We were happy to receive and update on our little boy!!
Since all the height and weight measurements we had were from when he was 4 months old we asked Holt to get an update for us.
We were told that he now weights 24 pounds and is 27" long. There goes my theory to take 12 month sized clothes...guess we will pack 18 month size! It is nice to see that he is a healthy little boy. He can climb, sit and stand up by something. He is starting to use a cup to drink and gets excited when he see's his favorite things. They told us he is lively and likes to smile!
All Good News!!!
There were no updated photo's attached but they said they are working to hopefully get some for us!!
Still waiting for NVC to tell us they have cabled our approval to China...that should come any day now!
The countdown is on!
Since all the height and weight measurements we had were from when he was 4 months old we asked Holt to get an update for us.
We were told that he now weights 24 pounds and is 27" long. There goes my theory to take 12 month sized clothes...guess we will pack 18 month size! It is nice to see that he is a healthy little boy. He can climb, sit and stand up by something. He is starting to use a cup to drink and gets excited when he see's his favorite things. They told us he is lively and likes to smile!
All Good News!!!
There were no updated photo's attached but they said they are working to hopefully get some for us!!
Still waiting for NVC to tell us they have cabled our approval to China...that should come any day now!
The countdown is on!
Friday, December 2, 2011
I-800 Approval!!!
Yesterday I placed a call to the USCIS and was told that our I-800 had been approved just that day! We have a YES on both the China and USA side of the paperwork. Robbie's application for US citizenship has been approved!
The FedEx man also arrived and delivered our Passports back with our Visa stickers in them so we are able to enter China.
For these things we are VERY Thankful!!
That was our last "unknown step" things are now in order and we are waiting to finish the final steps so we can travel in February to bring Robbie home. Next our I-800 Approval gets sent to the NVC (National Visa Center) and we wait for our USA file to be cabled to the U.S. Consulate in China so they will be ready for when we arrive there. This should happen next week.
PUZZLE UPDATE:
The FedEx man also arrived and delivered our Passports back with our Visa stickers in them so we are able to enter China.
For these things we are VERY Thankful!!
That was our last "unknown step" things are now in order and we are waiting to finish the final steps so we can travel in February to bring Robbie home. Next our I-800 Approval gets sent to the NVC (National Visa Center) and we wait for our USA file to be cabled to the U.S. Consulate in China so they will be ready for when we arrive there. This should happen next week.
PUZZLE UPDATE:
So far 157 pieces have been purchased (including cash donations not shown on the chip in) which is AMAZING!
A huge thank you to those who have bought their pieces so far! We only have 393 left to go!
Yesterday as I took the puzzle out of the box to assemble the pieces that have been purchased so far, I realized how much it is like this adoption and for that matter sometimes how much it is like God's plan for our lives. There are all these pieces. The instructions (Bible) say it is this beautiful piece of art, but just look at this jumbled mess. It looks as if there is no way there could ever be a beautiful picture in there. Some of the pieces are weird looking, it's a complex mess, at 1st glance nothing looks like it fits, and at one point I didn't think it had enough pieces. But God called us to this and if we just stay focused on HIS plan, HIS will for our lives... piece by piece it will come together. And before we know it, we can see HIS masterpiece! HIS plan is perfect!
Each piece is just $10.
Your name will go on it so Robbie will know who helped bring him home.
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