hello all! Ni Hao.
A few months ago I heard about a new show that was going to be on Nickelodeon that is like Dora the Explorer.. but with Chinese!! The show is called Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. Here is a link to the Nick Jr. Site. http://www.nickjr.com/shows/ni-hao-kai-lan/index.jhtml It doesn't start till Februrary.. but for sure we'll be recording each one! Looks really cute!
Zai Jian.
~Donna
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
WE GOT IT!!!!
The magic date is ..... OCTOBER 17, 2007!!!!!! That is our LID.. wahooo!!! we are done for now!! No more paperwork for a bit! We'll probably have to resubmit our I171-H and redo our fingerprints before we go.. but that's it's folks. I can't believe we are finally to this point! We have our place in line.. no more people cutting in .. in front of us!! YIPPEEE!!!
Now we just gotta get her room ready, get the girl some stuff to wear and all that fun house child-proofing fun! We've got time, that's for sure!
So... for the blog. I'll probably update it every other week or so.. I'll get that information on that bill in Congress we'd love everyone to call or write their Rep about and post that soon. It's still wierd.. I feel like I need to be doing something. I hope this time flies by. I figure we have two Christmases before we have her home. First one is in just over 2 months.. then one more! If you think of it that way.. kinda lessens the impact!
Thanks everyone for your support during this part of the process... we'll keep ya'll updated!
And of course post pics as we finish her room!
~Donna
Now we just gotta get her room ready, get the girl some stuff to wear and all that fun house child-proofing fun! We've got time, that's for sure!
So... for the blog. I'll probably update it every other week or so.. I'll get that information on that bill in Congress we'd love everyone to call or write their Rep about and post that soon. It's still wierd.. I feel like I need to be doing something. I hope this time flies by. I figure we have two Christmases before we have her home. First one is in just over 2 months.. then one more! If you think of it that way.. kinda lessens the impact!
Thanks everyone for your support during this part of the process... we'll keep ya'll updated!
And of course post pics as we finish her room!
~Donna
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Dossier at CCAA!!!
Just got this email yesterday...
To: David & Donna Foster
From: CCAI Dossier & China Departments
Congratulations! Your dossier has been delivered to the China Center of Adoption Affairs.
We will notify by email as soon as we receive your official log-in date (LID) from CCAA, and then you can go to the CCAI website to download Dossier Log-In Date Packet. This can take approximately up to 2 weeks from now. Please notice that this wait time can vary due to CCAA’s LID processing speed.
So... isn't that COOL!!! Ok.. We've been getting a lot of questions about the LID or Log in Date. That is the date the Chinese Gov. assigns our Dossier.. it basically marks our place in line. It's first in.. first out. So our date will be October something.. once we know our date.. everything is referenced by that LID. so.. if you go to this website... http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp And look down on the right you'll see this..
The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before November 30, 2005.
That is the Log In Date the Chinese Gov is currently matching children to. Sooo folks that turned in their dossier back in Nov of 2005 are getting sent a picture of the child CCAA has choosen for them.. Based on their dossier and the child.
Hope that explains all that for everyone. And yes... we have a while to wait. Just keep praying that they speed up some... so we can bring our little girl home soon.
Will update once we get our official LID!
~Donna
To: David & Donna Foster
From: CCAI Dossier & China Departments
Congratulations! Your dossier has been delivered to the China Center of Adoption Affairs.
We will notify by email as soon as we receive your official log-in date (LID) from CCAA, and then you can go to the CCAI website to download Dossier Log-In Date Packet. This can take approximately up to 2 weeks from now. Please notice that this wait time can vary due to CCAA’s LID processing speed.
So... isn't that COOL!!! Ok.. We've been getting a lot of questions about the LID or Log in Date. That is the date the Chinese Gov. assigns our Dossier.. it basically marks our place in line. It's first in.. first out. So our date will be October something.. once we know our date.. everything is referenced by that LID. so.. if you go to this website... http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp And look down on the right you'll see this..
The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before November 30, 2005.
That is the Log In Date the Chinese Gov is currently matching children to. Sooo folks that turned in their dossier back in Nov of 2005 are getting sent a picture of the child CCAA has choosen for them.. Based on their dossier and the child.
Hope that explains all that for everyone. And yes... we have a while to wait. Just keep praying that they speed up some... so we can bring our little girl home soon.
Will update once we get our official LID!
~Donna
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
OFF TO CHINA IT GOES!!!!
Wahooo.. another milestone. Our Dossier has been all translated into Chinese and was sent off to China.. TODAY>>> here is the email we received from our Agency..
CONGRATULATIONS, David & Donna,
Here’s the news you’ve long been waiting for—your dossier was sent to China today (10/10/2007)! :)
Here’s what to expect for the next month:
The CCAA will receive your dossier in approximately 3-5 days. Our China Department will contact you by email once your dossier has been received by our representatives in China and hand-delivered to the CCAA.
The CCAA usually logs in dossiers within 4 weeks of their receipt. This Log-In Date is called your LID, the date that you may “count down” to your referral. As the CCAA is the ultimate authority in logging in your dossier, we are unable to estimate your LID. The CCAA should notify us of your LID within the next 8 weeks.
Reminder--CCAA is the Chinese Government office that handles all their adoptions. So the next big thing is our LID date.. then we watch for our date to come up on that website I posted on the last post in Sept!!!
Everyone pray our documents arrive safely in China and we hear about our LID soon. My local agency lady said that lately the CCAA has been really nice and telling folks their dates in less than 8 weeks.. so let's hope for that!
Later
~Donna
CONGRATULATIONS, David & Donna,
Here’s the news you’ve long been waiting for—your dossier was sent to China today (10/10/2007)! :)
Here’s what to expect for the next month:
The CCAA will receive your dossier in approximately 3-5 days. Our China Department will contact you by email once your dossier has been received by our representatives in China and hand-delivered to the CCAA.
The CCAA usually logs in dossiers within 4 weeks of their receipt. This Log-In Date is called your LID, the date that you may “count down” to your referral. As the CCAA is the ultimate authority in logging in your dossier, we are unable to estimate your LID. The CCAA should notify us of your LID within the next 8 weeks.
Reminder--CCAA is the Chinese Government office that handles all their adoptions. So the next big thing is our LID date.. then we watch for our date to come up on that website I posted on the last post in Sept!!!
Everyone pray our documents arrive safely in China and we hear about our LID soon. My local agency lady said that lately the CCAA has been really nice and telling folks their dates in less than 8 weeks.. so let's hope for that!
Later
~Donna
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