Our Journey to Annabelle

Our family is thrilled to be on a journey to adopt Qin Si Ning (Elishia at Hope Haven) from the People's Republic of China. We feel so fortunate to be able to bring home such a darling girl. We will name her Annabelle Elyse Ning. About our daughter: Chinese Name: Qin Si Ning, name at Hope Haven: Elishia. Birthdate: 6/15/03 Province: Shaanxi SWI: Xianyang LOI: 4/28/05, PA 6/16/05 DTC 9/2/05, TA 11/14, Consulate Appointment 12/15.

Friday, September 02, 2005

DTC!

WooHoo! We're DTC - which in English means, our dossier - the complete package we've been working on since April - has gone to CHINA! The next step is waiting... and waiting for Travel Approval. According to the Almight Roll Call from WCC, the average wait is 69.82 days. That is from the time that China logs in your dossier - commonly known as your LID - Log In Date. SO, we are anticipating traveling after Christmas - unless we get lucky and get TA in time to go before Christmas. But that is highly unlikely. (Not to say I won't pray that it happens!)

So, tonight, I'm sending kisses in the wind to Ning Ning. She's probably already eaten breakfast and is playing with her friends. Does she even know we're coming? In a way, I am glad she's so young that it isn't worrying her! LIKE IT IS WORRYING ME!

I have her photo here on my desktop and looking at it makes me think how much I can't wait to brush her beautiful black hair and kiss her chubby cheeks. Both of our lives - all of our lives - are about to change. It's exciting, scary and every other emotion all at one time!

We plan to celebrate our friend Tonya's Referral & our DTC day soon! What a great week.. so many QT2'ers with good news. Now we need to get those babies HOME!

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