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I guess first off I should explain the title "about one year". We started trying to build a family in 2004 and thought that we'd have our first child in "about one year". Things happened, plans changed and we started the process of an adoption from China. When we began, things were moving very quickly and we were told by our agency that if we were diligent about completing our paperwork quickly that we would be home with our newly adopted child in "about one year". Our dossier was logged in to the CCAA (which is China's central adoption authority) on 3/21/06. By then the slowdown had started so we were told that instead of the 6 month wait from log in that we originally were told, that we'd have our child home in "about one year".
Each month that passed with little or no referrals happening made me more convinced that China's adoption program either wasn't going to happen at all, or would take a very long time. But I was consistantly told that this slowdown was an anomoly and that we'd have our child home in "about one year".
So eventually I became convinced that our path must be elsewhere so we looked into switching our plan. We started the process of adopting from Vietnam as a "concurrent adoption" to China. We completed all our paperwork very quickly and got logged in to Vietnam on 3/20/07 ... exactly 1 day short of a year after our dossier was logged in to China.
Thankfully that adoption actually took "about one year"! And in January 2008 we brought home our wonderful son Ben.
Now, 3 years and 4 months to the day of our China LID of 3/21/06, referrals are starting for our date. That was one heck of a long year.
Each month that passed with little or no referrals happening made me more convinced that China's adoption program either wasn't going to happen at all, or would take a very long time. But I was consistantly told that this slowdown was an anomoly and that we'd have our child home in "about one year".
So eventually I became convinced that our path must be elsewhere so we looked into switching our plan. We started the process of adopting from Vietnam as a "concurrent adoption" to China. We completed all our paperwork very quickly and got logged in to Vietnam on 3/20/07 ... exactly 1 day short of a year after our dossier was logged in to China.
Thankfully that adoption actually took "about one year"! And in January 2008 we brought home our wonderful son Ben.
Now, 3 years and 4 months to the day of our China LID of 3/21/06, referrals are starting for our date. That was one heck of a long year.
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15 comments:
Gotta love that hair!! Go get some bows and ribbon, she is sooooo cute!! So very happy for you girl!!
Mimi
(Moonpie on RQ)
Congratulations-- she is a beauty!! Our daughter had a "firecracker" like that in her hair in a lot of the pictures from the orphanage. To this day it's my favorite 'do!
Elissa
via RQ
Well, she is just gorgeous! What a lucky family you are today! DH and I think she's precious!
May your travel be swift and the hugs you get from your baby girl extra-snuggly!
xo~
D&D
http://www.sophieonmymind.blogspot.com/
LID 3/27/06 for Sophie
Congratulations!!! She is precious!
Congratulations! What a precious daughter you have!! Celebrating with you!
Love the fountain hair! so cute!!
Oh she's precious!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! :)
Congratulations! What a cutie! I love her little firecracker!!
She is so lovely !!
Congratulations from France !!
Geraldien and Isaline, 6 years old,
In waiting for bb2.
congrats, she is adorable!
Beautiful! Congrats to you!
I came here from RQ site. She is just a doll! Congratulations. Hoping for quick travel for you!
Rachel
Hooray for you! The wait is over. The fountain ponytail may be the next fashion trend... Congrats to you all. She is precious.
So adorable! Congrats!
Hi! Our girls are from the same orphanage! I would love to hear from you.
amyprame@yahoo.com
www.godsbutterflykisses.blogspot.com
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