Friday, September 3, 2010

LID!

July 14, 2010

We were notified today that our dossier was logged in... July 13 is our official LID. Now the clock has officially started. We are waiting now for our Letter of Approval (LOA), also known as the Letter Seeking Confirmation of Adopter (LSC). This is China's final approval of our adoption of Jack... this is when they review all our paperwork, deem we are qualified parents, and officially approve of the match of Jack to our family. This is the nerve-wracking wait in which there always is this little nagging worry that China could actually change their minds and say No. We'll feel a lot better once we get that LOA in our hands.

Dossier arrived safely

July 6, 2010

We received confirmation from our agency today that our dossier has been delivered to the Chinese adoption officials. Now we wait for our log in date (LID), which indicates when our papers have been officially entered into the system.
July 2, 2010

So, walking out from work today at 5pm I got an email from my agency... We are DTC today! Our dossier is on its way to China AS I TYPE THIS!!! We changed our dinner plans immediately to meet up with Mom & Erin at the Chinese Buffet for a DTC celebration!! One step closer to our little boy!
June 29, 2010

Our I800A copy for our dossier has FINALLY returned from the courier. Turning it right around and sending it off to the agency tomorrow. We definitely aren't going to make our end-of-June DTC date, but we are darn close. That's going to have to be good enough.

More delays!

June 24, 2010

Finally heard back from someone at our courier's office... they are on vacation through the end of the week, returning Monday. Ack! Had I known this, I might have actually gotten in the car and driven down to NYC to get this done myself. Every day now is just one extra day Jack will go without us... it kills me.

Hopefully, on Monday the document will be processed and sent back to us ASAP.

Where's our document??

June 23, 2010

We sent our I800A off to a courier to be processed through the Chinese Consulate with same-day service and returned ASAP. It wasn't processed same day (since it hasn't been picked up by Fedex) and I can't get a reply back from the courier with a status update. I'm FREAKING out! This document is the last thing we need... we're so close.

I800A approved!!

June 17, 2010

Wahoo! We talked with our officer today and found out our prints came in fine (phew!) and our I800A has been approved. As soon as we receive the I797C notice in the mail, we can get it notarized, county certified, then off to our courier to send it through the NY Secretary of State and Chinese Consulate for next day service. I think our DTC goal for the end of June is going to be possible!!