One. One year ago today, on April 20, 2006, our adoption dossier that we had taken so many hours, days and months to prepare was officially logged in at the China Center for Adoption Affairs (CCAA). This is the date we began standing in the growing line that is China adoption. One year. Twelve months. Three hundred sixty five days.
We started the adoption journey in January of 2005. We honed in on China later that summer. Due to the "speed" of our first homestudy agency, it took us twice as long as it should have to have our homestudy complete so our dossier didn't go to China until April 2006, resulting in our Log in Date (LID) of 4/20/06...the start of our "paper pregnancy".
At that time the wait from LID to referral had just started to grow from 6-8 months to 8-10 months. We fully expected to be home with our child by now.
But here we stand. One year into our wait and we may only be half way there...or less. Ahead of us in line there are 175 LID days to be matched. Last month, only 2 LID days were matched. Referrals are sent about once a month. Right now there are far more parent dossiers ready to be matched than baby dossiers. Yes, there are still many many children in Chinese orphanages, but not all are eligible for international adoption. It requires paperwork on the part of orphanage directors and either they are not willing or do not have the resources to do more.
So we wait. We're still guessing we'll be matched this time next year. It's just a guess, of course and it could even be later than that. But we will continue to wait because at the end of this journey is our first child.
Join us on our journey to adopt a child from China. This is our personal "Road to Hana"
If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.
~Rachel Carson~
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Process Milestones
- 3/13/08 Petition Update
- 4/20/06 LID
- 4/17/06 DTC
- 4/12/06 Dossier Sent to China
- 4/7/06 Translation Begins
- 3/28/06 Critical Review Begins
- 3/22/06 I-171H Received
- 2/16/06 Dossier to Agency (minus I-171H)
- 1/21/06 CIS Fingerprints Done
- 1/11/06 Fingerprint Letter Received
- 1/9/06 HS Report Received
- 11/20/05 Final H2 Meeting
- 11/5/05 H2 Meeting
- 10/30/05 Changed Home Study Agency
- 10/29/05 FBI Reports Received
- 10/01/05 Record Request to FBI
- 9/23/05 HS Home Visit
- 9/20/05 I-600A Filing Date
- 9/13/05 HS Individual Interviews Complete
- 9/2/05 CCAI Approval
- 8/26/05 CCAI Application Mailed
- 8/25/05 Final Class
6 comments:
I'm pulling for you! Praying for you both to be matched as quickly as possible! There is nothing like a child...to call your own!
Happy One Year. I hear it's the middle part of the wait that's the hardest - hopefully we'll find out soon... on the other hand, I expect that once we get into the homestretch, that part will feel even more challenging... Ugh, there I go, being supportive! Happy Sunday?
Remember what C2 said, that at one year, we're on the downhill slide. Wax the tobaggan and hang on!
I'm with Walternatives -- I believe you are more than halfway. At any rate, we will be here with you no matter how many days are left!
Happy 1 Year! Hard but we will keep tooling away at it.
Keep smilin!
Happy 1 year... hopefully will be your last year -aversary
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