The Skips Great Adventure: Here is our daughter, Mei

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Here is our daughter, Mei

5 comments:

Tony and Sue said...: Congratulations! She's beautiful! It was almost 5 months for us from the referral day until we came home so more patience is required! Your time will be taken up with paperwork, packing, planning and, of course, your regular family activities! It's hard to not have the most current information -- REALLY hard! We'll keep watching! Tony, Sue & Meighan Smith; June 10, 2009 at 7:46 AM
L Case said...: She is precious!; June 10, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Tara said...: What a beautiful blessing! I am so thrilled and excited for all that is to come. Praise the Lord!; June 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah, Skips!!!! We are so happy for you! She is a doll--how lucky are you and how lucky is she!!!

Val and Todd; June 11, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Unknown said...: YAHOO!!!! I can't believe I haven't checked your blog lately...and look! I'm so happy for you and your family. She's beautiful and so lucky to have you as her mom.

So wonderful.; June 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM

Our Journey to Little Sister

12/27/13--Home Sweet Home, Abby girl!
12/16/13--Abby Day!!!
12/12/13--Travel to CHINA!!!!
11/27/13--Confirmed Travel Dates/Buy tickets
11/25/13--China issues TRAVEL APPROVAL
11/07/13--US Consulate issues Article 5
10/16/13--Document 260
10/16/13--NVC Letter
10/11/13--I800 Provisional Approval
9/17/13--LOA (Letter of Acceptance)
8/22/13-- LID (China logs in our dossier)
8/13/13-- DTC (Dossier To China)
8/13/13-- dossier ready and hand-delivered to HOLT
8/13/13-- documents received back from Consulate
7/30/13-- documents to Chinese Consulate (authenticated)
7/30/13-- I-797 received
6/27/13-- fingerprints
5/29/13-- I-800A mailed
5/28/13-- Homestudy complete
5/13/13-- LOI (letter of intent sent to China)
5/6/13- find our daughter's picture on Holt's photolisting. I knew she was the one for us!

Quotes

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." Mother Teresa

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost

"Live as if Christ died yesterday, rose this morning and is coming back tomorrow." Martin Luther

"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Jesus

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people." MLK Jr.

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car." Billy Sunday

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." Abraham Lincoln

"The one who says it can't be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it." Chinese Proverb

"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice." Confucius