Alex & Malia: November 2010

Monday, November 22, 2010

Warrior Dash

Yesterday, 11/21/2010, was the Warrior Dash in Austin. It is a 3.2 mile, cross country run with obstacles, lots of mud crawling, rope climbing, net squirreling, beam crossing, car jumping, hill sliding, hay stepping, and fire jumping obstacles. I'm in the picture with girlfriends (from left to right), Mary, Amy, me, and Allyson. Way to go WARRIORS!! GRRRRR!!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Halloween 2010

Alex had a great Halloween with the kids in the cul-de-sac. They all went trick-or-treating with the dads and the moms handed out candy from lawn chairs all together. Alex was Dash from The Incredibles (middle front).

Timeline - things are happening now!

LID 3/4/2008 NSN (non-special needs) That's our Log-In-Date, when the Chinese Consulate received our dossier.

We filed our application for a Waiting Child 1/10/2011. That means we can access the list of children considered to have a special need.

LOI 3/27/2011 SN (special needs): That's the date we sent in our Letter of Intent for Malia. She is beautiful!

PA 3/31/2011: That's our Pre-Approval date. Woohoo!

LSC 4/11/2011: Letter Seeking Confirmation which is the Formal Approval. It's OFFICIAL!!

Our signed LSC was mailed to China on 4/15/2011 and delivered to the CCCWA on Monday, 4/18/2011. Then the CCCWA (China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption) begins working with Malia's Provincial Civil Affairs office to issue our Travel Approval (TA).

TA 5/10/2011: China has granted the Travel Approval

CA given on 5/17/2011 for appointment on 6/8/2011: Congratulations! The American Consulate has confirmed your appointment for June 8th @ 8:30am

5/25/2011 Leave for China

5/30/2011 Gotcha Malia!

8/5/2011 Malia's first birthday! Big celebration!

9/9/2011 Malia's cleft lip surgery

12/21/2011 Malia's cleft palate surgery