Alex & Malia: Weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida

We spent last weekend visiting Aunt Kate and Uncle Don. They brought us to Parrish to ride the train (Alex's true love...trains), to St. Pete Beach for shell collecting, and to Busch Gardens. It was so much fun! Especially near the end of the day when there were no lines for any rides.

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KJC said...: It was such a great weekend! Next time you visit we will go to Busch Gardens again and ride the Cheetah! I am mailing Alex's train and bear today and his teacher's mini gators!

Aunt Kate; February 18, 2011 at 7:12 AM

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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