Tia Time: taken 14 months ago

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

taken 14 months ago

I just ran across this photo of this tiny, serious-looking baby.
Where did she go?

5 comments:

Somewhere In The Sun said...: Very beautiful!! But it certainly doesn't reflect her personality today does it?!

~Lynn; June 25, 2009 at 4:45 AM
Amy Jo said...: Isn't it amazing how quickly they grow, change and BLOSSOM?!? As I type, my little Chinese jewel is playing at my feet and making me smile. She is so full of joy now. God is SO good.

Thanks for your words on my blog, Ellie, I loved what you had to say. I know what you mean about how knowing that God remembers we are dust just makes you feel better. I found that verse during a very rough time in my kiddo's healing process and was SO blessed by it. Grace. Sweet grace.

I pray your day is especially blessed! YOU are a blessing to ME!!!

With joy,
Amy; June 25, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Dita said...: Look at that FACE.....well, we know now that she was just mustering up all of her strength to let that personality of hers escape and shine on all of us!; June 26, 2009 at 6:55 AM
Anonymous said...: This is how I remember Tia! So tiny, delicate, and serious! I hope to meet again someday before too long, and see how she has grown and blossomed.
You would hardly recognize Ryan either...my big strong laughing boy! It's amazing how much they have changed.
Marcy; June 26, 2009 at 6:58 AM
Amy said...: This is adorable!!She is so beautiful!; June 26, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Our Timeline

January/February 2007 I start feeling a strong desire to adopt a little girl from Asia. Could this be something God has planned for our lives?

March 2007 - I mention to Matt that I really want to adopt a little girl - he says OK - let's do it! (If Matt agrees It MUST be God's will!)

March/April/May - Research countries, agencies, Visa's into Australia, homestudy agencies etc. Leaning towards Taiwan. I fill out an application for Taiwan with the intentions to send it the next day. The agency never returns my email about how to apply! The next day I find an email on the CHIWaitingKids site by an American who is at the Embassy in Canberra. Their family is already matched with a waiting little girl in China with CHI. She tells me more about their agency and their overseas co-ordinator. This feels so right! It seems this is where our daughter is! We contact CHI and have a pre-application sent to review their next list of Waiting Kids - List #18.

May 2007 Our daughter is not on list #18 but we sign with CHI and start gathering all the documents to be totally paperready for List #19 Just in Case!

June 16-18 Our social worker flies into Sydney to do our homestudy.

July 12 Email final documents to our social worker Megan, she sends me a draft 2 hours later.

July 14 Our social worker Megan emails me to let me know she has made the revisions requested by CHI and myself and has emailed her final draft to CHI.

July 23, We mail the rest of our dossier documents to CHI.

August 1, Heidi at CHI lets us know our documents have arrived, they look good and are being sent for authenticating.

August 7, We receive our homestudy from CHI
We also find out List #19 has arrived at CHI and the files are being translated! We are told we will most likely receive a referral in the next 2 weeks.

August 8, We send our homestudy to Bangkok Thailand where it will join our other documents required to satisfy US immigration requirements.

August 14, We receive the referral for a 12 month old little girl our agency has given the name of "Crystal Spring".

August 16, We accept the referral for Crystal Spring

August 17, We receive an updated photo where Crystal Spring is in a creeping position.

August 21, We receive our I171 approval from Immigration!

August 23, We receive the paperwork to submit our LOI (Letter of Intent to adopt) at 1 pm via FedEx, at 4:30 we give the signed and completed LOI to the Fed Ex man - to go back to the US!

August 27, 10 :30 am CHI receives the LOI from us.

September 5, CHI sends LOI to China - expected arrival September 7

September 6, Completed dossier sent away for authenticating, state seals and China seals.

September 7, LOI arrives in China

September 28, CHI emails us that our final agency payment has arrived in their office and our completed dossier is just waiting for PA so it can be sent to China!

I get smacked on the face by a ladybug while at the park with the kids . . .

October 5, We receive Pre Approval from China.

October 11, Our Dossier is sent to China. (DTC)

October 15, Our dossier arrives at the CCAA

December 1, We find out we have a LID of 10/18

January 2, We are shocked and THRILLED to find out we have an LOA!

January 7, Our LOA arrives in Australia - Matt and I sign it and run it to the central office so it can get on the night flight to the USA.

January 8, LOA finally leaves for the US

January 9, Attempted delivery - it is 4 hours past expected delivery and noone is home to accept it - will be re-delivered tomorrow :(

January 10, LOA is delivered - but for some reason doesn't get sent to China - we've now lost 2 days! This is frustrating!

January 11, LOA sent to China
January 14, LOA arrives at CCAA
January 29, TA granted
Huge snowstorm in China, Trains are not leaving and the trainstations are congested with hundreds of thousands of people. We worry that our CA will be affected, and we worry about leaving in 3 weeks If it isn't.

We find out our CA is 3/10 - a week later than we hoped, so we are relieved that the effects of the snowstorm should be cleared up by then.

February 27, Fly to Beijing
March 2, Fly to Hangzhou
March 3, Meet Tia!
March 7, Fly to Guangzhou
March 10, CA
March 12, Go to HK Disney
March 14, Flight to Sydney
March 15, Arrive home in Sydney, Australia

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

taken 14 months ago

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