Our Journey to Jiliang: Jiliang-Day7c

Our Official Adoption Timeline - Yes, it's been a long 4 years

8/20/05 We decided to adopt from China

4/2006 Our paperchase began

3/07 Date to China (DTC)

4/19/07 Our Official Log-In Date in China (LID) for the
Non-Special Needs List (NSN)

11/05/09 Switched to the Special Needs Program with West
Sands Adoptions

11/06/09 Matched with Jiliang/Locked in her file

11/08/09 Letter of Intention (LOI)/Acceptance of Jiliang

11/30/09 Pre-approval from China (PA)

12/28/09 Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from The China Center for Adoption Affairs (CCAA)

2/4/10 Travel Approval (TA)

2/19/10 Enroute to Shanghai from Detroit

****Gotcha Day ~ 2/21/10 USA (2/22/10 in Nanjing, China)

****Adoption Day 2/22/10 USA (2/23/10 in Nanjing Time)

Left Shanghai ~ 3/5/10

****Landed at Detroit Metro Airport ~ 3/5/10

Open Heart Surgery 4/20/10

Back Home May 13th, 2010

One Year Since We First Saw Your Beautiful Face ~ 11/06/10

"When life gives you rain, God gives you rainbows." ~ Unknown Author

Friday, February 26, 2010

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