Monthly Archives: September 2011

Questions To Ask The Orphanages

Ok, so we are getting close to travel (within in the next 4-6 weeks) and Steven and I have decided to request our orphanage update on each child.  We are only allowed one, so we waited until about a month … Continue reading

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The Warren Visas….

Have been applied for!  I filled out the Visa applications and sent mine, Vivian and Steven’s passports to our agency.  Our agency is going to take care of getting our Visas to enter China and Fedex our passports back to … Continue reading

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Adoption Auction – September 26th!!!!

It is almost here!!!! Our adoption silent auction will take place on Facebook.  If you are interested in viewing the items up for bid, please click on the link below.  You may have to Like/Join the page in order to … Continue reading

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Waiting on Article 5

I received confirmation yesterday evening that our agency overnighted our LSC’s, Visa apps and all that good (LAST) stuff to China.  The US Consulate will receive our Visa applications and then in about two weeks issue an Article 5 letter … Continue reading

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NVC Cable – gone!

Our NVC cable did go out yesterday. We received confirmation this morning.  I printed it out and will be sending the last of our travel phase paperwork back to our agency this afternoon via Fedex.  (NO MORE PAPER!!! NO MORE … Continue reading

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National Visa Center

The NVC has our paperwork!  They send Steven case numbers on Lillian Meng and Alex.  So, that means the cable to the US Consulate in China is going out/has gone out and we should be getting a PDF of whatever … Continue reading

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I800 Approval

We received a notice that our I800s have been approved!  They were approved on September 1st.  We received notice earlier this week.  I have just had a moment to update our blog.  I thought it was funny that on September … Continue reading

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Waiting…again…

I really shouldn’t complain.  Waiting does have its benefits.  We are able to pull off one more fundraiser while we wait…it will be a silent auction at the end of the month…but, geez, I am ready for traveling! We sent … Continue reading

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