Thursday, July 29, 2010

Visas

July 29, 2010

We mailed our applications for our Visas from Branson this week! We received notice today that our Visas are complete and on their home to us!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

NVC Letter

July 24, 2010

We luckily received our NVC letter today. We were hoping to receive it before we left for Branson. FTIA needs a copy of it as soon as we get it, and we will be gone for a week. We received it, scanned, and emailed. NOW, we are off on vacation!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Audrie RoseLynne

July 22, 2010

We decided on Audrie's middle name today, and filed her DC 230 which will be her visa application to come to the United States on her Chinese Passport.

Audrie RoseLynne Mayhall.... we LOVE YOU!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Rosetta Stone

June 2010

We ordered Rosetta Stone for us, and Your Baby Can Read for Ao Ying today. We are so excited to have received our pre-approval! We want to learn some basics about her language. And, although I am not sold that a Baby can Read... It looks like a comprehensive learning program that we can use to help teach her English.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Addendum to Home Study

May 17, 2010

We received our Addendum to our Home Study today. This was required since Ao Ying was so close to the upper range that we had been approved for. Also, her special need was not listed in our home study.

We must resubmit this to CIS Immigration now!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Happy 2nd Birthday, baby girl!

May 14, 2010

Zhu Ao Ying turns two! We wish we could be celebrating with her, but I am sure we will make up for it!

(We received Happy Birthday wishes from several! How thoughtful!)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Pre-Approval Received Today

May 11, 2010

Today, we received word from Families Thru International Adoption Coordinator, Betty Betz, that our Pre-Approval came through. YEAH! We are one step closer to getting to bring her home!