The Process

Here is what we have been doing and where we are in the process... Two years ago Scott and I began to put together all the paperwork, or our dossier, that was to be sent to China. We had physicals, psychiatric evaluations, home visits from social workers, financial evaluations, federal state and local fingerprinting, and probably a host of other things I am forgetting. We attended parenting classes and began to do some fun stuff like ready the nursery! We prepped our home with child proofing locks and fences and anything we needed to make our house as safe as possible. Our information was presented to the Courts in Arizona and we were declared parents fit for adoption. Next all out paperwork was compiled into a huge dossier, including family photos, translated into Chinese, and sent to the Adoption Affairs offices in China. A letter from us accompanied this dossier requesting the government of China to bless us by allowing us to adopt twin baby girls! Our dossier was logged into the system March 22, 2006. Now we wait and prepare to become parents. Recently the China website has been updated, stating that they are past our Log in Date for files that have been reviewed. We are assuming that there were no issues with our dossier and it is on its way to the matching department. Here the workers have the monumental task of matching all the waiting children to families. The website has also posted that they have finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with their office before October 13, 2005. Although that date is only five months prior to our date, of March 22, it seems that things have slowed down and the wait will be longer than that. We are hoping we hear something this spring or summer, so lets keep that positive vibe going. We just don't know when?!?! Trust us that you will know as soon as we do!!! Please keep our little ones in your hearts and think of them often!!! We are keeping very positive! We truly believe that our children will be here when they are meant to be with us and not a moment sooner or later!