You're going to do what??

This will be the start of our journey to our new daughter Avery. We started this process really about 14 years ago. We have always discussed adopting from China, and you could say we just never got around to it. But in March/06 we decided we weren't getting any younger, we better get to work if this was really going to come to fruition. So we went to one agencies meeting, and really didn't walk away feeling like it was our place. So we made an appointment with another agency that had been recommended by a friend. We met with the director on Mar 30,06 and we walked away with the paperwork, which we filled out the following week, submitted our application, and started down the long road to China.
In the last 4 months, this has been an emotional journey, full of ups and downs. Mostly ups I would say. The paperwork is a full-time job-but I will say I don't think it is as daunting as it might seem. It has actually gone rather smoothly, with just a bump in the road here and there.
We have received such positive feedback from our friends and family, that it has made up for any frustrations we have had in the process. We are really finished with our end of the paperwork, we are just waiting for our approval from the INS, and then we can proceed with the final stages of preparing our dossier to head to China for translation, and then on to the CCAA where it will be officially logged in. That is when the wait officially begins. Right now that wait from LID to getting a picture of our little girl is approx 12-13 months. So we are hopeful that we will have an Aug/06 LID, and hopefully travel to get her Oct or Nov of 2007. Fingers crossed. We will try to keep everyone up to date on the latest, and give you as much information as we can about the process, China, issues that we are going to have to deal with, and basically everything, and anything you would, or would not want to know. We hope you will follow along for this amazing journey.