We Are Group 305!

Friday, April 06, 2007


After seven months of filling out endless paperwork, ordering forms, mailing things back and forth, writing checks, putting together photo pages, multiple fingerprint appointments, home study visits, trips to make copies, and many other tasks...we are finished with the US approval process and have submitted our paperwork to America World (www.awaa.org) to be sent to China. Sixteen other families submitted that week and we are known as group 305 to AW.

SO, I consider us officially expecting! I have to admit...conceiving a biological baby is a lot more fun.

Now, we wait. After the dossier (that's what the paperwork is called) goes through translation we will be given an official loggin date. Then we wait for a long time. Currently the time from loggin date to refferal (picture and medical of the child the China Center of Adoption Affairs had reffered you) is just under 17 months.

I'll be keeping everyone posted!