After an incredible experience adopting Claire from China, we're ready to begin the process again. We know it will be a long wait - we hear it could be 3 - 4 years from our log-in-date in China - so we thought we'd better get started right away! We officially applied again on May 1, 2007. We hope to be logged in around February or March of 2008 (just after one year of receiving Claire).
We look so forward to meeting and parenting our second daughter. The wait for Claire was very difficult emotionally, and I'm sure it will be for this little one too at times. I think it may be a little easier on us this time around, though, because we now know from experience that whatever the waiting time, you come out at the end with the right child - the one meant for your family. Plus, we are parents now - a chapter in our lives we wanted to enter for so long - and we have much to keep us busy and our minds occupied.
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We knew when we adopted Claire that we'd be back to China for another baby. Join us on our journey to adopt our second child!
Ren Li Walter W.
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Adoption Jargon
L.I.D. - Log In Date - the date China got our main file. This was March 5, 2008.
L.O.I. - Letter Of Intent - the letter we wrote to China asking if Ren can be ours.
L.O.A. or L.S.C. - Letter of Acceptance or Letter Seeking Confirmation - the letter from the Chinese government that says Ren is ours upon our confirmation. This usually takes several months to arrive.
T.A. - Travel Approval (also known as "Notice of Coming to China for Adoption") - letter from the Chinese government that gives us permission to enter China and receive Ren. Usually comes about 1 month after the L.O.A. We book our tickets to China once we get this letter.
L.O.I. - Letter Of Intent - the letter we wrote to China asking if Ren can be ours.
L.O.A. or L.S.C. - Letter of Acceptance or Letter Seeking Confirmation - the letter from the Chinese government that says Ren is ours upon our confirmation. This usually takes several months to arrive.
T.A. - Travel Approval (also known as "Notice of Coming to China for Adoption") - letter from the Chinese government that gives us permission to enter China and receive Ren. Usually comes about 1 month after the L.O.A. We book our tickets to China once we get this letter.
Our Timeline
LID: March 5, 2008
Appointment with social worker to switch to the WC program: June 6, 2008
Date of adoption agency's signoff on social worker's update: July 2, 2008
Received provincial approval of switch to WC program: July 21, 2008
Received referral: September 29, 2008
Accepted referral / submitted LOI: October 1, 2008
Received Letter Seeking Confirmation (also known as Letter of Approval): January 5, 2009
Forever Family Day: February 23, 2009
Appointment with social worker to switch to the WC program: June 6, 2008
Date of adoption agency's signoff on social worker's update: July 2, 2008
Received provincial approval of switch to WC program: July 21, 2008
Received referral: September 29, 2008
Accepted referral / submitted LOI: October 1, 2008
Received Letter Seeking Confirmation (also known as Letter of Approval): January 5, 2009
Forever Family Day: February 23, 2009
About Me
- Monica
- I've always loved photography. In high school and university, I took photography classes but ultimately chose a career in law and left my passion behind. Now that I'm a stay-at-home mom to two amazing kids, my passion in photography has re-ignited.
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