Books - Fascinating !!!!
Talking Ladies - Not so much!
Xiao Shuai Ge, means good looking boy :0 yes he is.....
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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Timeline
January 8, 2007 Attend Adoption 101 Information Session in Mesa, AZ
January 22, 2006 - Apply for preapproval from our agencyand Taiwan
January 23, 2007 - Application for USCIS (I-600A) form submitted
January 28, 2007 - 1st Homestudy meeting
January 28, 2007 - Sign adoption contract with our agency
January 29, 2007 - Approved to adopt from Taiwan
February 1, 2007 - Clearance from state of Arizona
February 6, 2007- Maricopa application to adopt is filed
February 13, 2007 - Clearance from state of Michigan, Medical clearances, and Fingerprint invitation arrive from USCIS
February 24, 2007 - Fingerprinted for USCIS
March 11, 2007- Homestudy Complete and Court Certification from Maricopa County received
April 28, 2007 - Homestudy is translated into Mandarin
July 1, 2007 - Finally receive 171-H in the mail
July 6, 2007 - Get new case manager
July 22, 2007 - Sign adendum to contract
August 8, 2007 - Our lucky day! Referral for Lin Kai-Yi, born 6-3-06
August 8, 2007 - accept referral
August 13, 2007 - Sign Child Referral Agreement
August 23, 2007 - Paperwork arrives in Tucson
August 24, 2007 - Paperwork arrives to us
August 26, 2007 - Documents notorized (How many adults does it take to use a stamp?)
August 28, 2007 - Documents certified by AZ Sec. of State
August 29, 2007 Documents sent to TECO to be authenticated
September 4, 2007 - Documents arrive in Tucson from TECO
September 6, 2007 - Documents sent to Taiwan! YEAH!
September 10, 2007 - Update day! We receive 4 pics and a video!
October 2, 2007 - Receive word from TWCA that our hearing date is October 9, 2007 (this happened extreamly fast!)
October 9, 2007 - Keep your fingers crossed for a quick 1st ruling (even better yet, keep your fingers crossed for a final ruling!)
October 11, 2007 - October updates are here!
October 19, 2007 - Receive more pictures and videos from Ray's visit to Taiwan!
November 5, 2007 - November updates are here!
December 2, 2007 - December updates are here! Can't believe there has been no news all month!
December 13, 2007 - FINALLY! Word of our First Ruling! Yippeee! It happened on Dec. 13th in Taiwan (yesterday here)
January 4, 2008 - January updates
February 4, 2008 - February updates
February 28, 2008 - Leaving for Taipei!!!
February 29, 2008 - Arrive in Taipei!
March 4, 2008 - Gotcha Day! Can you even believe it!?!?!?
March 5, 2008 - FINAL RULING FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY! (by the way, our paperwork says the final ruling was issued December 24th!)
March 6, 2008 - First AIT appointment
March 7, 2008 - VISA DAY!
March 10, 2008 - Leave for home!
March 10, 2008 - Arrive home with our boy!!!!!!!!!!!
July 5, 2008 - Find out about Wil's arrival!
March 10, 2009 - Wil Shan-Yi Shaffer is born at 3:38 am 8 lbs. 4 oz. 20 inches long
6 comments:
Oh wow, he is just so gorgeous and such focus! Looks like you need to stock up on bananas and yellow duckies since those were his favorite pages :)
I could just scoop him so I can't imagine what it must be like for you having to wait to have him in your arms, but hopefully not too much longer to go.
Still the cutest little guy ever.... Oh the squeeky shoes...Cute to see that those were for me on the blog...
It won't be long Katie and Alex and you will know the true joy of being parents. He is a lucky little boy to go to you fun parents. Loved the video with the book. Over chicks even.
Joyce
Hi Katie, your little guy really is shuai ge! You're so lucky to have had your court hearing so soon! I hope you get quick rulings and can bring your little one home soon!
I'm glad you like our blog layout! The forever family/Taiwan/America background I made. I used Appleworks to type the characters (you enter the pinyin first- if you have a Mac and you want to know how to type Chinese characters, let me know and I'll explain it). I added background color in Draw and then set it as my background in the template. To do that in blogger, choose template, then edit HTML. Scroll down to the section labeled "defaults" and then the subheading "body". On the background line, after the url tag, you can just paste in the link to whatever background you like. Here's the link to my background. You are welcome to use it if you'd like. http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v111/47/74/55301511/n55301511_30856757_6474.jpg If you do use it, make sure the word "repeat" appears after the link and the closed parentheses.
P.S. My little brother's name is also Kai (Kai Wei). I wonder if it's the same character... Our Kai means triumphant or victorious
Yeah, you got Leo Kai-Yi's updates! I was so glad to hear them say his name - it's exactly how I thought you would pronounce it. After they say his name, they say "Len", which is what they say in our kids videos too. It must be a term of endearment!
He is so adorable and so into his books! You're right, he is a smarty pants! Congrats on the updates guys!
-Shana
Katie and Alex,
We are so excited for you and we can't wait to meet Leo!
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