time line for our Benjamin...

Hi Everyone & Welcome to our web site set up especially for our third child ~ first son ~ adoption from China! Below I will be listing his time line...from referral received to LID! So far, this journey to our son has been very bumpy but I guess I should not have expected anything less (seeing how this is our third time around). Please be sure to book mark this site for we will be posting to it when we travel {praying for that to happen sometime between May 7 June of this year)!

So without keeping you any longer, here is Benjamin's time line...

Benjamin's time line...
***travel to China ~ May/June 2010?
***once LOA arrives...it will be 10-13 weeks until we travel
***waiting on LOA {praying that it comes March/April}
January 26, 2010 ~ CCAA Logged In our Dossier...LID!!!
January 22, 2010 ~ Dossier to China...DTC
January 15, 2010 ~ CCAI received completed Dossier
June 2009 to January 14, 2010 ~ paper chased
May 16, 2009 ~ started paper chasing...
May 15, 2009 ~ Received PA...
May 11, 2009 ~ LOI was sent to China
May 6, 2009 ~ Accepted the Referral...
May 4, 2009 ~ Received Referral...


I will be updated this time line (as LOA...CA...TA...and official travel dates come in).

Update from CCAI received on 9/8/2009

Dang Zi Zhong

Currently residing at Luoyang SWI, Henan Province, China.

Date of Birth October 15, 2007

9/7/2009 Update

Medical/Development:
His health is good.
He can walk, say some simple words. He is being potty trained, but still uses diaper
He does not know color yet.
He needs to be reminded to use potty on time.

Personality:
They call him Zi Zhong.
He is active and outgoing.

General:
He eats noodle, congee, drinks water and formula. He likes to eat cake and biscuits.
He is in the orphanage.
He did not receive package from the family.

(as of 2/1/2010 a care package has been sent out for our sweet baby boy...)

Oh My Gosh ~ Does he know how much we love him already? Does he know that he has a family waiting to bring him home? Does he know that he has two sisters who are just so excited to be getting a brother? Does he know that he has so many family & friends who are just dying to meet him? Does he know that we think about him every minute of every day? Does he know that I cry almost every night because he is not home with us? Does he know again how much we love him? Does he know...

Referral Photos!

(photo of Benjamin dated August 2008)


More updated photos that were taken during February 2009...

He had us at the first moment we saw his precious face! Those cheeks and those big almond shaped eyes...Oh how this little boy captured our hearts on May 4, 2009!