Care Package: Hannah is coming home

We sent Hannah a care package this week, through Ann in China. It is the last package before she comes home; we told her how much we love her and that we will be coming to China for her very, very soon.

Hannah wrote us a letter, whoo~hoo!

亲爱的妈妈：
非常的谢谢您，今年我过了一个非常开心的生日。谢谢您给我寄来的衣服和娃娃，我非常喜欢，还有涂画书，我很喜欢，我和我的朋友们一起画画，很开心！谢谢您，我亲爱的妈妈，我很想念您！

Dear mom:
Thank you sooo much ! I had a very happy birthday .Thank you for sending me clothes and doll,i love them very much ,also i like the book you sent me very much too,I draw with my friends together ,it is fun and i am very happy ! Thank you again ,my dear mom,i miss you !!

Another CAKE party!

The girls received another birthday cake to share. Mei's mama sent her a birthday cake, her b'day is soon!(Mei is in the middle & all the girls were invited again.) The girls are oh, so, adorable and I just want to give our Mei a big hug & kiss. MeiRu is on the right, in green. I miss her. xoxo

LOA, {Letter Of Acceptance}

We received our LOA today. The actual document has a heading "Letter Seeking Confirmation". It is from the Chinese Government, and they are requesting we sign it and decide, (*one last time*); "Is this your child?". We must check yes or no... and DUH!! "Yes, Hannah Mei Ru is Our Daughter". We are beyond thrilled. Of course we signed it, sealed it and delivered it to our agency. Our agency will send it overnight to China. We also had to do a zillion new notarized documents & sent away for our Visas (the stamp that goes in our passports) to give us entry into China. Now we wait for China to "Invite" us: based on our decision we made, again. The next document will be called TA, {Travel Approval}. We could leave in as early as 5 weeks.
We Love you and are coming soon Hannah!
Love Mama, Baba, and gēge (pronounced GuuGuu, big brother)

The Tree House...

Her First Birthday Party! Hannah MeiRu & her friends.

Good News, Not our LOA {Letter of Acceptance} that we are waiting patiently for..but

We sent Hannah a Birthday Party Care Package, through Ann at RedThread in China. We found out that Hannah received her cake and the SWI {Social Welfare Institute, aka Orphanage} agreed that they would take pictures at the party for us and... they also said "yes, Hannah can have a TUTOR!"{ it will be simple English, the SWI said I can pay them for the Tutor, when "I come for her"}.. That's great news!! They know I am coming!!... now just get those acceptance and travel documents over here. LOL :o)
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waiting for LOA for Hannah age 7, Guangdong

Another Care Package

This care package will also come with a fresh cake for Hannah and her friends to enjoy. Deliveried by Ann, @ RedThread in China.

Care Packages To Hannah

Three Months LID!

Our referral for Hannah arrived before our 3 month LID date. We are now anxiously awaiting PA{Pre-Approval} from The CCAA{Center of Chinese Adoption Affairs} in China.

Update PA received 04/01/08 :o)