the long and winding road...

Paperwork complete??
Ok, this is getting exciting. I have finally gotten the doctor to completely fill out my medical form. YIPPEEE!!! Also, I have gotten the DC approval of our letter to CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) requesting to adopt. I've attached it here so anyone interested can see the type of things they're looking for. Now, all we have to do is get all these papers notarized and then we'll ship them off to the DC to have them verified and authenticated by the secretary of state and the chinese consulate. Once that's done we'll only be waiting on the I171!!!

To The Officials Of The China Center Of Adoption Affairs:

We hope to adopt a child from The People’s Republic of China.

We are requesting a single, healthy, female baby between five

and twelve months of age. We would like the baby to be
as young as possible.

As a family, we have chosen to adopt from China because

it is a beautiful country with a rich history. Susan was fortunate
enough to be able to visit China in 1990 and enjoyed the country

and its proud people. We believe that a little girl from China would

be very happy in our home as we live in an area with many

Chinese families. Close to our city is a large community of

Chinese people where she will have the opportunity to learn about
and stay connected to her Chinese heritage.

Susan is an attorney who enjoys reading, gardening, and decorating.

Bobby works for an aggregate company and spends free time

playing sports and games with our two sons. Our adopted daughter

will have two older brothers age 17 and 15 years old who have
always dreamed of little sister. They both participate in numerous

sports and love computers. We are excited to become an American-

Chinese family and are already planning ways to educate our

daughter about China. Susan has begun learning Mandarin and

we plan to have our adopted daughter learn as well. Chinese holidays,

customs and interaction with Chinese Americans will become an
integral part of our family life. We plan when she is older to travel to
China so that she will be able to experience her first country personally.

We all sincerely promise to love and care for our adopted daughter
for her entire life. We will never abandon or abuse her or allow anyone

else to cause her harm. She will immediately become a respected member

of our family and be treated the same as her two older siblings. She will

share equally in any inheritance. Education is very important to our family.

Both our boys have always attended highly respected private schools with

the goal of attending and completing a college education. Our daughter

will be given the same educational opportunities. Our desire is for

her to grow to be a strong, healthy, intelligent, proud woman.

For these reasons we respectfully request we be allowed to adopt a

healthy, baby girl between the ages five and twelve months, as young as

possible. Thank you for your consideration.