I recently got a package together to send to Livi at her orphanage. I had sent a small one back when we first got our LOA that had a Ni Hao Kai Lan sticker book in it, but wanted to do something bigger and more fun. I wanted to wait until it got closer to when we would be going there to send her the photos of us because I thought our pictures would be more fresh in her memory. I'm really hoping that the people at the orphanage will show her the pics and help talk to her a bit about them. I've heard many stories and it could go either way....some are really great about it and some don't do much, so we'll see. We got a doll, some hair bows, some Hello Kitty stickers, some socks, some pj's, a coloring book with crayons, and a photo book with our pictures. I printed out the Chinese characters to label our pictures. The address label for her orphanage....
she is going to love seeing her family's faces!! very sweet!
i (like you) had only ever bought boy clothes and had NO idea how to build a little girls closet (although i have given it my best effort!)always keep in mind what you can get away with borrowing or making - like pettiskirts & tutus :)
Mya's was my friends "12 month" outfit it worked perfectly :>)
I'm a busy mom of 5 boys and one China doll married to a great man for 16 years. We just brought home our little girl from China cuz mama needed some pink around here.
Workin' on our little girl ---------- Dec. 30th - Began homestudy April 14th - homestudy completed April 19th - sent in 1-800A paperwork June 7th - recieved our immagration notice from Homeland security. June 8th - got our fingerprints done July 16th - finally got our immagration approval, 3 mos. wait time July 20th - sent dossier to Sec. of State for authentcation July 28th - sent dossier to Chinese consulate in Chicago Aug. 12th - dossier returned to Agency and sent to China same day.....waiting for out Log In Date so we can get a match...... Sept. 16th - LID, Baby! Sept. 19th - MATCHED! Sept. 21st - LOI sent for translation. Then off to China on the 22nd. C'mon PA! Oct. 5th - Got our PA. It was issued on Sept. 28th, our agency got the email notice a week later. Nov. 29th - LOA!!!!! Exactly 10 weeks after our referral Dec. 20th - I-800 for Jacob and Jennifer. Huh? Who? Dec. 24th - received our corrected I-800....this time it had Jason's name on it. Dec. 31st - National Visa Center approval letter....movin' right along! Jan. 31st - Received word that our article 5 was issued and passed on to CCAA last week. It's getting close....... Feb. 2nd - Travel Approval!!!!!!!!!!!! Feb. 8th - Travel dates confirmed. We'll be in China from March 1st to the 18th. WOOT WOOT! Mar. 1st - Leaving for China Mar. 7th - GOTCHA! Mar. 15th - It's official! Mar. 18th - Home!
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she is going to love seeing her family's faces!! very sweet!
i (like you) had only ever bought boy clothes and had NO idea how to build a little girls closet (although i have given it my best effort!)always keep in mind what you can get away with borrowing or making - like pettiskirts & tutus :)
Mya's was my friends "12 month" outfit it worked perfectly :>)
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