Thursday, July 16, 2015

It's Official!

We are OFFICIALLY parents of two little boys!  

Our dossier was sent to China on May 29, 2015 and logged in to China's database on June 4, 2015.  That is when our wait for official approval began.  We had already received and accepted Isaiah's referral but in the eyes of the Chinese government he was still a ward of Chinese Children's Services.  When we adopted Zeke our wait time for official approval (RA - referral acceptance) was just over 3 months so that was our anticipated timeframe.  Apparently China is processing documents faster than they were in 2013.  Our wait for RA was only 42 days!  We should travel sometime between the end of September and the middle of October rather than mid-winter like we thought.

Since we received our RA today we were able to officially share photos of Isaiah!  Here are the two most current photographs we have received:




I had our next set of documents ready to send to USCIS (Immigration) so as soon as our RA document was emailed from our agency we filled it out, added it to the stack of already prepared paperwork and headed to send it out via FedEx.  Now we wait about a month for USCIS approval to bring Isaiah into the country.  We are getting so close!

Zeke is excited to be a big brother (although he doesn't really understand what that means) and is looking forward to riding on the "big airplane to get Isaiah from China."



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  1. StaceyJuly 16, 2015 at 9:42 PM

    So excited for you and your family! Congratulations!!!

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    1. UnknownJuly 17, 2015 at 2:14 PM

      Stacey you know exactly how I feel . . . shaky, excited, nervous, ready to GO! :)

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    2. UnknownJuly 17, 2015 at 2:14 PM

      Stacey you know exactly how I feel . . . shaky, excited, nervous, ready to GO! :)

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  2. UnknownJuly 16, 2015 at 10:46 PM

    Very excited for you cousin! Congratulations!!!!

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    1. UnknownJuly 17, 2015 at 2:14 PM

      Thank you Faith! It is definitely a unique journey! :)

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  3. Conklin3July 16, 2015 at 11:24 PM

    Hi Robyn! Congratulations. He is adorable. We received our LOA last Friday and our immigration papers were officially received this Tuesday. It looks like we could travel close to the same time😊praying for your next steps to go smoothly. We too are bringing our kids to China! Would love to meet!!
    Jennifer Conklin
    www.conklincrew6.blogspot.com

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    1. UnknownJuly 17, 2015 at 2:14 PM

      Thank you Jennifer! We would love to meet you as well! I think I heard your little guy is somewhere in the 2 to 4 year range, right? Isaiah is 2 and Zeke is almost 5. Crazy how our timing is so similar. I will check out your blog! :)

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