This picture was taken at Reese's baptism a year ago last May. I do believe it is the last photo of us all together. I love and miss Ryan tons.
Plus, I can't get over how tall he is in this photo... he always stood on his toes to be taller than the other two boys but his feet seem flat on the floor - he looks really tall to me... anyway, I miss him! Peace xoxoxo
January 27 - Day we both realized we were in for it... we need to go back to China (FTIA, limb, Nov)(We were in WA) 2/12- sent in application 2/15-fingerprinting with county 2/28-4/3-homestudy 3/23-6/12 compiled dossier 5/8-fingerprinted with Citizenship and Immigration Services 6/7-Recieved clearance from CIS to adopt 6/12 received finalized homestudy 6/15-found problem with CIS form... wait for new one 7/8- strong feelings 7/10 - get ok on paperwork, homestudy and CIS 7/13 -take boys to Boise for Dr. appt and get paperwork notarized and authenticated at the state capital... drive home and send off with fed ex to Washington DC to get authenticated from US State Dept and Chinese Emabassy 7/25- FTIA recieves our dossier 8/17- receive a call from FTIA about the list - they send us information and photos of Yuan Xiu 8/21 received a picture of Yuan Xiu's back 8/22 completed LOI and Family Summary Plan 8/23 LOI sent to China for Yuan Xiu 8/24 dossier sent to China 8/28 LID (Loggin date) 9/4 MRI and CT say all is healthy on her brain and liver 9/6 received darling pictures (face and scalp) of Lili 9/6 -PA!!!- This happened in record time...WOW!!! We are pre-approved for Lili 11/28- LOA!!! Day 84 Hopefully we will travel by mid January!!! 12/17- Travel Approval!!!!!