We are DTC

fred@fredjean.net (Frederic Jean) — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:26:04 +0000

All of our adoption related paperwork is now in China waiting to be logged into the CCAA's systems. It took us a little less than 5 months to go from our application to reaching the "Dossier To China" state.

I wanted to acknowledge There's Always Hope, which is owned by Denise Hope. We had one document that hadn't gone through the sealing process. I simply overlooked getting the translation of my birth certificate through. So we got the translation notarized and certified and then hired Denise to hand deliver it to the Chicago consulate. She turned it around really quick and then sent it directly to CCAI so they could include it in the dossier.

Neither Mollie and I knew that our paperwork had been sent to China on Friday. Mollie did check on the web site, but it wasn't updated yet. I was going through the CCAI web site on Sunday to see where things where. I noticed the date on the "Dossier to China" line. I called to Mollie, telling her that I had something to show her. The look on her face once she realized that we were DTC was priceless.

We are now waiting for the CCAA to log our dossier in their system. We will then start taking the classes that are required by Colorado. And wait.

Out of my mind...: We are DTC

We are DTC