Previous China Timelines vs Now

Adoption Timelines

Chengbin's adoption

• November 13, 2012 Applied to Agency
• December 15, 2012 1st Homestudy Visit
• December 29, 2012 2nd Homestudy Visit
• January 30, 2013 Homestudy Complete
• February 10, 2013 Mailed I-800
• March 2, 2013 Received biometrics appt card
• March 5, 2013 Walked in for Fingerprints!
• March 11, 2013 USCIS Fingerprint Appt
• March 12, 2013 USCIS approval
• March 15, 2013 LOI
• March 18, 2013 Dossier docs to Agency
• March 20, 2013 Preapproval!
• April 15, 2013 DTC
• April 27, 2013 LID
• May 9, 2013 Status changed to "in process"
• May 23, 2013 I-800 to Lockbox (med expedite)
• May 28, 2013 Letter Seeking Confirmation!
• May 29, 2013 I-800 Lockbox to NBC
• June 14, 2013 I-800 Provisional Approval
• June 17, 2013 I-800 reissued due to error
• June 19, 2013 NVC approval cabled
• June 20, 2013 Received PDF
• June 21, 2013 Art 5 dropoff
• June 25, 2013 Art 5 pickup (med expedite)
• July 12, 2013 TA email (med expedite)
• July 12, 2013 Received Consulate Appt
• July 29, 2013 GOTCHA DAY

Laila's adoption

• Nov 10, 2013 Started 2nd Adoption
• Dec 8, 2013 1st Homestudy Visit
• Dec 21, 2013 2nd Homestudy Visit
• Feb 22, 2014 Applied to Agency
• March 20, 2014 LOI
• March 26, 2014 PA for Laila
• April 7, 2014 Homestudy Approval!!
• April 7, 2014 Supplement 3 overnighted
• April 30, 2014 Walked in for Fingerprints!
• May 9, 2014 Supplement 3 approved
• June 4, 2014 Dossier To China
• August 14, 2014 LOA
• August 15, 2014 I-800 approval (expedite)
• August 22, 2014 NVC approval
• August 26, 2014 Art 5 dropoff
• August 27, 2014 Art 5 approval
• August 29, 2014 Dropoff at CCCWA
• September 22, 2014 GOTCHA DAY!

We received our log in date (LID) yesterday!  So now it's time to start our latest timeline on the sidebar of this blog! :)  Things have changed quite a bit with China's system since our last adoption, so now our caseworker will be able to track our dossier as it goes through the process at CCCWA.  We are very excited to see some progress and hope you'll all pray with us for expediency in the process and for HJ & Little Miss's health & well being while we wait!

Thanks for following along!

Breaking News in the Wilks House! :)

We want to thank everyone who prayed and sent positive thoughts our way on Monday.  Now we can tell you what you were praying about.

On Monday our agency held a committee to review our request to adopt two children concurrently in this adoption.  This is something that our agency does not take lightly, and neither do we.  

We have been praying about this, researching the logistics of this, and much more for a couple months now... As our dossier neared completion we began to really, really seek God's perfect plan for our family.  Adoption is a blessing but it's also really hard ya'll.  And we know that bringing home two at once will most likely be more than twice as hard.  We also know that these two children are worth every bit of hard and stressful and beautiful and everything else that comes!

So we prayed on Monday, not that our desire would come to fruition that day, but that God's desire would.  After all, he loves these two children even more than we can imagine!

And Monday evening the news came- we are approved to move forward for this special second child!! 

We are blessed beyond measure to announce that we are bringing two sweet children home!! Our son AND our daughter!!!

As soon as we have approval for her in China's system we will share more.  Thank you all for your prayers and we ask for your continued prayers for God's perfect timing over this adoption, for their health (they both have very serious medical needs), and his financial provision.  We are hoping we will be headed to China sometime in November for our kids!!

Update!!!!!

THIS just happened!!! We are DTC guys!!!

Our dossier is headed to Beijing where it will get logged in with the CCCWA and our adoption paperwork will be processed. 

We're one great big step closer to Hongjie!!!!

Praying for a fast log in date!

And requesting additional prayers for a behind the scenes thing... Please pray not our will but God's will over the entire thing.

Thanks everyone!!!

My little buddies are MATCHED!!!!

Happy dance here!!!! My two little buddies I met in China in April have families going for them!!!

This is what makes advocacy worth it!!!!

My sweet Buddha buddy Lars now has a family coming for him.  They got their approval very recently and are moving forward on the loads of paperwork it takes to bring home a sweetie!!

 

How precious is he??!!!! Oh they are gonna be BLESSED by him!!

And Logan, my other sweet buddy is also matched!! Not only is he matched but his family is very far in the process and will be bringing him home super soon!!!

I'm so excited and happy for these sweet boys!!! These families are so very lucky to be matched with these precious boys!

And here's a secret some of you might not know... MANY boys wait!!! So many agencies have files of boys age 5 and under with minor or repaired needs who need families and have no families waiting who are open to adopting a boy.  Let's change that!! Let's have families waiting for the boys instead of boys waiting for families!

Ask me about it! :) mepscoastie@yahoo.com

Congrats to the families of my sweet buddies!!!!