Due to requests from family and friends to follow our journey to bring Mei Mei home, I am taking my first stab at blogging. We are very early in our process of adopting DD # 2 from China. I will posts updates and journal our trip to China on this site. And hopefully get photos up while in China. We were blessed on November 12, 2002 when DD # 1 was placed in my arms and our hearts forever! I am happy to share our journey this time with family in friend while in China for Mei Mei.
We are DTC (date dossier sent to China) 11/25/06 with no LID (log in date). The LID is critical in terms of getting that clock to begin ticking and closer to Mei Mei! Currently, the wait between LID and a referral (photo and medical info.) is 16 - 18 months. Depending on where you go, some say the wait will stabilize at 16 -18 months, and some the wait could get as long as 2-3 years. Yet others say, things could speed up. I like that scenario best :)
If the wait stabilizes at 16 - 18 months, we would receive our referral between June and August of 2008. We would travel 6-8 weeks after referral in September or October of 2008. At that point DD #1 will be entering 1st grade and will be turning 7 years old! Although I was bummed about the age difference between DD #1 and Mei Mei, I think she may be old enough to remember the sites and sounds of our journey to China to bring Mei Mei home which is a bonus.
We are DTC (date dossier sent to China) 11/25/06 with no LID (log in date). The LID is critical in terms of getting that clock to begin ticking and closer to Mei Mei! Currently, the wait between LID and a referral (photo and medical info.) is 16 - 18 months. Depending on where you go, some say the wait will stabilize at 16 -18 months, and some the wait could get as long as 2-3 years. Yet others say, things could speed up. I like that scenario best :)
If the wait stabilizes at 16 - 18 months, we would receive our referral between June and August of 2008. We would travel 6-8 weeks after referral in September or October of 2008. At that point DD #1 will be entering 1st grade and will be turning 7 years old! Although I was bummed about the age difference between DD #1 and Mei Mei, I think she may be old enough to remember the sites and sounds of our journey to China to bring Mei Mei home which is a bonus.
With the long wait ahead of us, our motto has become:
