Monthly Archives: November 2010

We went to Babies R Us to look at mattresses and bedding for our son’s crib.  We saw a mattress that we feel will be good for our baby but the price at Babies R Us is too high.  Since … Continue reading →

In beginning, we wanted to have our baby sleep with us on our bed.  But we figured that we will be more comfortable and have more sleeping space if we put him in a crib.  My husband and I looked for a crib at Babies R Us, Target, … Continue reading →

Next item on our list is to buy our son’s own chair at home.  Instead of buying a high chair and to save space in our kitchen, we bought him a booster chair by Fisher-Price from Toys R Us.  Good … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures of Nathan’s bedroom.   

Today, our China coordinator emailed us our confirmed hotel/transportation/sightseeing information from China Women Travel Service (CWTS). CWTS have worked with our adoption agency for a long time.  They have good relations with hotels in China.  They also provide local guides … Continue reading →

Last night, our China coordinator emailed us and told us that our visa appointment in Guangzhou is 12/08  Wednesday and we can book our flight to China! Actually before we received our visa appointment, our coordinator called us and told … Continue reading →

Wow, can’t believe it!  The one document that we have been waiting for and the one document that can change our lives forever has FINALLY ARRIVED!  We received our updated I-171H today in the mail! This adoption journey has been … Continue reading →

About 15 couples met at our Chinese coordinator’s house to go through our itinerary in China. I found out that many of us are at different stages of our adoption. One couple is leaving for China this Tuesday, another couple … Continue reading →

Yesterday we went to the Chinese Consulate in SF to pick up our visa.  At first I thought it would take weeks to get a visa but it wasn’t the case at all.  We dropped off our visa applications on … Continue reading →

On Oct 14, BAAS (Bay Area Adoption Service) sent our updated homestudy to USCIS so we can get a new I-171H.  In order to adopt our son, we had to make changes in our homestudy to say that we will … Continue reading →