Author Archives: smurfy

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 →

My husband and I attended the Giants parade.  I actually dislike parades.  But this was the best parade I have ever attended!  Giants fans cheering, calling out to their favorite baseball players, clapping their hands, blowing their plastic horns that … Continue reading →

BAAS notified my husband that we finally got our travel approval!  But even though we are finally approved to travel to China, we are still waiting for our updated I-171H.  The lady at USCIS said she will process it asap.  … Continue reading →

Today marks our one month wait for travel approval to China since we got our LOA. Watching the World Series has really helped us keep our minds off the long wait. My husband said the year we will be parents … Continue reading →

My last basic cake decorating class was this past Monday.  Our last project was to bring a cake and use class time to decorate it.  I wasn’t sure what to do at first but then I decided to create a … Continue reading →

Our coordinator called us yesterday to ask whether we received our updated I-171H.  Without the updated I-171H, we can not get consulate dates in China.  Currently, our I-171H only gives us approval to adopt female infant.  But since we decided … Continue reading →

The window blinds my husband installed in Nathan’s room are kinda long.  So when the window blinds are pulled down, the wooden shades stack up at the bottom.  So my husband removed these extra wooden shades to make the window … Continue reading →

Finally after three weeks of waiting, Michaels finished my custom frame orders. I had Up and Finding Nemo posters framed in white wood with simple edges. I particularly chose those two posters because both have some meaning in my family’s … Continue reading →