June 15, 2008- January 5, 2010

June 15, 2008- Home from China missions trip
July 27, 2008- Initial paper work finished
August 2, 2008- First official home-study meeting
December 3, 2008- Fingerprints complete (this was a big deal)
April 6, 2009- Complete Home-study sent to Immigration
June 15, 2009- Immigration Approval
July 27, 2009- DTC/Docier to China
September 16, 2009- Official Referral for Yang Yi
September 17, 2009- LOI/Letter of Intent sent
September 28, 2009- LID/Log In Date
October 12, 2009- PA/Pre-Approval
November 16, 2009- LOA/Letter of Acceptance
November 27, 2009- I-797C (application recieved)
December 16, 2009- Visas recieved from China
December 22, 2009- Article 5 Letter completed and arrived in America
January 4, 2010- Travel Approval

It's been a long time coming...

It's long process, but let me tell any of you who are considering adoption: It is so worth it.

June 15, 2008- Home from China missions trip
July 27, 2008- Initial paper work finished
August 2, 2008- First official home-study meeting
December 3, 2008- Fingerprints complete
April 6, 2009- Complete Home-study sent to Immigration
June 15, 2009- Immigration Approval
July 27, 2009- DTC/Docier to China
September 16, 2009- Official Referral for Yang Yi
September 17, 2009- LOI/Letter of Intent sent
September 28, 2009- LID/Log In Date
October 12, 2009- PA/Pre-Approval
November 16, 2009- LOA/Letter of Acceptance
November 27, 2009- I-797C (application recieved)
December 16, 2009- Visas recieved from China
December 22, 2009- Article 5 Letter completed and arrived in America

I-800? Article 5? Letter of what? WHAT?

This past Monday, my mom sent me a text while babysitting. It read: "Our file is in China! Already!" Now honestly, I had no idea what this meant. It was progress, so I sent back a short reply, "yeah!" but then began the endless text-talk discussion with my dad about what exactly that meant, what we had left, and when we get to go. All that to say, I think we decided that this is what's left:

~Article 5 Letter must be prepared and taken to the CCAA or ABAC (I'm not sure which)
~We will begin our wait for TA (Travel Approval)
~We will recieve our appointment with the Chinese consulate (in China)
~We will prepare final paperwork.
~We will plan our trip to China around the consulate appointment
~We will finally go to China to bring home Caelyn Yi!

So as you can see, we are not far away at all! It could very well be anywhere between 1-3 months now! So exciting! I can't believe we're so close!

Once again, I ask you to pray for us! Pray for Kris (he's doing a little better, but has now moved to a different treatment facility), and our visit to see him over Christmas. Please pray that we will be prepared both in heart, mind, and body to bring home Caelyn! Please pray that God will provide financially for the trip to China and any expenses included. Thank you all for your support! We appreciate your prayers!

In Him,

Chelsey :)

P.S. The date for the shower has been set, thanks to the lovely Melanie O'Keefe! :) We love and appreciate you!

Let's See How Far We've Come

The "new and improved" timeline: So neat to see God's work :)


June 15, 2008- Home from China missions trip


July 27, 2008- Initial paper work finished


August 2, 2008- First official home-study meeting


December 3, 2008- Fingerprints complete


April 6, 2009- Complete Home-study sent to Immigration


June 15, 2009- Immigration Approval


July 27, 2009- DTC/Docier to China


September 16, 2009- Official Referral for Yang Yi


September 17, 2009- LOI/Letter of Intent sent


September 28, 2009- LID/Log In Date


October 12, 2009- PA/Pre-Approval


November 16, 2009- LOA/Letter of Acceptance

(This is a picture of my parents just after they signed the LOA this morning)

December 16, 2009- Visas recieved from China

December 22, 2009- I-800 completed and sent to America

NOW- Completing a few forms, in the process of turning them into the US government, then a few more tedious steps, and we wait for the TA- Travel Approval. That will be the next BIG news... and very possibly the biggest! This feels so surreal... in a good way!

In Him,
Chelsey :)

Adoption Timeline

The timeline (up to date). Interesting that we were DTC exactly one year from the day we started our process... So neat to see God's work :)

June 15, 2008- Home from China missions trip

July 27, 2008- Initial paper work finished

August 2, 2008- First official home-study meeting

December 3, 2008- Fingerprints complete

April 6, 2009- Complete Home-study sent to Immigration

June 15, 2009- Immigration Approval

July 27, 2009- DTC/Docier to China

September 16, 2009- Official Referral for Yang Yi

September 17, 2009- LOI/Letter of Intent sent

September 28, 2009- LID/Log In Date

October 12, 2009- PA/Pre-Approval

November 16, 2009- LOA/Letter of Acceptance

now- waiting...