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The latest news
Oct. 3: Our beautiful daughter!
Our first glimpse
THANK YOU, FEDEX!!!!
Thank you: People who helped us
Our adoption
July 2002: We buy a house
July 2002: The Paperchase begins ...
July 2002: ... and continues ...
July 2002: ... and continues ...
Aug. 1-7: ... and continues ...
Aug. 8: ... and continues ...
Aug. 9: ... and continues ...
Aug. 11: ... and continues ...
Aug. 13: ... we learn a lot ...
Aug. 25: ... and we keep chasing paper ...
Sept. 11: ... and we get fingerprinted ...
Sept. 15: ... and prep the house
Oct. 10: Our homestudy begins
Oct. 31: Our homestudy arrives!
Nov. 3: A wonderful surprise
Nov. 15: A sense of relief
Nov. 23: We decide to hurry
Dec. 26: Something to celebrate
Jan. 4: A great start to 2003
Info
Our adoption agency: CCAI
Our homestudy agency: Forever Families
The INS
Our costs: A listing of fees
A map of China
Where to start
The I600A form
Choosing an agency
The Paperchase
VitalChek
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth
Our courier service: The Assistant Stork
The Assistant Stork's China page
Other families' stories
My friend Tammy's site
Learn and get support
Yahoo's paperchase group: paperchase2000
Adoptive Families magazine
"Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother" by Jana Wolff
The Hallmark Channel TV show "Adoption"
Yahoo's adopt-parents-China group: APC
After DTC
Join your DTC group on Yahoo!
Mine is the December Dragons
Shopping!
Adoption World
Celebrate Adoption
eBay
Babies R Us
Gymboree
Sierra Trading Post
Dream Time Baby