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Friday, September 23, 2011

Feng Mei's Birthday Celebration!

Right now in China, our baby girl has just turned seven years old! Happy Birthday, baby girl! Love always! Mama, Baba and Jie Jie

Timeline to Feng Mei (aka Cassandra Mei)

December 5, 2010 - the Lord called us to adoption.
December 6, 2010 - We saw a picture of Feng Mei, and i cried.
December 10, 2010 - Randy prayed for the Lord to move on his spirit so he could feel what Sonya and I were feeling for Feng Mei.
December 11, 2010 - Before ever reviewing her medical history, Randy and i were in complete agreement to adopt this sweet little girl.
December 13, 2010 - Sonya and i drove to Albion, IN to seek adoption of Feng Mei and pay the application fee.
December 14, 2010 - the day Hand in Hand would have been forced to relinquish Feng Mei's file for good
December 20, 2010 - pre-approval granted by the Chinese government to adopt Feng Mei
April 22, 2011 - DTC (docs to China)
May 11, 2011 - LID (log in date)
September 19, 2011 - LOA (letter of approval)
I800 Approval- October 13, 2011
NVC Cable - October 25, 2011
Article 5 - November 14, 2011
TA (travel approval) - November 28, 2011
CA (consulate appointment) - December 21, 2011
the day my family boards an airplane to China to bring Mei Mei home for good! - December 9, 2011!

the day my family returns home with our newest addition - December 23, 2011!!!!!

Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I--I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.