Yipee!! As I was on phone with Aunt Mary Alice, FedEx delivered our referral package on thursday afternoon. Niki, Angela, Josh, Brennan, and Hayden took care of Spencer all day for me. They took him bowling, along with Maggie, Callie, Emma, and Rachel. Wish we had video--one mother and eight kids, Bowling.
Aidyn's referral package has lots of documents with fancy seals. Of course, being in Chinese I have no clue what the pages say. But one page was highly important. The form that declares Jeremy and Marsha want to adopt Tong, Min Yue. Upon receipt of the package I rushed down to Jeremy's office to get his signature then headed to UPS to ship the Acceptance Letter back to our agency. What a relief to finally be done with the referral process after so many years of waiting!!!! Next the letter will ship to China's Center for Adoption Affairs. Now we wait for Travel Approval from China and a Consulate Appointment with USA. We expect it will be a month before we receive word from China regarding our travel.
This morning we received an update from our facilitator on Aidyn's "current" measurements. Not sure what date these were taken: Weight 12 1/2 lbs Height 24 inches
I joined a Yahoogroup for familes that have adopted from Aidyn's Social Welfare Institute; from these families I have already learned great info. The SWI complex houses elderly folks, older and special needs kids, and the babies. As you can see from the pictures from previous post, this SWI looks really nice. It was just under construction in 2005 and we think it opened back up in Spring 2006 to care for the babies.
From the yahoogroup I learned of a kind lady from NY who offered to deliver small items to the babies and nannies when she travels next week. So we shipped a tiny care package to her that includes Spencer's elephant rattle and a disposable camera.
And while at UPS store, the man beside me in line was Chinese so he read the characters for Aidyn's name and said Yue means Jump. I think he may be accurate bc as soon as he saw the characters he said Tong Min Yue and he gave Tong and Min to be what the SWI has said those characters mean.
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I have been on pins and needles ever since we hung up the phone...this is one of the most exciting things I have ever been a part of - I just wish we didn't have to witness it from afar!
I am so happy that the referral process is over. You guys have been so patient and so faithful to trust God to work things out in His timing. And praise Him that Aidyn will soon be home!
We love you all.
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