On October 30 at 4:59pm, we received the call. My heart stopped when the unrecognizable number from Colorado showed up on my ringing phone. I had just pulled into the parking lot at Ethan's daycare. Adam from the Waiting Child Team at CCAI introduced himself and gave me the most incredible news. We have a match!!! He told me about our child and I told him about the huge smile on my face. I told Adam that people tell me all the time what an awesome job I have but his is even better! It was all I could do to keep it together while picking up Ethan. I wanted to shout from a mountain top! When we got home, Phillip was cooking dinner. After settling in and waiting a few minutes for Adam's email, I opened a picture of our newest addition on my phone. I asked Phillip if he was ready to see his youngest son. He turned around and we both started crying while admiring that sweet little face. We were already in love! We reviewed the file over dinner, including pictures, a video, descriptions, and a medical report. We noticed several similarities in this child to Ethan. I think Ethan will enjoy having a sibling. :)
Seeing the face and learning about our child has definitely made all the paper chase craziness worth it. Oh, child of mine, you are long awaited.
We love you little Lovebug. We'll pick you up as soon as we can!
11/3 - accepted referral from CCAI
11/4 - sent Letter of Intent to CCAI
11/5 - LOI sent to China
11/6 - Soft Letter of Acceptance from China
11/9 - Official LOA from China to CCAI (We completed 2-3 months of paperwork in under 2 weeks!)
Stay tuned for more on our littlest one!
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