To China And Beyond: September 2007

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Happy 1st Birthday, Asia! -- another celebration

The second one was at home with family and some friends.

Sorry for the sideways photos....

Finally, an update!!

Asia was a lucky girl to have had two 1st birthday celebrations in the same week! The first one was with some of our camping friends.

Asia's Adoption Timeline

June 7/07 - fly home
June 1 - fly back to Beijing
May 29/07 - Adoption/Forever Family Day
May 28/07 - Gotcha Day (for Asia and us) in Nanning, Guangxi
May 24/07 - fly to Beijing, China
April 27/07 - CCAA issues our Notice of Coming to China for Adoption
April 25/07 - our Province issues our Letter of No Objection
April 18/07 - we signed the Child Proposal Acceptance form that gets sent back to the CCAA
April 13/07 - doctor looked over medical information - all looks good!
April 12/07 - we got The Call and our Referral info - Happy Dance Day!!
April 11/07 - our referral arrived (Victoria); it's out for translation (Ottawa) - no info yet
April 9/07 - CCAA update - referrals to Oct 26/05!!!!!
March 7/07 - CCAA update - referrals to Oct 24/05
Feb 1/07 - CCAA update - referrals to Oct 13/05
Jan 3/07 - CCAA update - referrals to Sept 27/05
Nov 30/06 - CCAA update - referrals to Sept 8/05
Aug 28/06 - home study update done
June 22/06 - CCAA update - dossiers reviewed to Oct 31/05
Oct 25/05 - LID (Log In Date)
Sept 26/05 - DTC (Dossier to China)
Aug 15/05 - home study signed off
July 25/05 - last home study visit
June 28/05 - first home study visit
June 8/05 - submit adoption application to our adoption agency
Apr 9/05 - adoption info open house in Nanaimo put on by our adoption agency

Asia Jin Yu Fei ...

Asia was born on August 11, 2006. She is living at the Guiping Social Welfare Institute, Guiping city, Guangxi province, China.

At Jan 24, 2007, she was 61 cm in height (24 inches) and 6.7 kg in weight (14.74 lbs).

The meaning of her name: "Jin" is her last name. It comes from the first character of "Jin Tian Zhen" (Jintian town). Jintian is located in Guiping. All children at that SWI use "Jin" as their last names in memory of this town -- J intian, Guiping where the earthshaking event "Tai Ping Tian Guo" rebellion happened. "Yufei" means immaculacy.

What the proposal documents say about Asia: her reactions are quick; she is an active, lovable, bright and restless baby. Her eyes are bright. She likes toys with sound. She adapts easily to a new environment and does not like being alone. She is an extrovert and always has a ready smile.

To China And Beyond

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Happy 1st Birthday, Asia! -- another celebration

Finally, an update!!

an ancient Chinese belief

Debbie and Chris

Year of the Snake (1965)

Weather at home

Weather in Nanning, province of Guangxi (closest I could get to city of Guiping)

Weather in Beijing

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Year of the Dog (2006)

A referral photo of Asia

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Asia Jin Yu Fei ...