Dossier Arrives in China on February 21!

Ok, I know I am a dork, but here is the FEDEX tracking detail! Our dossier got to go to Alaska! We haven't even been there! :)

It starts from the bottom up if you are interested in seeing the journey...

Delivery date
Feb 21, 2006 5:59 PM

Reference
VA/China/dossiers
Destination
BEIJING CN

Delivered
Feb 21, 2006
5:59 PM
Delivered
BEIJING CN

8:49 AM
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
BEIJING CN

6:53 AM
At local FedEx facility
BEIJING CN

Feb 20, 2006
8:11 PM
Int'l shipment release
BEIJING CN

Feb 19, 2006
10:11 AM
Departed FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK

8:16 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
ANCHORAGE, AK

12:00 AM
Departed FedEx location
MEMPHIS, TN

Feb 18, 2006
5:51 AM
In transit
MEMPHIS, TN

4:02 AM
Departed FedEx location
MEMPHIS, TN

1:28 AM
Arrived at FedEx location
MEMPHIS, TN

Feb 17, 2006
8:05 PM
Left origin
MC LEAN, VA

5:37 PM
Picked up
MC LEAN, VA

10:34 AM
Package data transmitted to FedEx

All smiles,

Dawn

Officially DTC on February 17!!

To be truthful, we did not get DTC without a hitch. If you recall, we had some difficulty getting our medical letters completed accurately last fall and I actually sent up the wrong letter to AWAA in our Dossier!! I was able to overnight the correct one and AWAA was able to put it in our dossier and send it off! Now THAT is awesome service! (Thanks, Tabitha!)

Tabitha (our adoption coordinator) said they sent 21 dossiers to China today! Yeah!!

-Dawn

We'll Be DTC (dossier to China) This Week!

We not only got Lee's birth certificate authentication back from the Houston Chinese Consulate today (which I had sent a few days before the other one) but ON THE SAME DAY the big package came back from the Chinese Consulate in Chicago!

Now we overnight it all with passport copies, photo pages and, of course, another check, and America World will send our dossier to China on FRIDAY!!! Woyke's paperwork will also go to China on Friday!

Next we wait for the LID -- log-in date -- then we WAIT.

Love ya!

Dawn

Paperwork Received

I checked UPS online and our package was received in Chicago at 10:10 a.m. this morning. Check out the detailed journey - all while we slept! (it starts from bottom up - not that fascinating, but kind of interesting!)


CHICAGO, IL, US
02/08/2006
10:10 A.M.
DELIVERY

02/08/2006
6:17 A.M.
OUT FOR DELIVERY

02/08/2006
4:44 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
ROCKFORD, IL, US

02/08/2006
3:19 A.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN

ROCKFORD, IL, US
02/07/2006
10:59 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US
02/07/2006
9:58 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN

02/07/2006
7:45 P.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
MAPLE GROVE, MN, US

02/07/2006
7:35 P.M.
DEPARTURE SCAN

02/07/2006
6:27 P.M.
ORIGIN SCAN

On it's way...

Our package was overnighted and will arrive in Chicago tomorrow a.m. When we get it back from them, we send it to AWAA and they send it to the CCAA.

D

WE GOT IT!

Ok! We got the letter from the Michigan Secretary of State today, so I will be sending everything to the Chinese Consulate UPS overnight tonight! YEAH!!

Dawn

ALMOST there...

Hello -- if you have time to read and want details, proceed. If you don't, just know that our paperwork should be going to China within a few weeks -- watch for that much-anticipated blog soon.

OK, ready? I have been mad at myself because after being ridiculously meticulous about our adoption paperwork, I let something slip through the cracks!

Here's a synopsis (as brief as possible): Because my company's HQ is in Michigan, once I received my employment letter from my HR stating that I do indeed work for Entertainment, I could have sent it off to the Secretary of State of MI for authentication. I did so with each of our birth certificates (to the SOS of CO and SOS of LA, respectively) but FORGOT the employment letter. (Everything else we have goes to the SOS of MN.)

SO...NOT ONLY did it get sent out late, but we weren't receiving it back. I finally got ahold of the right person in MI last Thursday and it turns out that it was rejected because there was a problem with the notarization. I immediately called my HR dept. and spoke to the woman who notarized the document and since she had moved to a new county, it messed up her notary status.

SO...she jumped into action and re-did the letter with a new notary, and overnighted it directly to the SOS of MI with an airbill enclosed for them to send it to me overnight.

SO...if all goes according to plan, I should receive this document on the 6th of Feb (whilst you are reading, perhaps!) and can then send ALL of our stuff (except Lee's birth certificate, which has already been sent to the Chinese Consulate in Houston) to the Chinese Consulate in Chicago.

THEN...when we receive these packages back from the Consulate offices in Houston and Chicago, we will send our entire, completed dossier to America World and it will be off to the CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) for LOG IN!!!! YEAH!!

SO...you don't have to tell me. I know that there is no such thing as a delay because God has a daughter for us and the right girl is already chosen to come here. BUT, my hang-up is that we have been working alongside our newfound friends and neighbors--the Woykes--who have consistently been at the same pace as we have, and they were able to send their paperwork off to the Consulate LAST MONDAY. Ideally we would love to travel in the same group as them, but if it is not meant to be... My true ideal is that our daughters come from the same orphanage because then they would have that familiarity, but again this is not up to me!!

AS ALWAYS...please pray for us to learn patience! Even though a problem came up, it was resolved with efficiency, but what bugs me is that if I had mailed that letter to the MI SOS earlier, even with the problem it wouldn't have delayed anything! OH WELL! I'll let y'all know when I receive the letter from the MI SOS!

- Dawn