Journey to Celia: Strawberry Festival

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Strawberry Festival

Every year Plant City has a Strawberry Festival and we were fortunate to get there to experience it on the last day. Celia and I went on the swings and the train. Kenley and Celia wore their strawberry shirts to celebrate the occasion. They were, by far, the CUTEST girls there. We had so much fun and the strawberry shortcake was delicious!

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Our Final Itinerary

8/6/09 ~ Flight out of Nashville 6:15 AM
8/7/09 ~ Land in Beijing 1:50 PM
8/8/09 ~ Sightseeing tour to the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tian An Men Square
8/9/09 ~ Fly to Nanchang (Where Celia lives) at 8:05 AM
8/9/09 ~ We will meet Celia at our hotel at 4:00 PM
8/10/09 ~ Do relevant paperwork
8/11/09 ~ Shopping for Celia
8/12/09 ~ Sightseeing to XiangHu Park
8/13/09 ~ Sightseeing to Teng Wang Ge
8/14/09 ~ We will receive Celia's passport
8/15/09 ~ We will fly to Guangzhou
8/16/09 ~ Sightseeing tour to Chen family temple
8/17/09 ~ Sightseeing tour to Yuntai Park
8/18/09 ~ Go to get Celia's Visa photo and her medical examination
8/19/09 ~ Our guide will go to the American Consulate to hand in our documents
8/20/09 ~ We will go to the American Consulate for our interview and to get our visa's
8/21/09 ~ Fly out of Guangzhou and arrive in Shanghai at 11:50 AM
8/21/09 ~ Fly out of Shanghai at 3:45 PM
8/21/09 ~ Arrive in Nashville at 10:38 PM

Our Adoption Timeline

June 19, 2009 - Received our referral.
February 5, 2009 ~ We found out that the CCAA has our LID listed as March 16, 2006.
January 10, 2009 ~ Received our I-171H in the mail. All of our paperwork is up to date. We are now ready to receive our referral and go to China.
December 6, 2008 ~ We were refingerprinted.
November 19, 2008 ~ We got our notice to be refingerprinted at the USCIS office.
November 4, 2008 ~ We sent in our paperwork to renew our I-171H. This was our one time free extension.
February 6, 2007 ~ We are now pending referral! Now we start the REALLY LONG wait!!!
November 6, 2006 ~ Our dossier is now in the Review Room
May 15, 2006 ~ Received our Brown Envelope from China
May 4, 2006 ~ Our dossier is in the translation room at the CCAA
March 20, 2006 ~ We logged in at the CCAA today. This is a BIG day for us!
February 24, 2006 ~ GWCA sent our dossier to China
February 15, 2006 ~ Sent completed dossier to GWCA
February 6, 2006 ~ Sent dossier to the Chinese Embassy
January 26, 2006 ~ Fed-ex dossier to Secretary of State's office in Washington, D C to have it certified
January 25, 2006 ~ Had the I-171H notarized, certified and authenticated which completed all of the paperwork for the dossier
January 23, 2006 ~ Our I-171H form came in the mail (this was the last thing we needed to complete our dossier)
November 16, 2005 ~ We were fingerprinted by immigration and had all of our paperwork notarized, certified and authenticated by the Secretary of State
October 3, 2005 ~ Agency came to our house to finish our home-study
September 14, 2005 ~ Mailed immigration papers (I-600A)
September 7, 2005 ~ Applied for police background checks
August 30, 2005 ~ Filed for our passports
August 17, 2005 ~ Sent in adoption agreement
August 1, 2005 ~ Met at Miriam's Promise to begin our home-study
July 19, 2005 ~ We received an e-mail from GWCA stating that they received our application
July 13, 2005 ~ We mailed in our application to Great Wall China Adoption Agency