We received our Pre-Approval from China today! We were told that from the time we turned in our Letter of Intent (7/11/08) until we received or PA (pre-approval) would be anywhere from 2 - 10 weeks. We received it in 1 1/2 weeks!!
At this point, we figure we will travel anytime between Thanksgiving and the beginning of January 2009. How will we ever be able to wait that long knowing that our daughter is somewhere on the other side of the world in an orphanage!
Now that we have our PA, we feel comfortable sharing the name we have selected for our daughter (it's kind of like waiting until you are through your first trimester). We have named her Layla Nora Si Feng Wolfenberg. Nora is Justin's grandmother's name and Si Feng is the name Layla was given by the orphanage. I know, it's a mouthful.
Now we wait...
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Welcome to our journey...
We are the proud parents of a 2 1/2 year old son and are anxious to expand our family. We made the decision to pursue adoption from China in July of 2007. On July 11, 2008 we were matched with a little girl, Gao Si Feng, living in an orphanage in Gaozhou City in the Guangdong province. Gao Si Feng, or Layla as we have named her, was born on August 10, 2007 with a cleft lip and cleft palate.
This is the story of our journey to bring Layla home...
This is the story of our journey to bring Layla home...
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- (Shelley)
- I have 4 year degree in interior design and 10 years experience as a designer in the contract furniture industry. My mother taught me to sew when I was a child. As a teenager, I sewed a lot of my own clothes and was even contracted to sew clothes, one prom dress, and home decor items for a number of different people. I have now branched out into quilting and have made several quilts over the past 4 years. What I enjoy most about sewing is selecting the materials and visualizing the end result.
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