We applied for her on her 2nd birthday, (December 18th) and have been pre-approved by the Chinese government for Xia Runle. The adoption process has officially begun, and like a rocket! (retained an agency, begun the home study, getting any and all manner of documentation together-calling Illinois, Alabama, Jamaica, TX Dept. of Vital Statistics)
The agency projects that we could get her in the Fall at the earliest and Winter at the latest. We are going to submit a request to expidite the application due to her medical condition as it is exceedingly likely that she will need surgery (maybe more than one). Fortunately we are in the best place in the world for it.
The name Lily (as seen below) is a name that they use on shared lists (lists of available orphans that agencies share) and is not her real name. She was orphaned at 5 months and was placed with a foster family at 6 months and is still with them today.
We will travel to China for a couple of weeks to get her when the time comes. She is from the city of Nanning in the Guangxi province (at bit northwest from Hong Kong) in China.
Now we wait,
...but the payoff will be worth it!
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