The Cheeky Robinson Clan: Here she is!!

Here she is!!

We have pre-approval from China, which means they have said that we are approved to adopt this precious girl. HALLELUJAH! This also means we get to post pictures of her, and we get to send her a care package!

Here she is! We can't tell you any of her personal details yet, like her Chinese name or date of birth, etc. We don't know what we are naming her yet, but we are working on it, and praying about it. :) She is 12 months old.

Need I say more? Those dark brown eyes, chubby cheeks and charming smile says it all. We are in love!

Happy parents-to-be,
Heather & Andrew

19 comments:

MindeeJanuary 3, 2012 at 9:57 AM
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Andrew and Heather RobinsonJanuary 3, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Thank you, Mindee! :)
Heather
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LDS Aspie WifeJanuary 3, 2012 at 7:56 PM
My heart melts every time I see her! I'm so excited for all 3 of you!!!
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RegJanuary 4, 2012 at 5:37 AM
what a cutie. She is adorable. I am happy for you.
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Andrew and Heather RobinsonJanuary 4, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Thank you, Cyndy and Reg!!
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KristenJanuary 4, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Oh.My.Goodness!!!! She is absolutely precious and adorable!!! Congratulations !!!!
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Andrew and Heather RobinsonJanuary 4, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Thank you, Kristen!!!
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JamieJanuary 12, 2012 at 10:49 PM
I can't wait to spoil your baby girl! And, photograph her in ridiculously cute outfits & flower headbands & adorable props! LOL I'm so excited for you guys, this journey you've both been on is finally going to intersect! YEAH! :)
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Kjernald Family AdventuresJanuary 13, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Heather,

I cannot tell you just how happy I am for the both of you. I will continue to pray that the rest of the paperwork goes quickly and that you will be with her soon. Just remember as the waiting gets hard that God has the perfect time for you to get to her and He will make it so.

Blessings and prayers,
Laurie
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Pamela AskewJanuary 25, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Heather and Andrew,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I am so excited for you two! I heard from Allison that you guys had received a match and meant to get over here and see what was going on! :) She is adorable, precious and such a gift! Can't wait for you to get your travel approval so you can GO and get her. Praise God for this precious, precious gift! Praying for speedy travels! Blessings, Pam
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Juneau&KenaiJanuary 30, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Congratulations!!!! God has been faithful, even in the mess of losing our Nepal adoption, starting again with China. We'll pray for the rest of your journey and we can't wait to hear your updates!

Brooke & Jay
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Kjernald Family AdventuresFebruary 1, 2012 at 12:29 PM
I keep coming back to see her beautiful face. I am praying.

Blessings,
laurie
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froggletMarch 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM
OH my goodness! What a beauty! Thank you for leaving such a sweet comment on my blog! Our Chloe was 16 months old when we brought her home it was the perfect age! A year later and I am still amazed everyday at how awesome she is. Congratulations!

Take Care! Cora
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HOPEdrivenMarch 23, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations!! She is absolutely beautiful.
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Adoption Timeline At-A-Glance

March 28, 2009: Made the decision to adopt from Nepal.
March 30, 2009: Google-searched for an agency that has a Nepal program (there weren't any in 2008 since we had searched at that time), and found Adoption ARK.
April 6, 2009: E-mailed Adoption ARK expressing interest in Nepal.
April 6, 2009: Linda Podas (adoption consultant) at Adoption ARK e-mailed back, and sent the pre-qualification application.
April 7, 2009: Completed the application and faxed it to Linda.
April 8, 2009: Linda lets us know that we pre-qualify, and have been put on the 2010 Nepal waiting list.
April 16, 2009: Linda e-mails letting us know that our name has come up on the Nepal waiting list and we can officially apply into the Nepal adoption program!
April 17, 2009: Linda sends us the official contract, and says that we need to turn it around within 72 hours, along with money. :-) The contract is 35 pages (!).
April 20-22, 2009: Read the contract, filled out all the pages, and sent it in the mail with our money by April 22.
April 23, 2009: Linda e-mails saying our contract has been accepted, and that we are officially in the program. She said our case manager would be in touch with us within 48 hours.
April 24, 2009: Alina Radoslav e-mails us introducing herself as our case manager. Sends us lots of information and lots of attachments to fill out!
April 30, 2009: Phone call with Alina to meet each other and go over what we should be working on right now.
May 1 - June 9, 2009: Worked on our home study.
June 17, 2009: Overnighted our home study packet.
July 14, 2009: Mailed I-600A form to USCIS.
July 31, 2009: Home Study interviews in Seattle.
Aug. 28, 2009: Home Inspection at our house.
Sept. 30, 2009: Heather has her doctor's appointment for dossier medical report.
Oct. 3 and 4, 2009: Psychologist interviews; MMPI-2 test (457 questions!); Rohrschach test; intelligence test; and some other test that I don't know the name of.
Oct. 5, 2009: Meeting with psychologist to discuss report findings and review letters written by psychologist for our adoption agency. (Note: Tests confirmed that we are not crazy. Whew!)
Oct. 13, 2009: Andrew has his doctor's appointment for dossier medical report.
Oct. 22, 2009: Home Study approval reports received in the mail. (!!)
Oct. 22, 2009: Home Study approval reports sent to USCIS for I-600A application.
Nov. 10, 2009: Found out the USCIS address they gave us to send our home study report to was incorrect. Had to re-send to a different address.
Nov. 18, 2009: Sent all of our notarized documents to the Secretary of State for certification approval.
Nov. 30, 2009: Fingerprinting for USCIS approval.
Dec. 1, 2009: Dossier sent to Adoption Ark.
Dec. 7, 2009: Dossier sent to Nepal.
Dec. 11, 2009: Our agency's in-country Nepal represent receives our dossier.
Dec. 15, 2009: We are officially on the Nepal 2009 list! We are #500.
Aug. 6, 2010: The US closes adoptions to Nepal. We plan to keep our file there, praying that the doors will open again. May the Lord move mountains so these precious children can be with their forever families!

A New Beginning - China
Mar. 21, 2011: Chose Lifeline Children's Services as our agency.
Mar. 22 to Oct. 5, 2011: 10 months of all of the same stuff as above. :)
Oct. 21, 2011: Received USCIS approval to adopt from China.
Nov. 9, 2011: DTC! (Dossier To China)
Nov. 23, 2011: Our agency confirmed that CCCWA has received our dossier.
Dec. 20, 2011: Matched to our amazing 12-month old daughter!!
Dec. 30, 2011: Pre-approval received from China for our daughter!
April 24, 2012: Letter of Approval (LOA) from China
May 16, 2012: i800 approval (USA approval) for our daughter
May 25, 2012: USA approval cabled to US Consulate in Guangzhou. Now the Consulate will prepare the "Article 5."
June 11, 2012: Article 5 picked up from the Consulate and taken to the CCCWA.
June 25, 2012: Travel Approval (TA)!
July 13, 2012: Leave for China!
July 16, 2012: "Gotcha Day" – family of three!
July 17, 2012: Official adoption day with China.
July 25, 2012: Consulate appointment – Abigail became officially ours according to the US, and officially an American citizen!
July 28, 2012: We returned home to Walla Walla as a family! Abi also became an American citizen the moment she stepped on American soil.

Adoption blogs I follow (all but the first one are Nepal adoptions):

http://hernkekid.blogspot.com/ http://achairtospare.blogspot.com/ http://aboyfortheharrells.blogspot.com/ http://pebbletostone.blogspot.com/ http://apennyanickeladollaroradime.blogspot.com/ http://themelsersfaith.blogspot.com/ http://yoloholloway.blogspot.com/ http://bfsmoms.blogspot.com/ http://oak2ktm.blogspot.com/ http://nepaladoptionadventure.blogspot.com/ http://bugbeanandreed.blogspot.com/ http://kjernald.blogspot.com/ http://www.nepaladoptionblog.com/ http://jsjobeadoption.blogspot.com/ http://whenwebelong.blogspot.com/

The Cheeky Robinson Clan

Here she is!!

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