Tomorrow Plan Project Video

In June of 2004, the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) launched an impressive and extraordinary humanitarian project entitled The Tomorrow Plan. The project’s goal is to provide corrective surgeries for 30,000 special needs children nationwide in three years. The CCAA stated it will cost an estimated 600 million RMB, or over 72 million dollars, to fully accomplish the Tomorrow Plan. The China Center of Adoption Affairs is actively soliciting and accepting donations for the Tomorrow Plan from adoption agencies and parent support groups all over the world. Here in the U.S., dozens of agencies have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to help give China's children an opportunity to live normal, happier and healthier lives. Yet thousands of children still need surgeries, and you can help...

Day 94-A Presley update

Hi all,

Thanks to Presley's tsi tsi Nancy and the help of a fellow co-worker..we got an update on our Presley. It is a small one..but she is doing very well and she is able to walk but with difficulty.
The foster parents have unofficially been advised that Presley is being adopted by a family. Gee can you imagine how they feel now knowing that the little one they have watched growing up for the last 2 years will soon be leaving their family. Presley is in a family in Waifang in Dalian...she presently has Mom and Dad, Grandmother and Grandfather, and 2 older sisters from what I have been told. So she will definitely know already what it is like living with a big family. One bonus for us and for her too I would think.

The orphange person by the name of Pan indicated that we shouldn't worry about LiJie(Presley) as her medical condition is not getting worse and they are checking in on her often. Pan indicated they are waiting for the official word that she is being adopted(I beleive they are informed officially when we receive our TA). They told us when we come to China they will bring her to Shenyang to meet James.

Pan indicated that they have received the packages we have sent for her and her family..and they received our letters...I was happy to hear that! I hope she like what we sent.

The yahoo groups are so quiet as everyone is waiting for the floodgates to open and the TA's to come in. I am hoping that within the next 2 weeks(latest) that we receive the word and the wheels start moving on the ole adoption bus. We are so ready..the tires are on, air pressure is good, the bus is gassed up, the music is playing and the motor is revving....just waiting for the bus driver to pull it out of the driveway..LOL

Presley..we love you honey...we are in the final stretch...I am honestly feeling that now...
Still have not packed the suitcase...maybe this weekend if I find a few productive hours to get it underway.

Hugs to you all..

Presley's Mom

Day 91-Still no arrival of TA's today

I sit and wait not patiently at all.....The Chinese character is a symbol for "Family"....and thought I would post it. James will soon be sporting a tatoo on his arm with this symbol on it.
Hoping this week that some TA's come in...and if ours is not in there....at least we are closer to bringing our Presley home.

Day 90 and news of TA's are everywhere...

Hi Presley,

Today all over the adoption boards there is news that TA's have been sent and are on the way. I am nervous and scared to get excited thinking that perhaps we are in that batch that was sent...our TA could possibly be amongst them. Last time when I thought our TA was on the way for your brother Jagger it did not arrive...I cried at my desk and was so sad. I didn't know how to handle the sadness that I felt when I called the agency and they indicated that our TA was not in the batch they just received. So I wait with baited breath and am very stressed these days as to when the magic moment will happen. I hope that this week or next week brings the news that we are waiting for...I really really hope so.

We are ready for you to come home Presley. Daddy is so ready to get on the plane and hold you in his arms.

Love you honey,
Mom xoxoxoxoxox

Day 85 of our wait....

Hi Presley,

I write to you today...perhaps it makes me feel a little closer to you. Some days you feel so far away and it feels like you will never make your way home. Jaden has been sleeping with your tu tu that I got for you and she says she is keeping your spot in the bed warm. Your room is ready for you, the suitcase is in Mommy and Daddy's room. Normally by this time in the wait Mommy has everything ready...but for some reason this time it just doesn't seem like it can come fast enough and I keep thinking...you have plenty of time. I think this weekend I will make it my plan to get everything organized and ready for the big trip to meet you. I need to do this..than once we do get that wonderful call that our TA has arrived..Daddy can be on his way quickly.

I look at your pictures all the time and wonder what your personality is like? Who is LiJie? In 2 of the 3 pictures we have of you..you look afraid or nervous. The other you are smiling and look very happy. I see your foster mom's hand in the picture so I know she is someone that you love very much. I can see in your face and smile that you love her very much. I look forward to the day when you look at me that way.

Another day passes and I keep telling myself it is one day closer to you coming home. Halloween is quickly approaching and your brothers and sisters are very excited. We are doing the final costumes. Kennedy is going to be a gruesome corpse bride, Jagger is a Ninja, Colby is an army man and Jaden will be a bumble bee. Madison is still undecided. Well that is Madison to a t...
We thought you would be home for Halloween but sadly it looks like you will not be home by than. Now we shoot to have you home for Christmas.

I don't even want to think that perhaps you still might be in China for Christmas. I am hoping mid November at the latest now.

I am writing on the blog as my personal therapy these days...I call the office at the adoption agency often and hearing there is no news makes my heart sink. I have to think to myself that the long wait is for a reason...who knows what though!

I love you Presley..hopefully soon Daddy will be on his way.
Wa Ai Ne!

Mommy

Day 84 today and we are STILL in the review room

Well since our last post nothing much has happened other than we heard that our file was still in the review room. I guess I should be happy that we at least know the CCAA has our file and that it is indeed being reviewed. We are so bummed out as when we started the adoption for Presley I was hoping that James would be in China now and would have had Presley with him.

Tentatively I was hoping he would leave last Friday, October 13th and he would have had her by now. But I guess there is a reason for us not to be with her yet...We think about her each passing day and hope that our sweetheart is loved, is warm and is not in too much pain.

Presley has her appointment set at the Shriners for December 1st, So I am really hoping that she is home and that I won't have to re-schedule it. The doctor indicated that he will see her right away and get the process in motion to get her corrected and get her back into action. A 3 year old is just not meant to sit on her butt and watch other children at play.

The next few months will be a challenge I am sure as Presley comes home but we will be there for her and get through it as a family.

Perhaps I can ask any of our friends and family to say a little prayer or send "positive thoughts" as my friend Scott always tells me. Positive thoughts will bring positive things into ones' life.

So we continue the wait...day 84 and the clock continues to tick. I know there are many other families in the waiting game like we are...the are many who are waiting longer than we are. I hope that the coming weeks bring many Travel approvals. Our children need to come home.

Presley I love you sweetie. Hopefully you will be home before Christmas. I know if you are not Christmas will be very difficult to get through.

Have a great day!
Karen

Day 78 and we wait and wait!

Well today is Thursday and still we are waiting for any news at all. Our agency has asked China about our file and where it is now at the CCAA(China Center of Adoption Affairs). We are waiting for a reply..we are crossing our fingers that our file is now in the TA printing room. Once the file makes it there it is a matter of 2-3 weeks normally and then we receive the magical paper (TA) that we have been waiting for. Once we get this....then we move full speed ahead.

We get our plane ticket..thanks to me winning a contest Win What you Want on Mix96...we will not have to pay as much for James to fly there...we were so fortunate. We won $1200 towards the ticket. Once we have our ticket the last thing that needs to be done is to go to Immigration Quebec. James has his chinese visa already...so once Immigration is done he is ready to go. Come on TA!

Presley, we hope that you are being prepared by your foster parents. Presley has been living with her foster family for a little over 2 years now. She lives with a couple, grandparents and the couples 2 children(girls). They say she is thriving with the family. I hope she doesn't have too hard of time adjusting to her new family.

I sent a camera and 4 packages of stuff for Presley and her family. I hope they received it and that they are showing her the pictures of her new family and our home. This will help her a little as James face will be familiar if they have shown her the pictures. We found this helped when we were adopting Jagger and Jaden.

So we wait and we wait....we are so anxious to meet you sweetheart and can't wait for Daddy to get to China and be home already.

Hoping for some good news soon...

Love you baby...
Mom

Our Latest Sonogram

!!!!WE GOT PA TODAY!!!!!!...ONE STEP CLOSER

We were happy to hear we finally have our PA...it was received today but dated September 28th.....after 71 days since our file was logged in....we are hoping now that our paperwork is now in the TA printing room and will soon be on its' way to us....
Presley....you are officially ours baby....and we are so thrilled. We will be on the way soon we hope. YEAH!