From Charleston to China: The Clark Family's Adoption Journey

Bailor recently celebrated his second birthday! We were excited to be able to send him a cake party and a few gifts. He look so much different than the last set of photos! He looks like he is doing well and this just gets us more motivated to bring him home as soon as possible. So say a prayer that our paperwork goes through quickly and that it doesn't get held up during Chinese New Year.  Lot's of you are asking, how long until you head to China? Well here's just a peek into our process and what the timeline looks like: Lifeline Adoption Checklist The average time line for a China Medical Special Needs adoption is 12-15 months. The listing below serves as an estimate to the time line. Please know this time line is subject to change at any point and is family situation specific.  __ X _____Home study completed (3-4 months).  __ X_ ____I-800a application submitted with finalized home study to USCIS  _______Immigration approval received f...

So just so you know we are not the world's best bloggers and you might notice it has been a while since our last update, and are probably like are they still doing this ? The answer is a definite YES! And since today is Orphan Sunday , we would love to share some exciting new updates and also bring awareness on this awareness day. We've been working hard to work through the process and complete the documents and checks needed for this process.  We've been quiet in our blogs and outward information lately because we're required to do so, but we're excited to share with you this awesome news now that we can. We're proud to announce that we have been pre-approved by China to adopt a wonderful little boy that we hope to soon call Bailor Elliot Clark.  He is turning two soon! Now we've been asked, so are you going to pick him up next week? Not quite, although that would be great. What this means is that we have a goal, but still a long road a...