New photos of Chao! I was happy to see someone posted new photos from their trip to Luoyang in March -and there was our boy! He is SO DARNED CUTE - even if he is mine.. I can say that since genetically I'm not to blame for how good looking he is ::grin::



Here are the ones I think have Chao in them...

Here's a scrapbook page I made about Chao.

Our homestudy should be done next week and then sent to USCIS. If we get a fast enough turn around, we will hopefully be DTC in June...

Finally we can post photos of Chao! We received our Pre-Approval (PA) from China on 5/2! Here is the description of Chao from Harrah's site:

In April 2004, Chao had surgery to repair his neck area meningomyelocele. His surgery went smoothly and recovery went well. Chao’s intellect is normal.


He is an active, smart and very understanding little boy. Chao attends the institute’s “Little Sisters” classroom where he learns daily life skills, recognition and children’s songs and poems. Chao likes to “show off”. He can sing a few excerpts from local Chinese opera and can also recite poems. Chao has a very good appetite. His favorite foods are milk, eggs, fruits and meat. Chao enjoys playing games and playing with blocks. Chao is described as being an adorable, healthy child that everybody loves.



Chao is fortunate enough to be in a program that is run by Half The Sky Foundation - Little Sisters Program. I read on their website that the children in this program will have a "life book" to bring home with them, so we will have more history of Chao's life, which is such a blesssing. We know that Chao was in a family before being brought to the orphanage in 2004. His "foster" brother Jun is being adopted by a family in NJ and he has a "foster" sister already in the US. We are hopeful that these children can keep in touch and maintain their relationship as they grow.



I'm only missing a couple of pieces of paper to be finished with our dossier - as far as I know. Our homestudy should be completed this week - I have 2 papers to run by to the HS SW. I sent everything to our agency except for the kids' TB tests which we'll get next week. Hopefully we can be DTC in June and travel before our fingerprints expire in October.




Our new house is almost done - http://www.aeolius.com/house - I'd say we'll be moving in August. We're busy packing and getting things done around here so getting the paperchase done quickly was a high priority. Hopefully when our papers are reviewed, we'll be in synch and everything will go smoothly.