(For very personal reasons, we held off for a long time on sending out notifcation that we had received Crystal's referral. We have told a few, but here is the "official" annoucement.)
Kevin & Kelly McFarland
Proudly Announce
The Referral of Our Precious Daughter
Crystal Ji Rose McFarland
Chinese Name: ZHAO JI ZHI
Date of Birth: March 10, 2006 (18 Months Old)
Province: Hunan Province
Orphanage: Yuanling Social Welfare Institute
Approx Weight: 20 lbs
Approx Height: 30"
Crystal Ji Rose is currently living in Foster Care. We will beleaving for China October 23, 2007, and we will be united with our longawaited Baby Girl on October 28, 2007!! We are "Over the Moon" withexcitement (and a little overwhelmed!)!
We will travel from Portland to Chicago to Beijing. We will be inBeijing 3 days, four nights. There we will see the Great Wall and manyother historical places. From Beijing we travel to Crystal's Province,Hunan. We fly into the Capital of Hunan which is Changsha. We will beunited with Crystal and begin the paperwork to bring her home. The adoption will be finalized on October 29th. The rest of the week we willcomplete more paperwork and apply for her Visa and passport and dosightseeing with her to bring back many memories from her homeland. Thenwe fly to Guangzhou where we have our Consulate Appointment and our GroupSwear In of her adoption. When this is accomplished (a few days), we willthen fly to Hong Kong to begin our journey back home. Upon entering USsoil, she becomes an automatic US citizen.
6 comments:
Yay !!! Congratulations to all three of you - we are so happy for you and can't wait to have our first official "play date"!
Safe travel,
Tena, Rick & Emily
I'm so excited for all of you. Finally! Can't wait to hear all about your adventures.
Your favorite "cousin",
Carrie
Hi there:
Just a note to let you know how excited I am for all three of you. I know how busy this week is for the two of you but just think that by this time next week you will be one day away from flying. Crystal is so blessed to have the two of you become her parents. I can't wait to meet her in due time. Have a great week and know that I am here for you both.
The day has finally arrived. We are so happy for the both of you. Enjoy your journey, as this is just the beginning of your new life together. You have been blessed with a beautiful little girl and she has been blessed with the both of you.
Enjoy your trip and create many memories. As these will be the first of many more to come.
Love and God Bless the three of you, Deb and Tom
Enjoy the trip and treasure each moment in China. Have a safe trip too! Can't wait to see my new sis.!
Kelly, Carole, Cousin Carrie's neighbor/friend, fellow adopted Mom of a beautiful toddler from China! I am sooo thrilled your day has finally arrived! Crystal is beautiful! Congratulations! Carole Christner
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