http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/ CSS China Group Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:25:16 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/542 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/542 Hi Everyone, You may or may not be aware the CDC has just implemented new protocol for families adopting children older than two from China (and Ethiopia). Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:01:49 GMT Melinda Nevills http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/541 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/541 Thanks for the advice. I've been lining up as many resources as I can think of and our best friends Helen and John Nguyen who adopted Hannah from China  in Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:45:06 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/540 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/540 Melinda, This is a subject near and dear to my heart so I could go on for days! I was a wreck as a first time Mom. Now I'm 44, Mom to three going on four: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:25:38 GMT kelly riedesel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/539 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/539 Hi Melinda, I am a mother of a 6.5 year old birth son and we are waiting for a baby from China (LID is 4/25/07). My advice is to always remember how lucky you Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:10:06 GMT Melinda Nevills http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/538 We missed this last round of referrals by one day! Our LID is 3/21/06 and they took referrals through 3/20/06. I know everything happens for a reason, so I'm Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:13:41 GMT Lisa Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/537 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/537 Congratulations Deane. They will be like twins, which will be very nice for them (maybe a bit of a challenge for you!). Please keep us posted and I'd love to Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:35:03 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/536 Hi Dawn, Thank you so much! Yes, we have photos and I'm getting a blog up and running. I was *hoping* JP and I would decide on a name before I got the site Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:01:44 GMT Dawn Melrose http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/535 Congratulations Deane!   I am so happy for you!  Do you have a picture of your new little daughter?  I am sure all of your children are going to have so Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:26:46 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/534 Hi Everyone, We are headed down the adoption road again! I wrestled with whether or not to post anything here because we are pursuing a waiting child so we Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:06:48 GMT Dawn Melrose http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/533 I can understand your being nervous.  As excited as we were when we were so close, I had a hard time believing our little one was really going to be ours Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:47:23 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/532 You're waiting for this child to become parents! Wow! OMG, are you able to sleep at night?? I was a basket case toward the end of our wait. I had a ton of Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:00:17 GMT Melinda Nevills http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/531 We are excited, but I'm still very skittish w/all the ups and downs of the adoption process. We've been waiting 3years and 3months and she is our first child, Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:30:04 GMT Dawn Melrose http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/530 Yeah,  That is very exciting!  I am so happy for you!  I bet you all can hardly wait to travel over to China and bring your little Daughter home!!      Fri, 29 May 2009 22:32:45 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/529 GREAT! Please be sure to let us know if you do get a referral. And once you post photos (hint, hint) your child can be the new home page sweetie. :) Bless Fri, 29 May 2009 21:00:27 GMT Melinda Nevills http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/528 This is Melinda Nevills and we are expecting a referral in the next batch. Our LID is 3/21/06. ________________________________ From: deaneandjames