http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/ CSS China Group Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:02 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/552 Hi Everyone, Gosh, it's so nice to see some life on this board!! Adopting a waiting child is a completely different process. For us, we sat in on WACAP's info Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:18:38 GMT Melinda Nevills http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/551 We did do a lot of walking, I've never been so tired in my life, or sleep deprived for that matter. We had a wonderful experience and I wouldn't trade for Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:33 GMT Alan Houck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/550 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/550 Travelling in April! Wow! And what a pretty name! How does the waiting child program work? We are likely to adopt a waiting Child through Datz, but we haven't Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:23:21 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/549 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/549 Interesting that the most recent people to reply have children from Kunming. Being that Kunming is Xuilan's home, I wonder if they ask to have families Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:16:49 GMT Melinda Nevills http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/548 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/548 My husband and I returned from China with our precious Annabelle in Sept of 09 after a 3 and a half year wait (LID 3/21/06).  She will be 2 in April and is Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:38:34 GMT ssnshuping@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/547 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/547 Deane, I withdrew from the program when China severed its relationship with CSS. I am single and cannot move to a waiting child program--and with the growing Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:45:36 GMT j. KEIM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/546 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/546 Hi Deane, We have 2 girls from Kunming, ages 13 & 8. Our LID for our 3rd was in April 2007...so we opted out of the China program. We too worked with & love Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:13:12 GMT deaneandjames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/545 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/545 Is there anyone left in the CSS China program? I wonder this about this every day. For over a year I have been the moderator for this group. CSS is such a Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:44:15 GMT Dawn Melrose http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/544 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/544 Hi Sara, Congratulations on your little boy from Russia!  How old is he?  We have a little daughter from China who will be 3yo on Friday. We adopted her 2 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:12:22 GMT Alan & Sara Houck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/543 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSChina/message/543 My husband and I have been in the China program for a long time (LID 10/26/06) and have since adopted from Russia. Is there anyone left in the CSS China 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