
Our Son An Yi Fei
We can officially post information today because we have received PA (Pre Approval) from China yesterday. For those new to adopting a special needs child, the process is a bit different from the traditional adoption program. After you accept your referral you send a Letter of Intent (LOI) to China. Our LOI was 1/13/09. China, in return, sends back a PA. This process usually takes a few weeks however we received our PA in a record breaking 6 days!
Next step is LOA (Letter of Acceptance). From what I have read, this take ~90 days. If we were on a perfect timeline, this would put us in the mid April . However, I have read that some parents have received their LOA in as little as 30 days and others as long as 150 days. So, we hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
We have not decided on a name for our son but have decided to name him after my father (as you can see on my other blog) and SoFlaDad's stepfather. Therefore we are looking at names that begin with an "A" and a "J". If you have any ideas, please post them on the comments. At this point we are calling our son AJ until we come up with a name.
SoFlaMom