DTC!!!

We are DTC!!!  As soon as I saw the email, I started balling my eyes out!  I read it out loud to Patrick, and we are both so happy and excited to reach this point!!!! Below is the email, and soon I will add the video I made, to remember this day!

CONGRATULATIONS, Patrick & Amanda,


Here’s the news you’ve long been waiting for—your dossier was sent to China today (6/17/2011)! Hooray!

 Here’s what to expect for the next month:



The CCAA will receive your dossier in approximately 3-5 days. Our China Department will contact you by email once your dossier has been received by our representatives in China and hand-delivered to the CCAA.



The CCAA usually logs in dossiers within 4 weeks of their receipt. This Log-In Date is called your LID, the date that you may “count down” to your referral. As the CCAA is the ultimate authority in logging in your dossier, we are unable to estimate your LID. The CCAA should notify us of your LID within the next 8 weeks. We will e-mail you as soon as we have confirmation of your LID and will then give you instructions on how to download your LID Packet. Your LID will also be posted on your personal online Parent Access Network (PAN) page of the CCAI website,  the instant we are notified of it.



Now that you’ve reached this huge milestone, the ladies in the Child Match Department will be monitoring your file and contacting you with regards to any required updates and/or information that’s needed between now and when you receive your match. Should you need to reach that department directly, please contact. (contact info. removed by me) If you have a Medical Conditions Checklist (MCC) on file with our agency for consideration of a match of a child(ren) with special needs through our Waiting Child Program and have questions regarding your personal wait timeline, please contact the Waiting Child Department directly.

 Again, congratulations! If you have any questions about this e-mail, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 Congrats on hitting this milestone,


Kim