Name Debate

Well, we have decided on a name, just not how to spell it! We welcome your opinion.
Here it is. . .

Kira Linh Ly
or
Kiera Linh Ly

Both Dan and I think Kiera is probably the prettier spelling, but I'm afraid it will be mispronounced "Key-air-a". Since the poor child will already have her last name mispronounced, I really want to avoid an easily misprounced first name. I don't want the poor girl to be called "Key-air-a Lie" her whole life! (Our last name is pronounced Lee).

Of course, we don't know what her Chinese name will be, but we will keep whatever it is to use as her Chinese name. Everyone, including the grandkids, in Dan's family has an American name and a Chinese name, so her Chinese name will not get lost.

Curious to know what others think...Kira or Kiera?

Links

Check out these cool links!

Adoption.com

Cathwel Social Services

China Sprout

Graceworks Lutheran Services

Taiwan adoption links

Taiwan travel

Timeline

April 21, 2005 -- Homestudy approved

May 23, 2005 -- Dossier #1 arrived in Taiwan

May 25, 2005 -- I-171H approved

May 19, 2006 -- Referral!

June 16, 2006 -- Dossier #2 arrived in Taiwan

September 4, 2006 -- Gotcha Day!

Welcome

Welcome to our blog! We hope that this site will help family and friends share in the excitement, joy, and sometimes frustration of our adoption journey. I'll start out by briefly describing the process we are going through.

We officially began our adoption journey almost exactly one year ago, although we had already been doing research on country programs, international agencies, and homestudy agencies for months. We signed with Commonwealth Adoptions' Taiwan program and contacted Lutheran Social Services to start our homestudy in January 2005.

We knew from the very beginning that we wanted to adopt from Asia. We were led to Taiwan's program because we met all of their program requirements (length of marriage, age, etc.), and we were very impressed with how well children are cared for while waiting for their families. We have requested a healthy girl aged 0-24 months.

Our paperwork has been in Taiwan for just over 7 months now, and we continue the very difficult task of waiting for that life changing phone call telling us that we have a referral, that our daughter is waiting for us. Once we receive and accept a referral, we will then get to work completing more documents and then wait several more months until we get the news that we are able to travel to pick up our daughter.

Stay tuned to this blog. We'll keep you updated!