You Know You've Adopted From China When . . . .

You Know You've Adopted From China When.....

~ You think nothing of a measly six hour flight.

~ The first image you saw of your child was NOT an ultrasound.

~ You stop and pay attention whenever you hear your child's birth country/province mentioned on the television or in a public place, even if they're just talking about the weather there.

~ Everyone in your family can correctly pronounce the word dossier.

~ You roll your eyes and laugh when a friend talks about jet lag after traveling from the east coast to California.

~ Waiting nine months seems easy.

~ Your child has two passports.

~ You know the correct initials for Immigration Services, and no, it's not INS.

~ You secretly roll your eyes when friends and neighbors complain about the rising costs of OB care in the United States.

~ The word scabies makes you cower in fear.

~ You know that I-800 and I-797 aren't highways.

~ You've spent many wee morning hours surfing the net, living vicariously through other people's family websites detailing their adoption trips.

~ Somewhere in your house, an extra filing cabinet (or box?) holds all of the paperwork for your homestudy, dossier and immigration processes .

~ You know what LOI, PA, LOA, Art. 5, TA, and CA mean. And you rejoice when your "friends" get theirs.

~ You can count days between LOI, PA, LOA, Art. 5, TA, and CA and you know the averages.

~ You know what GUZ, NVC, USCIS, RQ, and CCAA means.

~ You know why adoptive families dread weekends and love Mondays.

Thanks to Tonggu Mama for this list.

(and copied from Courtney's blog - I got a kick out of this!)