Okay so isn't he the cutest thing in the world? This little precious boy is soon going to be part of the Alexander family! His Chinese name is Dang Tian Yi and we are going to keep the Tian part and name him Tian Jonathan Alexander and maybe "TJ" for short! Tian means "sky, heavens", Jonathan means "Jehovah has given" and of course Alexander means "protector and defender of mankind". We love it!
We called CCAI yesterday to lock him in and immediately sent our LOI (Letter of Intent) along with the other paperwork to get things going!
He was born 9-21-09 and he had cleft lip and palate on the left side. He was fortunate enough to be placed in a rehab center, then was transferred to Maria's Big House of Hope when he was 6 months old and was there until 22 months old when he was transferred to a foster home. Maria's BHOH is named after Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter, Maria. She was adopted from China but at age 5 was killed tragically in a car accident in their driveway. This is a wonderful place and it seems that these Christian people are so dedicated to helping the orphans in China.
Tian had his lip repaired by Operation Smile when he was 10 months old and he had his palate repaired by a wonderful plastic surgeon from Hong Kong. He was 17 months old for that surgery and also had tubes placed in his ears. Children with cleft lip and palate are known for having ear infections, and he was blessed to actually already have tubes placed in his ears!
We started this adoption process back in May 2011. We immediately went the special needs route and have been working to get all of the necessary paperwork completed for our dossier. We got logged in with China on 11-2-11. We found this little guy on CCAI's website on January 3 and got his file on January 4th. We had his information reviewed by an oral surgeon and by an MD. Everything looks great!
Grant and Cara are over the moon! They are so excited to have a brother! We hope to travel in 5-7 months so if all goes as planned we'll be able to go this summer!!!
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