Thank you and tentative travel dates

We want to say THANK YOU to everyone that has helped us bring our son home! Your help has meant more to us than we can explain in a blog post! I hope you realize that it is not all about US, but is more about our son, who will finally have a family to call his own. Yes I know all the money raised helped us pay adoption expenses but more than that it helped a little boy.

When we were praying about adoption and did not know yet if it was the Lord's will, I kept asking him to take adoption out of my heart if it was not His will. I'd go for months praying this but always felt Him calling us back to talk about it. Here is a verse I found and think it applies to how we felt:
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'" Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)



We are hoping to go travel to China to get our son on 9/6. CA date 9/17 and return 9/19!!!! We will know tomorrow if that will work out!!Yeah!!!

TA TA TA TA TA

Guess what??? We got TA! Travel Approval!!! We have long awaiting this day!!! We are leaving for China on September 6 to get our little boy!!!!

Still waiting for TA

Still no word today on TA (travel approval). We are hoping that it comes this week or at the latest early next week. Next Tuesday will be three weeks since we received LOA.

Today all the girls got their haircut! They all look so good. D got a new look and she looks alot younger. Don't tell her that though! This week is the first week back at co-op. Not really ready for that.......We'll miss two weeks of co-op when we go to China.

Our littlest guy!





Our next oldest sweetie!!

Here is our sweet little oldest girl!

Our timeline

11/06- started researching China more seriously. Researched adoption agencies.
11/ 29/06- Contacted Small World Adoption about looking at the file of a little boy.
12/8/06- Decided to submit Letter of Intent (LOI) for a 2 year old boy with a special need.
12/20/06- LOI submitted to the CCAA.
12/23/06- First homestudy visit.
12/30/06- Second homestudy visit.
1/30/07- I600A submitted
2/14/07- FBI fingerprints
2/22/07- I-171H Received!!!
3/22/07 Dossier to China (DTC)
4/13/07- PA -pre approval!
4/16/07 Log in date! (LID)
7/30/07 Letter of Acceptance (LOA) FINALLY!!!!
WAITING TO TA!!!! Come on Baby!

Anticipating travel in early September!!!

first post

We created this for friends and family to keep up with our adoption. We are adopting a 2 year old boy from China. He is in Fuzhou, Fujian.

So here we are in our adoption: We are waiting for Travel Approval!!!!!! It has been a long, long, long 8 months. Its been more emotional, time consuming, exhausting and joyous that we ever thought. We have learned so much from the process about ourselves and about others. We are so totally on fire for our little boy and cannot wait to finally meet him!