Preparing for Miss M.

We recently took a family field trip that included eating out for breakfast and a trip to a quilt shop to find just the right material for your quilt. You and Liliah will share the same room for a time and so I needed to find similar colors to match her quilt.

We scoured the shelves until I found this cute little ballerina fairy.  Liliah found the purple material with the multi-colored small dots.  It was a perfect fit and she is so proud to have found that for you.  Daddy found the purple fabric with the large white polka dot pattern.  It was so special to be doing something just for you.  It makes it all the more real that you really are coming to join our family.  The other thing that makes it real, is that I mailed off our dossier to our agency today!!! We hope it will leave for China this Friday.  I wanted to kiss and give that package a hug as I sent it on it's way.  Six months to complete this part of our journey to you.  Adoption is like climbing a BIG mountain, you get all your gear on and the equipment ready and get the right mind-set to start the ascent.  It's a steady effort up and there are no quick routes.  I am so excited to have made base camp! We are now waiting to be matched with you so we can start the final ascent up top to you!  You are in our thoughts and prayers daily.  (BTW, I have never climbed a mountain!)

USCIS APPROVAL /Happy Valentine's Day

We received the best Valentine gift yesterday by receiving our approved I-800A from the U.S. Government. It only took 5 weeks. Liliah and I are headed to the state capital tomorrow to get 1 more document certified and then overnight our final few documents to the Chinese Consulate.  We are hoping to make next weeks deadline to get our dossier to China. 

My Funny Valentine 

(first attempts to get her picture)

You made your hat in class today.  You love the heart symbol right now.  You tell me that you like hearts because they mean love. We made treats for your preschool class.  We used construction paper and made hearts and glued tootsie pop suckers to the middle of them and attached little construction leaves on the stick.  It looked like a little valentine flower. We spent a few hours over a couple of evenings to complete.  It was a fun and easy project to do together.

I love you, my little sweet valentine

You insisted on taking my picture.  This is my valentine gift from daddy....thank you, sweetheart!

Flowers, Glasses and Fingerprints

We went from snow a couple of weeks ago to very mild and sunny weather this week.  We couldn't wait to head to the local nursery to buy some flowers to color our world!

Liliah loves to do projects with Mama and that makes me a happy girl too.  We potted up some pinks and purples and strategically placed them in the backyard so we could see them from inside. 

 

  

The other big event, was Liliah got glasses on this day.  We discovered at her 4 year old check up that she is near-sighted in one eye.  She is now the proud owner and wearer of two pairs of glasses that she picked out. 

We then headed in to enjoy some noodles. Liliah decided to try out her noodle slurping skills

slurping, slurping . . .

Yeah, I did it!  Liliah, you are beautiful inside and out! The other BIG event was that we visited the USCIS this week and got our fingerprints taken.  Hopefully, in 4 weeks (or sooner) we will have the coveted I800-a in our hands.  That means our dossier can be sent to our agency and then on to China. We also have been given the gift of what Mei, Mei's name will be!

Ah, Back To The Beach . . .

We spent the last few of the holidays in Carlsbad, California. We spent a day at Sea World and had wonderful Mexican dinner in Old Town, San Diego.  Our favorite past time though, was at the beach.  Our hotel was situated just across the street.  It was heavenly . . .

My prince for 25 years! 

Liliah wanted to take our picture.  We have a few bloopers, but these are her best.  I love that she took our picture

She saw me writing in the sand . . .

She was very proud of her success. It surprised me . . .