Psalms 126:3

"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy!"


We've Been Waiting:

Making our Way to Miah:

We are very close to receiving out TA (Travel Approval) WHOOP, WHOOP!

April 23: All Hague adoption paperwork is complete. US Consulate will issue our Article 5 to China (CCCWA) within 10 days.


Happy Referral Day: February 21, 2013
(we waited 1 year, 6 months, 20 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes

LID - March 26, 2012

DTC (dossier to China): March 9, 2012

USCIS Approval: February 13, 2012

USCIS Fingerprinting visit: February 7, 2012

Dossier completed: January 2012

Chinese Consulate mailing: December 2011

Paper-chase began: August 1, 2011

Talk to our Agency: July 2011

Decision to begin the journey: Father's Day 2011

Thursday, April 26, 2012

A Mommy & Me Trip

H a l l e l u j a h !
We are out of  here . . .

Headed out for some FUN . . .
and a special family wedding! Mommy and I are going to sunny California. I hear the weather is going to be beautiful.

Friday, April 20, 2012

April Fun

4 Years Old is a magical age (of course, I thought 1, 2 & 3 were too)

You learned to hop scotch this month
Even with all the green on our sidewalk, you did not get distracted (we get a lot of rain which causes said greening which goes away in the summer/fall)




I get such pleasure out of watching you learn new things and the joy it brings you.
Minnie Mouse wearing a hat with her flowers.  We have been spending lots of time in our multipurpose (dining) room.  I have been sewing Miss M.s quilt and we find lots of fun things for you/I to do in here.
Trying to capture a picture of the princess riding her lady bug . . . mustn't loose that wand!
Silliness is always apart of the fun . . .
Sweet little lady bug.  It reminded me of another day . . .
The first day I saw you.  You were ONLY interested in getting on this and riding it.   My, how you've grown, how we've grown together!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Weekend


Having some bubbly fun while coloring my Easter eggs.





My first community egg hunt at church


It was over in like 30 seconds, but I snagged 10 eggs!

There were lots of other fun things to do: face painting, a jump house and petting zoo.  Mommy & I got to ride in a cute little cart pulled by a llama.

 Hunting for eggs at home is fun too!

I love the expression on your face when you found this little chickie egg
Look over there . . .  how about look down, LOL!
 
I found a cute little bunny watering my garden . .  .

 Thank you Uncle Randy and Auntie Lori for the chocolate bunnies, jelly beans and Minnie Mouse t-shirt, I loved them  can you tell?




Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Log-In-Date & Spring Fever

We received an email from our agency that we have our LID 3/26/2012 from China!!! This is important as we can now be matched with our daughter!  We don't have an exact timeline, but our agency is receiving lots of good news of multiple files coming in April and May of children with minor needs.

 We've got spring fever in our home as we've had a colder and longer winter.We had our first weekend of spring weather in our neck of the woods.

We headed to the Sound to show Liliah all about throwing rocks into the sea.





It was good entertainment and nice to soak up some sun.





It was a great start to our spring.....since then, we've mostly had rain :(