We said YES!

I am thrilled to be able to post that Steve & I have ACCEPTED the referral of a precious 21/2 yr old boy. He has a repaired cleft lip and pallete, and otherwise appears healthy. His biggest need is a loving daddy and mommy and a family to call his OWN! That would be US!

We are SO excited to be adding another boy to our family!

Today our Electronic Acceptance (EA) was sent to China. This was a formal letter we needed to write to China stating our desire to be approved to adopt this specific child, and to notify them of how we plan to care for his needs. We spent a couple hours one evening compiling and signing all the required documents to accept this file. I could hardly believe we were really at this stage!

So now we wait to receive our Referral Approval (RA) from China. This is the official letter that China sends us giving us approval/permission to adopt this child and his file becomes 'locked" for us.
As soon as we receive our RA I can post a picture of our darling treasure on this blog for you all to see!

Oh my! It is so exciting to feel like the end of this journey, as in the paperwork and waiting part, may be winding to an end. I know the real journey is yet to begin, and we walk into it with anticipation knowing God walks before us, and this is HIS doings.

That Anticipated Phone Call!

Yes!!! It really happened! On Wed. night, Nov. 6 we got that long anticipated phone call from our agency wondering if we want to review the file of a special little Chinese treasure! 

We are SO amazed and blessed that two wks after getting our Log in Date we had a referral. 

As much as I would love to share more, I am bound to confidentiality until his file gets locked. His medical files are currently being reviewed by our doctors. This is one of the requirements before we could accept him so we can make a well informed decision on what care or therapies he may need.
I am trying to guard my emotions because until legal paper work is done I really can't claim him as "mine."

Let's just say, a lot of emotions are being stirred :)

Hopfully I can share a more detailed post soon. But until then, know God is working at putting pieces together and we are so blessed to be part of this special journey!

We have a Log in Date!!

 Happy Fall everyone! We are enjoying our cozy warm house while the weather keeps getting colder outside. Bring on the candles, soups and warm drinks! 

I love this time of the year! The children really miss not having a lot of leaves to play in. I would love to have a bunch of big maples on our property! When we drive by leaf strewn lawns the children always notice. Sometimes they even they even think we should move back to Church St so they could still have fall leaves to play in!

Derek had so much fun growing pumpkins this year! In the picture above, he and his best buddies are cleaning out the biggest one. He is planning to plant a lot more next summer.

For an adoption update...... Our dossier is finally in China!! And on October 28 we received our Log in Date (LID). This means our paperwork is logged into their system and we are now eligible to get matched.
So the waiting begins! Praying we get matched soon!

SO many times one of the children will say, "Today would be a good day to get THE call!"

Someone's waiting for the first snow flakes!Her daddy and mommy arnt in any hurry though. They just think about all the snow plowing that it will mean!