Our Journey to the East

Today is day 31 of waiting for my I800a.  The wait is running about 45-55 days right now.  That means that we are more than half way through...

Mother's Day was very nice at our house this year.  It is one of my favorite days of the year and I always look forward to it.  My amazi...

Today we were able to walk in and get our fingerprints done.  Thanks so much to all of you who let me know about this.  I was bummed that ou...

I just received notice today that our fingerprint appointment is scheduled for May 20th.  This is the next step in obtaining our I800a.  I w...

So we thought that the picture that we received yesterday was fabulous and then this morning I received this...... So happy that others ...

We have a sleeping angel sent straight from Heaven! And she sucks her thumb!! I was given this picture by a friend of mine who just trave...

On Tuesday I resent both of my packages.  Funny how paranoid I was that I was missing or forgetting something!  I think I checked and rechec...

Saturday the mailman arrived with a package for me.  "Wow," I thought, "that was fast!"  I should have known better.  An...

Today, my baby girl is two years and two months old.  She is waiting for us in an orphanage half a world away (literally).  My heart so long...

I was just notified that our agency has approved our Homestudy!  After I get a copy in-hand this week, I will be mailing it off to USCIS w...

Back in January, my husband and I were having a conversation about our family's future and where we thought we were going.  We knew that...

Makinley is in Zhongshan, Guangdong. The province right to the left of hers  is where Ashlyn was born. Guangdong is where the American Co...

Today in Yunan, China a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit.  This province is in the southwestern part of China on the border of Myanmar. So f...

So I just spent a bit of time...can't remember how long....putting together my paper work for my I800A.  Everything is done and waiting ...

It is with unbelievable honor that I  introduce my 6th child Makinley Faith Chun Ying Sloan!!!! (Her chinese name is Wan Chun Ying) Born ...

We are currently awaiting our Pre-Approval from China for Makinley.  We are anticipating that it will be arriving any day now.  In the mea...

I just finished sending off all of the information for our Letter of Intent to adopt Makinley from China.  It's funny how you forget how...

Today we officially began our second adoption. We were not looking to adopt at this time, but it looks like love found us. I came across...

This will be my last post to this blog. It was always my intention to set this blog up for people to follow our journey. But beyond that, I...

Sorry this is a couple days late in coming, but I got sick after we got home and this is the first day things feel somewhat "normal...