Our Journey to the East

You know, one of those days when you just seem to go from one thing to another and not really get anything done.  One of those mopey kinda d...

I got the call!  I got the call!! We have our LOA...which means....that we will be able to get Makinley before Christams!!!! Thank you, ...

That is just how I feel today.  It is also raining and gloomy looking outside....to match my mood.....sigh... Today is day 41 of our wait ...

As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country. ~ Proverbs 25:25 I just received news that Makinley's leg is fine. ...

Actually, the update is that there is no update yet.....sigh..... Maybe we will hear something on Makinley's leg tomorrow. Please ke...

I received new pictures of Makinley yesterday from my sweet friend, Annie.  She is adopting her precious little girl and was visiting the or...

Thanks to another family who was visiting the orphanage, I received this in my email this morning! I am forever grateful to all of the fam...

No updates.  We are just in "wait mode" for the next couple of months.  If we can get our LOA (letter of acceptance) by my birthda...

I just received an update on Makinley.  Yes, we are doing the Snoopy dance here!! Let me start out by saying that Makinley is a year and a...

Tomorrow our Dossier will be on its way to China!! Our (BIG) part is finally done.  Now we wait on China and the US to finish the process....

I just received word that my authentication papers are heading back to me today.  Woo Hoo!!!  That means that I will be sending my dossier t...

My friend, Heather, was at Makinley's orphanage last week and she was able to get some video of my Makinley! Thank you, Heather, for t...

I was pondering our travel to China to get our precious baby girl.  I really want her home before the end of the year, not in January!  I kn...

Tomorrow I will be sending off all of my documents for my dossier to be Authenticated.  It is the last step in the process of getting my pap...

I just received our approval for our I800A!!  It took 49 days for them to approve it.  On to the next step!!

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 ...