Our Journey to the East

I just finished booking our tickets for our flights to China and then home!! I am honestly so relieved that this part is over.  It feels s...

I actually dream about those cheeks!

Ok, so our TA did not come on Friday and needless to say it was a very bad day for this waiting Momma. But I am definitely feeling better ...

Please, oh please, let our travel approval come tomorrow!!

Last week was a great week because everyone ahead of us waiting for Travel Approval actually got theirs.  So we are NEXT !!  I am really hop...

Oh, I can not WAIT to go and get this little munchkin!!!  What a smile!!  My heart is just gushing!!

My sweet friend is in desperate need of prayer today.  She will be travelling to Ch*na in a couple of weeks to pick up her little boy.  Prob...

This is the part of the process where I finally feel like I can breathe.  All of the final paperwork was shipped to China last night by our ...

We just received notice that our approval was cabled to Guangzhou on October 6th.  We are still right on track.  At this rate we should get ...

On Friday I received a phone call from our agency that our I800 was approved on Wednesday, September 28th.  Only three more steps and we can...

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....