Our LOA has arrived!!!

After waiting 102 long long days we received our LOA! We are just so excited and overjoyed! Our agency called at 8:55am. I was on the phone with Robin when I saw our agencies number on the caller ID. I screamed something to her and hung up. Yeah... she is still laughing at me. I clicked over and tried to gain my composure so I could hear the much anticipated news. Then Kyle and I ran into the room to wake up Dave out of what looked like a good sleep. Called my mom and cried and called Robin back to cry and laugh.

Special thanks to Dave, Mom, and Robin..... They have had to deal with me for the past 102 days and believe me many of those days weren't pretty. I would ask them everyday... Do you think tomorrow is the day? When do you think I'll hear? Will it be this week? When they didn't tell me what I wanted to hear I would get mad ask them why they were telling me that. Thanks for your patience!

Now we wait for our TA (Travel Approval) This is taking about 21 days. So that will be 21 days from next Tuesday. November 18 to be exact! So what do you think? Will it be 21 days? Ha! Just kidding... I won't start yet. I'll start on day 18. Enjoy the time off!

Wow! Can you believe it... In about 8 weeks I will be able to hold my daughter!

Tonight we celebrate!

Dave is working, the kids and I are going to James Varsity game with my Mom and my Uncle Mando.

After the game I'm thinking pie and coffee!

Still Waiting...

Still Waiting...

For Our LOA!

While We Wait...

Let the Nesting Begin...

• I've moved the kids rooms.
• I gave up my office (aka a place to put all our junk)
• James is now downstairs.
• Kyle is in James room,
• Kara is in Kyles room
• Ava will be in Kara's old room.
• The loft has all the stuff that was in the office. I'm hoping to finish cleaning that by this weekend.
• I've moved my room around, cleaned my closet and all the kids closets.
• Organized the linen closets.
• Oh and packed Ava's bag.
• We've also been to the river for the weekend.
• Watched Kyle's winterball games
• James football season has begun (Thursday & Friday games)
• Run to the phone every time it rings!!
• Check my emails 200 times a day
• Stare at the computer (I don't know why I do this one)

Waiting...

For My LOA!

Look At Her Grow

Last week I sent Jinjue a care package. I asked for an update and pictures. I really thought I would just get the update. Well... look what I woke up to this morning...

Here is her update

head：46 cm,

chest：45cm,

height：80cm,

weight：9kg,

feet：14cm。

I can't believe how much she has grown. She has lost her baby fat and looks like a toddler. It makes me so sad knowing I missed that. But, I am really happy knowing we are only a couple of months away from never missing anything again. Enjoy the pictures. I will be staring at them all day long. She is just sooooo beautiful.

Here is a picture of the care package I sent.

A picture pillow, a blanket, two toys, a picture book, a bag, camera, and tea for her foster parents. This will be the first time Jinjue has seen a picture of her mommy and daddy!

Dossier To China

We Are DTC!

7/2/2008

One step closer...

It's such a huge relief to finally have it on its way!

For those of you not adopting DTC stands for Dossier To China. That means that all of our paperwork, including our homestudy, that we've been working on and getting certified and authenticated is now on its way to China. Once it's there we wait for a LID (log in date).
We're one step closer to bringing our Jue Jue home!