We got the call!

We received a call yesterday morning from our agency saying they had found a baby girl on the special needs list that might be a good fit for us.  We were expecting a toddler and we were a little shocked to find out that she is only five months old (very young for a special needs referral)!  We also expected her to have orthopedic issues, since this was our main need, but she has a heart murmur as her special need. We had a doctor review her file and today we wrote our letter of intent!  She is beautiful and we are all feeling very blessed today!  We will share pictures as soon as we are approved.  Thank you for your prayers yesterday!

We are logged in!

We got an email saying our paperwork got logged into China while we were in New Jersey! This means we can start recieving referrals (children who are available for adoption) this month. For this adoption process, there is a shared list of children which comes out once a month. We will be matched with a child from that list. We then look at her medical file and have it reviewed and hopefully we will find our daughter! It should be sometime next week. I will post the date as soon as I find out.

Our trip to New Jersey was so much fun! Our good friends the Anderson's joined us and we caravaned out to my brother and sister in law's, Gary and Judy's, beautiful house and amazing property in New Jersey near where I grew up. We also got to go to a great pumpkin farm, run around New York City, see the famous sites toy stores,  Statue of Liberty and we even got to meet "The Cake Boss" and be on a show in his bakery! While we were there, we also drove to South Jersey to see my Grandpa who is 98 years young!  We also did a quick run out on the beach at the shore.