Feeling anxious....

as we are waiting for our PA (pre-approval). This process is all so new to me but we sent in our financial and medical info and then it went to China. They look it over and make a decision if we can adopt this little boy or not. It sounds so scary doesn't it? I mean...if they don't like what they see...buh-bye. I'm so wanting to be his mother but know that if we get turned down it just means that God has other plans and it's not having him added to our family. I just want to make that official announcement and get the excitement out there!! I'm sure many will think we're nuts but also happy for us.

This past weekend we went to Tennessee for a reunion with the families we traveled with to China to get Zoe. It was an amazing time and I did share with them our news of adoption and all were excited and said they saw his post and how darn cute he is!! I agree of course! We had 9 families vacationing together (43 of us in all!!) and 2 of them already added again to their families with adopting. One family added a 13 year old girl from Ethiopia and she is absolutely gorgeous! and then another just got home a few weeks ago with the most adorable little 2 1/2 year old boy from China! There are 3 of us that are starting the process to adopt from China again. It's fun to talk to the others about this as we all "get it". We will be relying on them through the very long paper stage and the waiting for all our stuff to be approved and then finally travel! I just want him sooooooo bad!!!!

Anyway...off to a date with my dear hubby!

Time will tell

We finished our financial forms and family forms and the WACAP (World association for children and parents) will be sending them next week to China to see if they will approve us to adopt him. ARRGGGGGG....can I tell you I'm glad I'll be on vacation next week as I'm a nervous wreck over this. I know the possibility that we may not be approved but it's sooo hard when you want it so bad.

So for now....I wait and pray that OUR new son is safe and happy and will be receptive to being adopted!

Next post could be announcing our new son to you all!!!!!!

Our son made the "star" of the week

Our boy made the "child of the week" in promoting him for adoption! It's wonderful as if we are not meant to be his family....hopefully someone will see this and become his. However, I WANT HIM IN OUR FAMILY!!!! Anyway...here's the article on the LWB site..................Oh, and apparanlty they call him Aiden on this sight! Not really super fond of that name.
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Aiden from Kaifeng, Henan Province, just turned eight. While he is a little shy, you wouldn’t guess it from his grin! He’s currently a student in LWB’s Kaifeng Education program where he receives tutoring. Every day before class, he helps the teacher move the table and carry the chairs. He also likes to help his fellow students. He helps pick up books off the ground, helps other children move their chairs and loves to help his fellow student, Grace, learn her numbers.

He can recite about five pieces of poetry such as “Early Spring” and “The Goose”. Aiden’s recent big accomplishment is to start reading the time on the clock. He likes to draw and can count from 1 to 100, as well as doing single digit addition and subtraction.

Aiden knows the four directions correctly. He is respectful to his teacher and always eager to learn new things. We look forward to getting his reports each month since we always get a big, sweet smile in his photos.
Doesn’t he look proud of his accomplishments? All he needs now is a family to share in his pride! Aiden is currently living in our Kaifeng foster care program and is on the shared list in China’s Waiting Child program with a special need of Dwarfism. Please contact adoptionassistance@lwbmail.com for more information!
Love Without Boundaries proudly advocates for adoption but is not an adoption agency. We invite you to contact adoptionassistance@lwbmail.com with questions about a child we have featured and encourage you to contact your local adoption agency for more information about China’s Waiting Child Program.

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Wish I could put his cute pictures on here....soon soon soon I'm hoping!!!

I'm already nervous...

I can't believe we haven't even really started the process and I'm already a bundle of nerves! I mean...part of me knows if this isn't going through it's really not meant to be and God has another family for him. BBBBUUUUTTTTTTT.......I don't want that to happen!!! I want him in our family and it's scary the crap out of me that we could very well get turned down from China about him. I know I need to have faith and trust in God but darn...that's sometimes so tough! We have to fill out a pre-approval sheet for China with all our income, debt, and medical histories. That's really really hard to do as this economy has changed our income a bit and of course we have NO equity in our home! It's so easy to say...I need to get my paperwork in and trust in the Lord and know it's all in His hands but....it's hard when you start to really really want this sweet boy and will be devastated if he's not meant to be in our family. Plus I want to shout it from the rooftops and let you all in on this! share in our joy (or call us crazy!!!).

So for now....I will keep this blog to myself and pray that soon I will be sharing it will all to read!

pray pray pray!

If it's God's plan......

....we will be bringing another child home from China!! I'm so very excited to start this journey and be able to hopefully add another son to our family. We have a LONG journey of paperwork, jumping through hoops and waiting ahead of us but I do feel we are led to this little boy. We can't post picture until our agency okays it as he's technically not ours. I can tell you one thing....he's DARN cute!

Let me start at the beginning....

On our previous adoption chat room there is a wonderful lady, Karin, who is a big advocate for getting older kids with disabilities a family. On September 28, 2009 she sent a picture of Qing Qing and asked if anybody out there was his family. He really touched my heart at that time but I knew we weren't adopting again so dismissed the feelings and went on with life. WEEELLLLLL....I started really thinking of him again and on July 11, 2010 I just needed to know if he was matched with a family yet. We found out he was NOT matched yet and I just knew we needed to pursue this. I talked to Steve and after many discussions (okay...me keeping on asking!!!) we decided to go for it. We need to get approved from the agency first and then approved from China before it's official though so it just may not happen. I do feel God has placed him on my heart for a reason and hoping that reason is that he is to be our son.

So....He is named Qing Qing right now and I think we may name him James Douglas. He was born 2/15/02 and has dwarfism. We don't have much information on this but are willing to learn and pray we can give him the life he deserves.

The boys are excited about this and we haven't really told Zoe as she doesn't understand time frames and will frankly drive me insane asking every 5 minutes if it's time!!