We are so excited to announce that we have soft LOA for a little squishy cheeked boy!!! Our Chu!
LOA stands for Letter of Acceptance. That means we are accepted in China's program. We are matched with Chu. They are sending us a final letter that we will check accept on.
Yay little buddy, we are coming!!! 

What was that Crazy Noise???

If you heard a loud screech... it was me! We have soft LOA!!! (Soft meaning China has issued it but Its coming in the mail.) So what is LOA? Basically China has completely approved us to adopt this cute squishy cheeked little boy!!! He is ours!!! This is huge!!! So, now what??? Well... a few more steps... but... Great news..it looks like we will be traveling the end of March!!! Yay! Mommy and Babba (daddy) might just have our boy before his Birthday in April! We're coming baby!
Did I mention that Last year on this day was THE DAY that I dreamed about the same little boy I had been dreaming about. But this time... This time... We were in a court room. 
Heavenly Father's timing is perfect!

Where's Waldo...Where's Chu?

I'm not allowed to put pictures of Chu on my public blog until after Gotcha day. But he is in this picture. 

This picture shows children that have families. So happy he is included!

Face book Adoption Groups are a Blessing!

Clear back in Early March. I joined my first FB adoption group. I was totally in the wrong group. Haha... But they welcomed me anyways! 
Those ladies changed the way I thought about adoption! Because of them my heart was where it needed to be to except our son! I went from wanting a lid infant (home under 15 months is what I had told my case worker) to excepting what ever God had in store for me. I think god laughs at our plans! When we sent in PA for our boy his file was abeautiful mess. He had three different birth years. From two years to four. So it was a huge leap of faith to send in PA for a 13 pound 4 year old!
One of the ladies that influenced me was the darling, sweet, saucy, southern Kelley Clayton Berry here is her post on finding her Regis! P.S. I have a huge crush on her Regis!!!http://mylifesongkb.blogspot.com/2012/11/its-boy.html

Our paperwork is Reviewed!

We received a small gift yesterday that we didn't know about until today. 🐼 Our dossier ( adoption documents) are making small steps. We are reviewed!!! It's not the big step we were hoping to get by Christmas but it's a step so we will take it! For my number watching friends We were lid 11/14, and OOT 11/27. (I think I told someone we were lid 11/6 but that was actually DTC. Sorry, I lose track...)

Bless the Children this Christmas day!

We have had an amazing, spoiled rotten, (so spoiled I feel guilty) blessed Christmas. There are times when simply running my hand under warm water I feel guilty. 
I think of all the Orphans the world over, and my heart breaks. I wish all children could have what I have.
What my kids have. Even 1/3 of what we have. Bless the little children the world over!
Next year Chu will be 3 years and nine months. And he will have his FIRST Christmas ever! In our world of commercialized Christmas that seems impossible but it's true. Christmas is rarely celebrated in China. 
Just to be sure I checked NORAD last night. What is that? It's a Santa tracker app so it has to be correct. 
Nope, Santa did not stop in Xuchang.
I know that there are many things our Chu has never experienced. (Like seeing animals,literally eating food other then formula and a bit of Rice, warm water, baths and going outside the sterile hospital like building.)
We can NOT wait to have firsts with him!
I can Not wait to tell him about baby Jesus and the Man Jesus was!
Thank you all for praying him home to us! 

An Ancient Chinese proverb says, “An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, despite the time, the place, and despite the circumstances. The thread can be tightened or tangle, but will never be broken.”
We're following the red thread to get our boy!