Monday Morning...

So, it's Monday. Happy Halloween everyone. I woke up this morning thinking I will have 6 to take around next year (Yes, Tiffani's still trick-or-treating through high school). I think the girls are all excited. E-man doesn't really get it yet. We are going to try and see if we can get him to keep an Elmo costume on (haha, probably not). He was going to be Charlie Brown but it wasn't working out.

So, Homestudy had been done. We are waiting on GWCA to approve it and then we can send it in with our I-800 to Homeland and get our finger print appointments. Yup, things are moving along. Still have no idea on a travel date though. Feel free in joining us as we pray that it will happen over the summer. Great news too - our friend Nicole (whose name we may be using for Hope's middle name) has agreed to come and stay with the kids as long as her schedule allows. Travel is still a little out of reach.

Well, that's probably all for today. I need to get started on this busy day....

ETSY Store restocking...

Hi All,

I wanted to let everyone know that I am slowly restocking the ETSY store with items that I have made in the past and never got around to posting. Now that we are starting to accrue some adoption expense I thought I would restock the store to help offset some of those costs. Please take a look around...

Doll Aprons - click here

or
studiofrog.etsy.com - click here

Thanks for stopping by - Bill

New Photos...

So, we got some new photos of the girls. They are just beautiful. I am so glad that got them them but at the same time it's probably going to make this wait seem even longer. I wish we could share them but we are not allowed to post photos until we have an approval. Shouldn't be too long. You can visit this link though and probably find them on your own. LWB (Love without Boundaries) is doing work where they are staying. Scroll down to the post from Tuesday at 10:13 and 10:18 am (Maggie and Hope).

Can't post too much right now - have a call with Bring Me Hope. Just wanted to take a minute and share the update. Paperwork is going good and home study will be written by the middle of next week.

Please pray for our friends Kim and Stac. They are traveling to China now to bring home an older boy.

Thanks - Bill

I know - I never update this thing...

So, we took the plunge. We have applied to Great Wall and started the paper pregnancy once again. We are so excited, and when I say we, I mean the whole family!!! We are going to adopt two girls, ages 11 and 12. We are not allowed to post any photos yet until we have approval from China. This will take a few more weeks while we wait for the social worker to evaluate us - a mere formality in my opinion.

So, yes the crazy post probably makes a lot more sense now. Yes, we are crazy - crazy in Love with God and His direction for our lives. I believe we have found our calling - to Love on these children. It might not seem like much to some but it feels like a lot to us. No, we do not do this as some sort of humanitarian effort but purely out of love for children (and a little selfishness too I suppose). We get so much from this. The return of Love from a child, there is no better feeling. The smiles, giggles, laughter and just plain silliness. I probably should be a little scared but honestly I'm not. I wake up excited everyday thinking one more day closer to bringing our daughters home.

I wish I could post the photos. Their smiles are so precious. We are hoping by this time next year they will be home with us and become part of our family. Thank you to all of you that have encouraged us along the way. We thank you for the prayers.

Stay tuned.....