It Has Finally Arrived!!!!
We have finally received our TA, TODAY!!! We have also confirmed our Consulate appointment for the 17th of September. We are in the process of finalizing the travel plans, but we are definitely leaving on the next Friday, September 7th.
Here we come Saxton!!! We can not wait to bring you home!!!
We also need to send out a Congratulations to our very good friends Mike, Nancy and Melanie who have received their referral for their second precious little daughter Harley. Here's to traveling soon!!!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
A BIG THANK YOU!!!!!
The other day we recieved a very unexpected, but wonderful letter from a very special person:
"My name is J and I am on the Yiwu SWIgroup list. A couple of years ago our family traveled back to China with my now 12 year old daughter withOCDF Reunion tour. We had an opportunity to visit the orphanage and we wanted to start a medical fund to support some of the children who needed cleft lip surgeries. Through our Yiwu list we raised some money and sent it back for these children to get their surgeries. OCDF just sent me photos of the children that received urgeries. I looked at our list and your Ni Xia Wei(Saxton) was one of our children. I wanted you to see the photos before I sent them to the whole group thanking them for their support in helping 2 of the children. I don't know if you have any photos yet, but this is very special. I am not sure what your timeline is for adoption, but when I saw your names I just wanted to send these off to you first. What a beautiful child! Warm regards,J."
We can not express enough how this makes us feel. Thank you so much for helping Saxton obtain his surgery that he needed so much. It is truly astonishing that people, who are totally unknown to us, would help a child and a family they don't even know.
Thank you for such an amazing gift both to us and to our son.
The other day we recieved a very unexpected, but wonderful letter from a very special person:
"My name is J and I am on the Yiwu SWIgroup list. A couple of years ago our family traveled back to China with my now 12 year old daughter withOCDF Reunion tour. We had an opportunity to visit the orphanage and we wanted to start a medical fund to support some of the children who needed cleft lip surgeries. Through our Yiwu list we raised some money and sent it back for these children to get their surgeries. OCDF just sent me photos of the children that received urgeries. I looked at our list and your Ni Xia Wei(Saxton) was one of our children. I wanted you to see the photos before I sent them to the whole group thanking them for their support in helping 2 of the children. I don't know if you have any photos yet, but this is very special. I am not sure what your timeline is for adoption, but when I saw your names I just wanted to send these off to you first. What a beautiful child! Warm regards,J."
We can not express enough how this makes us feel. Thank you so much for helping Saxton obtain his surgery that he needed so much. It is truly astonishing that people, who are totally unknown to us, would help a child and a family they don't even know.
Thank you for such an amazing gift both to us and to our son.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
New Song and New Picture of Saxton.... 
The Song says it all..... Faith Hill's If My Heart Had Wings
The Song says it all..... BTW-We were told that our TA is on it's way!!! More detail to come after a word from our sponsor.
Monday, August 20, 2007
What do I do??
I know we've been through this once before, but it seems that you are never prepared enough for what is coming. That's right people, PANIC MODE has officially set in.
It happened yesterday when we were shopping for toys at Target for Sawyer and Saxton when Shelby said, "do you know where those travel size shampoos and stuff are?" I felt my stomach drop. All of a sudden I do not have enough time in the day to get everything thing I need to get prepared for the chaos that will soon be known as the S & S tag team champions of the world.
Last Thursday, I started the remodel on the boys' room. Not to my surprise, the was no insulation in the walls (just like our room). So, my mission is to get it insulated and drywalled by the end of the week. Hopefully, I can get this room completely redone before we leave for China in a few weeks.
Besides getting the room done, some of the other things I need to do are:
-Put all the new toys together that we will buy over the next few weeks.
-Clean the house from top to bottom, watch the dogs and Sawyer mess it all up the do it all over again. This will be a bi-weekly exercise until we leave.
-Make five trips to the dump, ten, no, fifteen trips to Home Depot and one trip to Lowes, all while finishing the boys' room. (I tend to forget a few things here and there; at least that is what I tell Shelby, I really like looking at the tools).
-Get the dogs baths, so they don't stink for the pet sitter.
-And finally, we will need to pack, then repack, then repack again, then repack again.... By the time we leave for China, we should have everything we need in our suitcases, but still feel like we do not have enough.
Have a good week.
PS-More picture of Sawyer will be posted shortly. I know that you sick people don't come here to look at what I have to write, but to see pictures of the little man. Well, I don't blame you one bit!!
I know we've been through this once before, but it seems that you are never prepared enough for what is coming. That's right people, PANIC MODE has officially set in.
It happened yesterday when we were shopping for toys at Target for Sawyer and Saxton when Shelby said, "do you know where those travel size shampoos and stuff are?" I felt my stomach drop. All of a sudden I do not have enough time in the day to get everything thing I need to get prepared for the chaos that will soon be known as the S & S tag team champions of the world.
Last Thursday, I started the remodel on the boys' room. Not to my surprise, the was no insulation in the walls (just like our room). So, my mission is to get it insulated and drywalled by the end of the week. Hopefully, I can get this room completely redone before we leave for China in a few weeks.
Besides getting the room done, some of the other things I need to do are:
-Put all the new toys together that we will buy over the next few weeks.
-Clean the house from top to bottom, watch the dogs and Sawyer mess it all up the do it all over again. This will be a bi-weekly exercise until we leave.
-Make five trips to the dump, ten, no, fifteen trips to Home Depot and one trip to Lowes, all while finishing the boys' room. (I tend to forget a few things here and there; at least that is what I tell Shelby, I really like looking at the tools).
-Get the dogs baths, so they don't stink for the pet sitter.
-And finally, we will need to pack, then repack, then repack again, then repack again.... By the time we leave for China, we should have everything we need in our suitcases, but still feel like we do not have enough.
Have a good week.
PS-More picture of Sawyer will be posted shortly. I know that you sick people don't come here to look at what I have to write, but to see pictures of the little man. Well, I don't blame you one bit!!
Monday, August 06, 2007
It's day 85....
Shelby got a call this morning from our agency. On the other end of the phone was the Director, Kathy. At first, Shelby thought that there was nothing to do about nothing. Then from out of no where, like a sudden warm wind coming from the East, like the first ray of sunshine on your brow first thing in the morning, a sudden calm came over the telephone line...
WE GOT OUR LOA PEOPLE!!! YAHOOOOOOO!!!!
Now let the fun that is preparation begin....I will give more details as they become available. Stay tuned.
Shelby got a call this morning from our agency. On the other end of the phone was the Director, Kathy. At first, Shelby thought that there was nothing to do about nothing. Then from out of no where, like a sudden warm wind coming from the East, like the first ray of sunshine on your brow first thing in the morning, a sudden calm came over the telephone line...
WE GOT OUR LOA PEOPLE!!! YAHOOOOOOO!!!!
Now let the fun that is preparation begin....I will give more details as they become available. Stay tuned.
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