39 Days

That's all! 39 Days and counting to the LOA! It feels like time passes slowly - you try not to think about it and then you realize it is all you can think about!

In As Much

All week long, I had talked with Kevin about wishing I could apply a Bible verse to our blog. I knew the verse would have to be a certain one... and I could only remember a few words... "the least of them". Yesterday, we were doing an outreach for church and pulled the brand new tee-shirts out of the bag to put on for the day. After looking all week for the verse, and not being able to find it - there it was printed brightly on the back of our new blue shirts!

One Month LID

One month ago today, CCAA (China Adoption Affairs) logged in our dossier. It was amazing that it was logged in so quickly because it was not ready to be picked up by UPS in Charleston until the 14th of March and then logged in 5 days later. Some dossiers take two weeks to log in.... every day matters in the wait for the next step. We are so thankful!

The Update

We just got an update on Mia! Although we can't share any specific information about her, we can tell you she is still sweet and we are in love with her sweet face! When we read the information about her, it just makes us want to have her in our arms even more! She seems to have a very tender heart according to her caretakers!!

We would LOVE to share her precious pictures.... but we will be waiting until she is officially ours in the eyes of China to share her photo on the internet! One picture showed her eating one of the lollypops we sent in her package and another picture showed her with one of the toys we sent. So we know she has the package and is now aware that she has a family!

Happy Birthday Mia!!

We celebrated Mia's 2nd birthday with our Sunday School class last Sunday. It was bittersweet... so happy to have supportive, loving friends to celebrate with and so missing the celebration with her!

So Happy Birthday Mia! Just wait until #3!! We'll show you what Birthday Celebrations are all about!

LOA Predictions: 48, 58, or 88?

Two of my friends at school have made predictions about when the LOA will come... Bonnie says, "Somewhere between 47 and 49 days!" So I'm thinking she is guessing Day 48. Lorraine is saying, "Day 58". Of course I like Bonnie better right now! And Bonnie... tomorrow is the half way point to your prediction! If Bonnie has any pull over the CCAA, we will be able to travel sooner!

On one set of data, the average wait from LID to LOA is 88 days! UGH! Maybe Lorraine's prediction doesn't sound so bad! If you want to add a prediction, feel free to leave it in the comments section!

Mia's Orphanage in China

Mia is in China and she has lived in an orphanage for much of her young life. On the same day we saw her face for the first time, we also began to look for pictures of her home. Here are some of the pictures of her temporary home... until we welcome her to her forever home with us. Mia's orphanage is in Shenzhen City in the province of Guangdong. Shenzhen City is a very modern city that borders Hong Kong. As you can see from the palm trees, we will be in a tropical climate while we are in China. We hope that we can make the trip from our hotel in Guangzhou to the orphanage a few hours away.