Happy Birthday Dominic!

A day late in posting(because we were busy having fun) but yesterday was our Sweet and Handsome boy's 10th birthday! Amazing how 10 years fly by! This conversation tells you what a special boy he is:

Mom: Hey sweetie, your birthday is coming up, what would you like for your birthday?

Dominic: Ummm.... I don't know, I have pretty much everything I want.

We love you so much buddy!! XOXOXOXOXOXOX

How can we all help Orphans?

Well, I could probably go on and on at the many ways that that could be done but I have an easy and direct way of helping orphans right now! A blog friend is trying to pay it forward in helping 26 families to raise money for their adoptions. This money will go directly to the forever families that are in the process of bringing home their precious child. Whatever you can give would be so appreciated. You can click on the "10K in 20" sign in the upper right corner to learn more about it and to donate. Please do what you can.

Who can see your copies?

THere is a really great video regarding copy machines and the information stored. I had no idea and really never considered that all the documents that I have copied for our adoption have the potential for someone else to get at.

Just watch - It will make you think about what you are getting copied.

LID!!!!!

Yea!!!!! We got an email today saying that we were logged in to China's system on Friday May 7th, only 3 days after they received our dossier. I have to admit that by Wednesday it had only been a week and the wait was starting to drag. The next wait will be for our Letter of Approval(LOA) from China. That usually takes 2-3 months but some people have recently been receiving their's around 40 days. This will be the longest waiting period from here on out so here's hoping for a speedy LOA!

Happy Belated Mother's day present!

It's in China!

Yes, all our paperwork arrived at it's destination in China today( well actually last night) so one more thing to cross off my worry list. I thought it would get there by Monday so I never even looked up the tracking number until then, only to see that delivery had not happened because they were CLOSED! What? So the nerves start kicking in but I did remember something about a holiday in May so I did not panic too much. Hopefully in about a week we will be LID!

I also picked up today Sophia's new backpack that I will be bringing to our first meeting(packed full of goodies). I have been so excited to get this. I wanted to get her name printed on it, like I did with Micah, but I also had the idea of putting her chinese name on it too since she should be able to read her own name. It was way more money than I had planned but it was more important that she recognize something that is hers without anyone telling her.

I also found a website that makes custom necklaces with your child's Chinese name. That is the next thing on my list of things to get.