Merry Christmas To All!

Merry Christmas to you!  Hope your Christmas was a blessed and peaceful one.  Here are some pictures and a video of our activities over the past month leading up to and including Christmas.

J, D and the dog in front the tree we picked out at the tree farm (11/30/10).

D with fellow shepherds at the church Live Nativity (12/12/10)

J sporting the latest in traditional shepherd fashion. YO!! (12/12/10).

J playing "Away In A Manger" on the guitar for Pre-service on Christmas Eve. (Turn up your volume to hear)

J (upper left) and kids singing "Silent Night" in Spanish on Christmas Eve.

D (upper right) as part of the German contingent singing "Silent Night" in German on Christmas Eve.

B, her sister and here mom on Christmas Eve.

S,J, D and B on Christmas Eve.



The Christmas tree on Christmas Day.

Again Merry Christmas and may God richly bless you and yours in 2011!!

A Pleasant Surprise

Today we received a new picture of our sweet little peanut.
We also got a little info about her current health and
development.  We also found out that she received the
care package that we sent her a couple of months ago.

What a wonderful early Christmas gift! 

We're still hoping for our LOA before Christmas, but for
now, we'll take what we can get!

She looks good and happy. LOVE her smile. :-)
We're thankful for the love and care she's received and
for God keeping her in His care.

DTC and Hip Mom

We got news on Friday evening that our dossier is on it's
way to China!  Yeah!!  Another step completed and one
more step closer to our little sweetie!   We're waiting for the
next e-mail (anyday...hopefully!) saying that our dossier has been
delivered to the CCAA and logged in. 

We also look forward to getting updated information on her and
maybe some pics.  That should happen sometime this month.
It seems like forever since we've been matched....

Don't forget about Hip Mom!  Now's the perfect time to get
some Christmas shopping done for ladies in your life.
Remember to use our family code gay1110 when you check out
so that we can get credit for your purchase.  Please spread the
word to family and friends.  Thank you again for helping us to
bring this little one home!

30 Day Holiday Giveaway!

Stefanie over at Ni Hao Y'all is at it again with a cool giveaway.
She's calling it 30 Days of Giveaways.  The gift giving starts on
Thursday, so click on the button below or on her web site above
get in on fun!

While you're there, take some time to read her blog.  She and her
husband are amazing! 

Shopping for a Good Cause

We're so excited...Ann from Hip Mom Jewelry has chosen us as one of
the families to be a part of her November Adoption Fundraiser program!
We will receive a portion of the profits from each piece of jewelry that is
purchased during the month of November.

You can enter her website from the button on the side of our blog or
click Here.

She has some really great pieces.   Some are adoption related...

While others are not....

Now is a great time to shop.   Christmas is just around the corner and these
would make wonderful gifts for the ladies in your life.  Remember when you
check out use our family code gay1110 so that we can receive credit from
your purchase.

We hope you enjoy looking at Ann's designs.  Please spread the word on
the web site as we only have one month to take advantage of the proceeds.

We thank you for all your support and prayers as we wait! Our dossier
should be in China very soon and then we wait some more until we get
our TA (travel approval).  We look forward to receiving more info
on our sweet pea sometime this month!  Please keep her in your prayers
as she awaits our arrival. 

Our Daughter

Meet our daughter, Qiana Rebekah.  Isn't she adorable!
She was born in April 2009 and currently lives

in an orphanage in China.  We don't have too many
pictures to share right now. We're hoping for an update
sometime next month.  New pics are possible.

We can't wait to bring her home! 

In the next couple of days, we'll share some ways that you can
help us to bring her home!

Early B-Day Gift

These arrived at our doorstep this morning.  They are an early birthday
gift from my mom. I'll share with the family as eating all of them won't help this
almost 40 year old gal in keeping somewhat of a modest figure
(insert laughing here). :-)  The card in the box says to consume them within
48 hours of arrival.  Darn.  I guess we'll have to eat them today as I don't think
they'll stay fresh for another 10 days!   The boys think they are very cool! 
They especially like the chocolate b-day card that was included  in the box.
They will have to wait for that until my birthday. :-)  Thanks Mom!!!

We do have reason to celebrate, so I guess they arrived on an appropriate day.

Our dossier is completed and on it's way to our agency!  It's amazing how much

paperwork is required to adopt a child.   There's been a lot of hurry up

and waiting involved.  That's okay though because we have a wonderful

reason to have gone through all of this...she's waiting for us in

Henan, China and we can't wait to meet her and bring her home!

God is so very good!!