HAPPY FALL !!! CHARLIE UPDATE

HELLO FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!

WE HAVE BEEN NESTING AND GETING READY FOR CHARLIE TO COME HOME....
WE ARE BACK ON CHARLIE'S BLOG FINALLY AFTER A VERY BUSY SUMMER OF HOME REFURBISHING PROJECTS. I AM SO GLAD WE ARE ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROCESS. I LOVE SEEING AND ENJOYING THE FRUIT OF OUR LABORS .

WE ARE A VERY HANDS-ON, DO -IT-YOURSELF KIND OF FAMILY. WE ARE ABLE TO DO
ALOT OF OUR RE-MODELING OURSELVES WHICH SAVES US A TON OF $$$. I M SO THANKFUL FOR A HUSBAND WHO IS SO TALENTED AND SKILLED WITH TOOLS ETC. AND HE PATIENTLY TEACHES HIS BOYS AND CELINA HOW TO DO THESE THINGS ALSO.
WE HAVE BEEN IN OUR HOME FOR 10 YEARS AND HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARPEN OUR SKILLS MANY TIMES WITH MANY PROJECTS.

THE ADOPTION PROCESS HAS BEEN CONTINUING ON THROUGH THE SUMMER ALSO.
IAM REALIZING THAT IN ADOPTION YOU PREPARE DOCUMENTS, SEND THEM OFF, WAIT FOR THE NEXT DOCUMENT (IMPORTANT PAPER) SO YOU CAN SEND IT OFF FOR THE NEXT AND SO ON AND SO ON...

AS I ENTER THIS WE ARE WAITING FOR ONE MORE DOCUMENT WHICH WILL COME IN ABOUT A WEEK AND WE THEN QUICKLY FAX IT TO OUR AGENCY AND AND THEY SEND IT TO CHINA SO WE CAN GET OUR CONSULATE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED IN
GUANGZHOU CHINA. AFTER THAT WE PROCEED TO MAKE TRAVEL PLANS.

SO, AS A LOOK AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME LINE WE COULD BE TRAVELING IN EARLY DECEMBER, WHICH PUTS BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.

CELINA MENTIONED IN HER POSTING THAT IT IS ONE YEAR TODAY THAT CHINA WAS OPENED UP TO US WHEN WE SAW CHARLIES FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME
VIA E-MAIL. THIS YEAR WENT BY SOOO FAST. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET HIM HOME WITH US. EVERY TIME I WALK BY HIS ROOM I TRY TO IMAGINE HIM IN THERE AND WHAT OUR WORLD WILL BE LIKE WITH HIM HERE.
I KNOW WE WILL ALL HAVE TO ADJUST BUT TRUSTING IN GOD'S GRACE TO DO SO.

I WILL BE POSTING PICS OF OUR RE-MODEL AND CHARLIES BIRTHDAY PARTY HE HAD AT THE ORPHANAGE WHEN WE SENT A BIRTHDAY CARE PACKAGE, THEY WILL WARM YOUR HEART, MINE ABOUT BURST WHEN I SAW HIM BLOWING OUT HIS CANDLES ON THE CAKE. SOME THING HE HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE, HE LOOKS SO HAPPY. I AM IN LOVE WITH MY NEW SON I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY KNOW HIM. HE BRINGS MY HEART JOY ALREADY.

iT'S BEEN A WHILE NOW, but very worth it :]

It's now officially been a year today since we started the process of adopting charlie boy. Every time i think about that boy my heart beets a little bit faster. Can you imagine what i will be like when I'm in china holding that precious baby boy. I think i will probably cry...........ALOT. All i can ask you followers is to pray the three of us stay well while we are there and when we come back. The last thing i want to happen is to get sick from raw Chinese food......YUCK. I think I'm going to stick with open market fruit i can peel:] I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH DE DE { LITTLE BROTHER } LOVE JIE JIE CELINA { BIG SISTER }