Well, a lot has been happening lately, on the adoption front, with Jadyn growing up and of course the boys! First of all, an update on the adoptions – we received our LOA’s (Letters of Acceptance) for the girls on June 17th, just 10 days after getting our paperwork logged in to China! This was such a surprise, but incredibly, wonderful news! Now, all of the fun has really started – we have been in a flurry trying to get the I-800 forms, the I-864W forms, the DS-230 forms (all times two), an affidavit form, and travel packet documents to be notarized and sent off to their respective places. We are waiting on our I-800 approval and then we will apply for our Visa’s. We anticipate travel at the end of August. This will give us plenty of time to get to Jin Qing’s province and complete her adoption before she turns 14 on September 30th.
We received two new pictures of Jin Qing (Kaitlyn) on June 24th –
We also received a newsletter about some activities taking place at Yu Huan's (Lauren) orphanage on June 20th and here is a picture of her from the Children's Day outing –
We have printed off the wonderful packing list that we used for our trip with Jadyn (thanks cousin Anne!) however, I found that I have to modify slightly now that Jadyn is a little older and we don’t need the bottles, formula and other ‘baby’ items, but most of the other things are still very relevant and we found it to be all inclusive! Jerry had commented in China last year that he was amazed at how prepared we were! Please pray for Jadyn to travel well – this will be a long trip for her to make, but one we feel is necessary given the short time she has been with us and the difficulty she would have being away from us for nearly 3 weeks.
Speaking of Jadyn – here are some pics of the little sweetie pie and a couple of her brothers. Brandon was confirmed in May; it was an amazing service and Justin is his Sponsor. The boys summer has been filled with baseball and visits with friends! They are really enjoying the time off of school!
We received two new pictures of Jin Qing (Kaitlyn) on June 24th –
We also received a newsletter about some activities taking place at Yu Huan's (Lauren) orphanage on June 20th and here is a picture of her from the Children's Day outing –
We have printed off the wonderful packing list that we used for our trip with Jadyn (thanks cousin Anne!) however, I found that I have to modify slightly now that Jadyn is a little older and we don’t need the bottles, formula and other ‘baby’ items, but most of the other things are still very relevant and we found it to be all inclusive! Jerry had commented in China last year that he was amazed at how prepared we were! Please pray for Jadyn to travel well – this will be a long trip for her to make, but one we feel is necessary given the short time she has been with us and the difficulty she would have being away from us for nearly 3 weeks.
Speaking of Jadyn – here are some pics of the little sweetie pie and a couple of her brothers. Brandon was confirmed in May; it was an amazing service and Justin is his Sponsor. The boys summer has been filled with baseball and visits with friends! They are really enjoying the time off of school!
