so many things ...

a long over due update.
clearly regular blogging escapes me these days.

so let's see, where did I leave off ...

my last post was a lot about the aspects of financing an adoption, a huge undertaking for sure.  we continue to climb that financial mountain and we're a little over half way now.  so amazing!

where we're at right now ...

our home study is complete, woohoo!!!  our I800A has been sent in (this is the application for determination of suitability to adopt a child from a convention country) and we just got our official letter that it was received on March 22!  now we wait for our letter with fingerprint appointment.  once that's all done and we have our I800A approval, we can send our dossier to China - a big, huge piece of this journey!!!

and little sister ...

well, we were able to get an update (this came on the perfect day, 3/21 - world down syndrome day) through our agency.  this included a few photos, a new video, and answers to some questions we had.  we found out her favorite snacks are: milk, cookies, french fries, and candy.  the more we find out about her, the more we see that she's bound to fit right in around here!

then a few nights ago I received an email from the lady of the courier we used to send little sister's care package (we weren't allowed to send ourselves, we had to use a third party courier).  it was answers to the questions we asked as part of our letter to little sister and her caregivers.  so now I have two sets of answers to our questions, and though they are fairly short & sweet answers - I still adore a little insight.  so I was able to confirm that she did indeed get her care package.  my heart was so happy to know this!

and some super fun news - we've finally settled on a name for "little sister"!  we aren't ready to reveal it quite yet, but stay tuned because we're going to make the reveal extra fun.

please continue to keep us in your prayers.  specifically, please continue to pray for the funding.  also of utmost importance is to pray for the adjustment when she is finally home!  please pray for our sweet little one.  she needs to be with her forever family, but for her this will be so confusing and scary.  please pray peace and comfort for her when the transition arrives!

thank you all, many blessings