Friday, September 23, 2011

2nd grade dance...too cute!





If I could only upload videos...Longji is a rockstar dancer!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

New Glasses

Just a couple of pictures of Longji in his new glasses. Isn't he handsome?


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

We have LID!

Got an e-mail today that our official log in date is August 11, 2011. This is fantastic news! I am sticking with my travel estimate of December. I hope I am wrong and we travel sooner.

Monday, August 22, 2011

First day of second grade!

First day of school today! Longji did great...I cried. Why are these days so hard? Check out the cute morning pictures!










Saturday, August 20, 2011

No LID yet, but we have an update!

We are still waiting for our official log in date (LID) from China. We really think at this point it has already been logged in, but we just haven't been notified yet. According to my calculations, we should be in China right around December. This seems so far away, but I know it will be here before we know it, especially with school starting next week.

We did receive an update on Brielle and she is going to fit right in with Longji. She is described as gentle, considerate and a little active. Sound familiar? Her height is 42.1 inches and weight is 44.1 lbs. She likes to play with dolls and she loves beautiful hairpins! She likes to be beautiful. She enjoys playing hide and seek and playing with girls her own age and she likes to sing and dance. She will try most foods, but doesn't like eggplant. Her favorite food is mango. She also likes to play outside. We were told she does not know about us or that she is going to be adopted, but she will hopefully know as soon as we can send her a care package which is after we receive our letter of acceptance (LOA). This is our next big step after LID. We did not receive any updated pictures which was a little disappointing.

Meanwhile, we received Longji's passport. We expected to have a delay with this, but it came pretty quick. School starts Monday and I will have to post pictures of Longji on his first day. We met his teacher on Thursday and she was very pleased with his language skills just as his first grade teacher was.



Please pray for a good first day of second grade for Longji and a log in date this week!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

We are DTC!

Our dossier was officially sent to China August 1st! Now we are awaiting our LID (log in date). It looks like travel will be during the winter time at the earliest, possibly early next spring. John and I submitted for an update on our Brielle, but we are still waiting for this also. Until we receive our LOA (letter of acceptance) we still cannot show her picture, but I promise it will be posted as soon as the Fed Ex man steps off of our doorstep. Longji's passport is in the works and this has been a trying process in itself. School is right around the corner so hopefully time will fly by and before you know it we will be on a plane to China!