Here is our sweetie. I love his cute smile. It is hard to know about him and yet have to wait to pick him up and bring him home. At least we won't have to wait the torturous 6 months that we had to wait for Jake. I should travel in about 3 months. Right now our process for Timmy is held up in the immigration office since all of that paperwork had to be redone. But today I received notice that they have our application and it is in process. yea! We look forward to sending him a care package with pictures soon.Thursday, October 28, 2010
Meet Timmy!
Here is our sweetie. I love his cute smile. It is hard to know about him and yet have to wait to pick him up and bring him home. At least we won't have to wait the torturous 6 months that we had to wait for Jake. I should travel in about 3 months. Right now our process for Timmy is held up in the immigration office since all of that paperwork had to be redone. But today I received notice that they have our application and it is in process. yea! We look forward to sending him a care package with pictures soon.Saturday, October 23, 2010
A Brother!
A little boy will join our family from China within the next 5 months. He is 2 1/2 years old and very cute. Jake helped to pick his name; Timothy "Timmy" Dwight. We are excited! As soon as they release us to, I will post some pictures of him.
This process was soooo different from our referral for Jake. About a month ago we opened our China process up to some medical needs. We knew that there were many boys waiting to be adopted because most people request girls. These boys would have been abandoned because of their health needs. We began to rethink our family to consider 2 boys.
After submitting our medical checklist, we completed another home study and sent off our paperwork for Immigration. This was to take about 2 months, and we had to wait for this before getting a referral. Then, I received an e-mail saying that we didn't have to wait. We could learn about our child now. So, we began to seriously consider the children whose profiles were posted on our agency's website. This is where we found Dang Zhi Gu (Timothy Dwight). How strange it is to "select" a child for your family. What would make us pick one child over another? The process is never easy.
We feel confident that this boy is our child. His picture smiles to us from places around our house as we prepare ourselves and Jake for another family member. I will probably travel to China myself or with my brother. Being away from Jim and Jake for the 14-16 days will be tough, but the outcome will be an enriched family of 4! :)
This process was soooo different from our referral for Jake. About a month ago we opened our China process up to some medical needs. We knew that there were many boys waiting to be adopted because most people request girls. These boys would have been abandoned because of their health needs. We began to rethink our family to consider 2 boys.
After submitting our medical checklist, we completed another home study and sent off our paperwork for Immigration. This was to take about 2 months, and we had to wait for this before getting a referral. Then, I received an e-mail saying that we didn't have to wait. We could learn about our child now. So, we began to seriously consider the children whose profiles were posted on our agency's website. This is where we found Dang Zhi Gu (Timothy Dwight). How strange it is to "select" a child for your family. What would make us pick one child over another? The process is never easy.
We feel confident that this boy is our child. His picture smiles to us from places around our house as we prepare ourselves and Jake for another family member. I will probably travel to China myself or with my brother. Being away from Jim and Jake for the 14-16 days will be tough, but the outcome will be an enriched family of 4! :)
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Adventure Seeking
Jake loves to challenge himself. Here are pictures of him figuring out how to grab the rings and jump from the play set in our yard. He loves action of any type. Rainy days are tough because he still seeks ways to
climb, throw things, and wrestle. I think a sibling will need to be warned about his big brother. :) While I write this he is throwing his t-shirt in the air and trying to get it to land on the highest piece of furniture.
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