The Patch

We went to the local pumpkin pacth the other day. I didn't even try for a photo of all 3 but I managed to get a good one of each of them. Believe it or not Blake now wins the prize for most compliant for photos. A far cry from last year!

Genuine excitement...love this one of Blake!

Preapproval

We recieved our preapproval to adopt Qin Li. What does that mean? It means that by 'glancing' at our paperwork we're preapproved and now the in depth look/processing of our dossier begins. We are now waiting for our letter seeking confirmation (LSC) from China which can take anywhere from 2-4 months. It seems that all of our paperwork has gone the full length of the wait time, please pray that this will be the exception! Here is another photo of our little girl :)

It's real!

We know who our little girl will be! This adoption just got very personal and real for me. Her name is Qin Li, she is 21 months old and just precious! We are looking at another 5-8 months until we can bring her home. Please pray with us that our paperwork moves quickly and that we bring her home ASAP. She has a cleft lip and palate. We have met with the international adoption team at Texas Children's hospital, obviously she will need medical care when she arrives home. You would think this would help us bring her home faster but unfortunately that isn't the case. We are trusting in God's perfect timing...we know He loves her move than we can imagine.