Tuesday, January 10, 2017

So we received a FANTASTIC email from our agency, AAC Adoption and Family Services last night!  The email basically said that our Dossier (all that paperwork we had notarized, certified and authenticated before sending to China) is now out of translation (OOT) and in review.  This in itself is wonderful news! BUT what makes it even more amazing is the amount of time it spent, or actually didn't spend in translation!

Once the average dossier arrives and is logged in to the Chinese Welfare System it is an average of 30 days before that document will complete the translation process.  Our dossier was logged in 12/28.... so that was only 12 days in translation!  Which means that department has chosen to honor our expedite request.  Now we pray that the approval department find nothing wrong with our dossier and also chooses to expedite Anna's file!

We are so close you guys!!  This is amazing... as always, God is showing us just how truly wonderful he is!

One that note, this makes fundraising even more crucial right now.  We still need 8-9K to be fully funded and we potentially need that in two months or so.  We will have a couple fundraisers coming up in the near future.  Including T-shirts and hopefully something very close to my heart ( ;-) COFFEE!!).  We also still have LOTS of puzzle pieces available!

God is good and he WILL provide.  Please be in prayer and see if he may be calling to to help with that! Also, please SHARE SHARE SHARE as far as fundraisers go!

Here's a couple special treats we also received this morning!



Our absolutely amazing Evelyn Grace!





From December 17, 2016

With everything going on with getting Anna home I am ashamed to admit I haven't been very good about updating everyone on how Evie is doing.
Let me just say... this child is absolutely amazing. She is such a joy, and brings so much happiness to our lives.
She has adjusted without a hitch. Attachment has gone amazing... she is friendly with everyone but definitely knows who her momma and daddy are. She eats almost anything, sleeps pretty well and is just the sweetest thing e...ver! She loves to give hugs and kisses more than anything. She is big fan of the cat, but not so much the dogs. She loves playing outside and reading books... but music and dancing are definitely her favorites.
She is super sassy and a little stubborn 😉
Medically she has passed all tests and assessments with flying colors.
She excels in therapies and "school" every time we go! We are very blessed with an amazing program at the local university, and she will stay there until kindergarten. She is doing so well she will actually start mainstream preschool in the fall!
She knows many signs and is even picking up on lots of words. She assessed at the level of about 24 months developmentally which factoring in DS, status as an orphan until now and English being a new language she is actually ahead of where she would be expected to be!
I was just telling a good friend that sometimes I just look at her and can't believe she's really here... she's really ours... FOREVER 💕