April 25,2007

Waiting is the hardest part about adoption. It would seem that after the long waiting for an unknown child's referral, it would be easier now. Not the case. Now that we have a little girl, looking at her picture can be happy or sad. Think of how it would be if you were separated from your child and not watching it grow. At times like these, it is best to think on two things. One, Sarah and I are blessed to have each other. God blesses us daily and we constantly say to each other how blessed we are. Second, we think of how closer we are than a month ago. Back then, we were getting pretty discouraged. The happiness of the referral day needs to be in our minds whenever we get lonely for Chloe.

Meanwhile, we are doing alot of planning, shopping, and putting together furniture!

Thank you for all your thoughts and continue to pray for us!

April 11, 2007

Thank you to all who have written comments! It is amazing how much love and support we have.
Well, since we last wrote, we had some paperwork problems. Our medical exams were only good for six months. This is the seventh month! So, the day after the referral, Sarah and I had to battle with our HMO to get a doctor to document that we were still healthy. It was a rough couple days, but God took care of it. Unfortunately, this meant that the paperwork was not sent off to Vietnam until today. But, it is all off in the mail now.

We can now officially say that the wait is on.

april 4,2007

This is our first post on Chloe's blog. Wow! That sounds so strange. After waiting for a child since July 2006, it is nice to write such a sentence. Another suprise was that we were expecting a boy. We did not specify boy or girl....and the agency said that girls take more time to get. So, we had the boy name picked out and even were referring to the baby in December as a boy. On March 26,2007 a referral of a girl 4 months old is available. One look at the picture and we knew she was ours! Her name came around a week later....since we did not have it ready for the referral day.

We will be traveling to get her anytime from June 2007 to August 2007. She was born on November 20,2006 ...the day after daddy's birthday!

So, now we are busy getting her room ready and preparing for her arrival.

God has blessed us indeed! We can see the light ahead of us and He is guiding us to a child He picked out for us long ago.