extra day

Leap year 2012. that one extra day they give you. One more day to wait. good news is we will be sending our care package this weekend. Very excited in knowing she will be seeing us for the first time. The wife included some clothes and a blanket along with some toy trucks. We were told in her release forms that toy cars and trucks were her favorite. trying to stay busy with kitchen remodel. Heart goes out to all those effected in Chardon,ohio. God bless you all.

tic tock

still awaiting word on sending care package. to quote the great Tom Petty....."the waiting is the hardest part". everything has seemed to go so quickly up until now, now you just wait.Time is a very prescious thing and right now i'm wishing this time away.wishing it away in return for the time i can see my wife smiling as she holds her new daughter.a time when the phine rings and we don't kill ourselves trying to get to it. a time when we can share the rest of our lives with our little girl. I know that time will come and for now we just have to see our way thru this time.God has blessed with this time and I will spend it wisely.But the anticipation of the time to come still out weighs the time that is. in due time, and i'm thankful to have it. God bless

too busy to blog

Been awhile since i last posted. a lot has happened since then, most notably Lisa breaking her foot. It seems to be on the mend but she still needs to stay off it for a bit. I did manage to begin re doing my kitchen. New floor, new paint, and some new shelves. Whole family seems very excited about bringing Emma home , still in that 4-6 month waiting period. Although we almost have a month under our belts now. Lisa's been picking out clothes and we recently looked at car seats. Hopefully with all the preparing we are doing the only thing left will be to love our little girl. 6 months has never seemed so long. That's all for now. God bless.

in the kitchen

Started flooring in the kitchen. Nice to have a project to keep busy with. Next will be paint and shelves. Prepared letter for care package and should have it sent off by weeks end. let me rephrase that, wife wrote letter and prepared care package. Very anxious and hoping it to be sooner than later. Another big thank you to EAC, and all those who have been a part of the process. god bless and may you all find comfort and safety.

Valentines Day

This will be the last Valentines Day before my girl comes home to us. Still just hanging tough in the holding pattern. We prepared our care package and wrote a letter for her caregivers which will be translated and re written. Very excited to send her stuff and also a photo album with our photos in it.That's all for now.Gob bless and goodbye..

care package

On Saturday we received news that we would be able to put together our first care package to be sent to our daughter in Shanghai. As we our both very excited to do so, we our also struggling to pick what items to send first. The wife has already chose a few, including a variety of stuffed animals and a toy cube in which we can place pictures of ourselves. We our both hopeful that they will in return send us more photos of our little girl. Can't wait to have her home. that's all for now, got to head off to work. Wishing all of you comfort and safety,God bless.

Super Bowl Sunday

Getting ready to once again watch a Superbowl that does not include the Cleveland browns.It's o.k.,I'm used to it.On a brighter note my wife with the help of couples adopting out of Shanghai,has found our child's finding ad. It was very surreal to view and translate. We our still in the holding pattern as we await our dossier to be translated and cleared. We hope for all to go as fast as possible ,Knowing that it is a matter of patience. Another beautiful day in North east Ohio,wish you all comfort and safety,and as always.....God bless.

Go Giants

LOI accepted

We have just gotten news that our letter of intent has been accepted in Shanghai. Along with this acceptance they sent us the Chinese version of the document. It was very unique to see our names in Mandarin.  Still struggling to get a grasp on the language. And still praying for the patience to wait for our journey.every day brings us one day closer.Wishing you all comfort and safety.God bless.