Happy Birthday precious baby girl!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BO LOU WEI!!!!!! 
Bo Lou Wei turned 1 year on February 23rd.   I didn't have computer access over the last 3 days so unfortunately I wasn't able to post on her Birthday.  Of course we were sad that we couldn't be there for her very 1st Birthday but we found alot of joy in knowing that with Gods grace she'll be spending the rest of her firsts and Birthdays with us!! :)  The picture included is the care package that we had Red Thread China send out to the Poyang SWI for Bo Lou Wei.  Her Birthday cake will arrive later but we can't wait until she gets this and hope she'll get to see the photo of her family :)

Please pray for her when you think of her...

"Mommy, I prefer not to wear this hat"

Names for our little girl??????

We are in the process of trying to come up with a name for our lil Bo Lou Wei.  We've decided that we are going to maintain, Wei as her middle name...the meaning is, valuable and precious. We felt like it couldn't have been more appropriate and we both love it.  So now we are doing the name game dance.  B and I both like names that are a little different.  We've narrowed our search down to 3 (for now) but we'd love to hear your ideas! In no specific order, we like, Carsyn, Hadley and Channing.  


Also, we sent out a Birthday care package to her a couple of days ago!!  We were so excited!  Her 1st Birthday is Feb 23rd, so we sent her a cake, a stuffed animal, a letter, a photo of us and some other goodies.  We are hoping that the staff at the orphanage will take pictures with the disposable camera that's included so we can see what her Birthday was like even though we couldn't be there.  We have requested an update on her from our agency so we are hoping to have some additional info in the next couple of weeks.  We are praying for the paperwork to zip through the necessary steps so we can get her home as soon as possible!! :)))


Last and definitely not least....Wyatt a few weeks ago learning to pull up!  He turned 8 months on Feb 11th! :)

Driving in Nanchang

I was telling one of my friends that when we travel to China, we'd likely be meeting our daughter in Nanchang rather than at her SWI (social welfare institute).  Our daughter lives in the Poyang SWI but it's in a more remote area of China and it's rare that families are able to travel to the Poyang SWI. The majority of the time the children are brought to Nanchang, to the hotel to meet their family.  So here's a fun look at Nanchang from my friend, Sandy! :-)  Brings a whole new meaning to the words, defensive driving! 


Thanks for the video Sandy!  
(Hit pause on the blog music at the bottom of the page so you can hear the music on the video)

Valentine wishes for Wyatt and Bo Lou Wei

It's another chilly day but the sun is shining here in the frozen tundra ;-)  We were all dressed up ready to head out to run some errands when the door bell rang with a surprise from grandma and grandpa in FL!!!!  Happy Valentine's Day!

Grandma and Grandpa...Thank wu sooo much for my bbbbbb-ooks!!! I can't wip the pages on these when mommy weads to me.  She doesn't like it when she has to tape the pages back togeder after I've grabbed one to get a cwoser look!  I wuv you! :)


PS- Thank you for the pretty babing suit for my sista in China!!!  She will wook berry cute wif all da red wady bugs on her!!


We love you!!
XO

Our precious baby girl!!! Bo Lou Wei!! :)

Brandon, Wyatt and I have some very exciting news!!  We have been matched with a beautiful, precious baby girl from China named Bo Lou wei (11 months old)!!  About 1 1/2 months ago, we decided we would ask our agency to match us...We shared that we were not in any hurry but we knew we wanted to begin the adoption process again.  Brandon and I discussed regularly how long it took for us to get our perfect gift, Wyatt and we thought we'd go ahead and put our family out there again to see what God had in store. We anticipated that we would likely wait 6-12 months....But then, on Tuesday, January 19th around 11:00 in the morning my cell phone rang.  I got up and saw it was our adoption agency!?!?  It isn't often and truly few and far between that someones agency is calling them, so when I saw the phone ring, just like when we got the call about Wyatt, my heart jumped and I thought....We are getting a referral!!!  I grabbed the phone and on the other end heard, "Robin, you and Brandon wanted a baby girl right???"  I said, YES....She said, well she is only 3 1/2 months older than Wyatt...then my heart leapt yet again!!!  When we were lead to adoption a few years ago, I had always prayed for twins!  Brandon has a twin sister, so my heart always desired and thought it would be so sweet to have boy and girl twins...Our dream became a reality!!!!  God has blessed us with boy and girl twins!!!!!  After that part of the conversation, I remember very little.  I got off the phone, called Brandon and shared the news with him...He was out goose hunting, so to get a phone call from me while he was sitting in, "the blind" was probably a little unexpected :)  Brandon was SO excited!!  He hurried home to see the precious pictures we were given by our agency of Bo Lou wei.  We accepted the referral of our baby girl and then I literally walked around in a fog for the rest of the day.  I could not believe that this had just happened, I was still in shock!! :)  Our LOI (letter of intent) was submitted for her and then we needed to wait for our PA (Pre-approval) to come from China.  There are several acronyms that encompass an adoption from China, so in the coming months you will see me refer to them as we go through the process.  Over the next 2 weeks, we sat fairly quiet about our news because until we received our PA we really could not broadcast our excitement.  I was equating it to sharing the exciting news of a baby in early pregnancy...You want to wait until you have confirmation.  So we waited on pins and needles and on February 4th we received our PA!! HOORAY!!!! HOORAY!!!  We've been busily working on our paperwork over the last 2 weeks, have the majority of our dossier complete and praying and hoping that we will be able to travel in the next 4- 6 months.  4 months would be a miracle and 6 is really more realistic...But we are both hoping for a miracle to get her home to meet her brother! :)  Speaking of her brother...He's awake!! So time for me to scoot!  Everyone have a wonderful day! I promise to post her picture and more info soon! :)  


James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.


Also- please remember Haiti in your prayers...I have found myself forgetting in the past few days and I don't want that to happen.  Check out Dixie's blog (at Gods Littlest Angels Orphanage, for very specific updates and prayer requests)  http://www.glahaiti.org/blog_dixie_haiti


Hugs and love!
Robin, Brandon and Wyatt