To answer your question

We were told to plan on a 2 year wait but only God knows. We are on the list for a healthy girl up to 3 years old so it depends on what the people in front of us are looking for. Many couples who have no children are looking for only infants and will take either sex, which means if a 3 yr old becomes available, we would ge the referral however some people will take an older child so it really is unknown how long it will be. After we get our referral, it is about 5 months until you travel, 10 days in Vietnam and then we are a forever family.

Praise The Lord!!

We just got another update from CHI and they received 2 more girl referrals this week. They have placed 67 children so far this year, 33 more have been matched and they are hoping to have 80 adoptions completed by the end of the year!!! Good News two weeks in a row-thank you God for the blessings I already have and those yet to come! Keep those baby girl referrals coming :)

Some Good News

We got some good news today in our CHI Vietnam update today,they got five referrals today and 3 were girls. That many girls at one time is rare. Maybe it will not end up being the two year wait we were told. I just have to hold on the what Brandon says, "God's time is perfect time". I actually had a really great dream last night about Abby. We were with her in Vietnam playing in a park, it was wonderful,very real. Then I was awoken by Brandon, asking me to put ear drops in his ear, GOOD MORNING!!. Anyway, that email made my day and gave me hope:)

It's about time

Finally, some changes in the adoption world that will actually make things a little easier for prospective adoptive parents. I just received word from Children's Hope(our adoption agency) that the USCIS is now allowing one extension on your Orphan petition and fingerprinting free of charge. Your I-600A -the form that grants you permission to bring an orphan from another country back to the U.S., is only good for 18 months, wait time in just about every country is greater than that, which means the parents had to hand over another $700 to extend the petition. It may seem like a small thing but it's just nice to see a change being made that makes things easier instead of harder. All these children in orphanages(and foster care) and they keep raising the bar and the cost.Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, so this was definitely good news!

Our New Family Project

Well, call us crazy but we have taken on a family project of building a doll house for Abby. (See picture below the blogs.) I have always wanted one since I was a little girl and my friend Pam(who was adopted from Korea)had one. It will take a LONG time to build and since we are on a long waiting list we have a lot of time!! Hopefully,someday she will be able to play with it and then I will pass it on to my grandchildren. From the looks of all the stuff you can do and buy for it on ebay, we will have a family hobby for a lifetime. Cameron is most excited to start, he is my little builder but let's be real here, we are going to need Chuck to get this thing done. I'll keep you posted with pictures from time to time to show(the slow) progress. I have a whole new respect for that Extreme Home Make-over show and what they do in a week!!HA.

The Amazing Cameron

Well, I have been utterly amazed at what Cameron has done to help me with the blog. The cool clock and ticker that have been added, Yes done by a twelve year old. I now feel officially old. Now that I have a blogger assistant, You can look for pictures and other cool stuff to show up.:)

New at this

I often go an other's adoption blogs and wanted to create one to record the journey as we adopt our daughter from Vietnam. I figure the best way to learn something, is to just do it... so here goes nothing!