Archives for October 2015

Apple Picking

Last Friday a few of the kids and I went to Carter’s Mountain with some friends to pick apples. Since it has rained here so much lately, we didn’t know if we could make it through the day without getting wet. But, it only rained for the first ten or fifteen minutes and then it was a really nice day. As soon as we got there Bethany and Sarah said they were freezing so I had to buy them sweatshirts. Of course, within an hour or so they were both hot and ended up taking them off.  I guess the sweatshirts won’t go to waste as they can wear them all fall. 
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Bethany was really hot and her face showed it by the time we were done.

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I thought I would add these pictures of Sophia I took today — even though they have nothing to do with picking apples. But, she was in a pretty good mood and I managed to get a few pictures of her. She sat outside for about an hour and a half before she started fussing and I think that was mainly because she wanted her orthotics off. She seemed to enjoy being outside more than usual today — could be the nice fall weather. She looks so big to me when I look at these pictures. Maybe she has grown more than I thought in the past two and a half years. 

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China Adoption – Where We Are

Just a little information on where we are in the process of adopting from China. Our homestudy is done and our dossier is in China and we are logged in. Even better — we already have our LOA (letter of approval) for one of the girls. We have signed that and sent it back.
We have filed our I800 and we are still waiting for approval. We are waiting for a LOA for our other little girl and should have it within a week or two — I hope. Hopefully, this gives a small idea of where we are in the process and I will give a little more info later. 
I think we now need to figure out names for them so I can stop calling them the girls — or the first little girl – meaning the one we found first and then the second little girl. We definitely need names.
Emily came by to visit today and Bella couldn’t stay away from her — of course, that could be because she brought food.
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Emily traveled with me to Bulgaria when we adopted Bella and Sophia. She was definitely a real help  and good company, too. It was a very enjoyable trip — probably our easiest adoption trip ever. 
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Abigail will be traveling with me to China when we go to pick up the girls. She said it was her turn. 

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