This is the post I need to write, but don’t want to. I only finally am attempting it because my silence is getting awkward. I’m not sure why I haven’t been able to articulate what I am feeling. Perhaps its because I am refusing to feel anything, because when I do let it in, its […]
One year ago today we got a call that would change our lives. The call that told us there was a little boy across the world that might be our son. One year ago today, after the call, Billy and I prayerfully opened the email that contained the first picture we ever saw of Ezra. […]
As of October 22, we were officially LID! That means our dossier is logged into CCCWA’s system. On a traditional China adoption timeline, LID would mean that you are able to be matched with a child, and you would begin waiting for a referral. Since Ezra is considered “special needs” and found us back in […]
We are officially DTC (Dossier To China)! This is a big milestone for us! HUGE! This means that all the papers we have been collecting for the past 6 months and sending all over the place has been put all together and submitted to China! The dossier was sent from our agency Friday and arrived […]
Wednesday I picked up our documents from the Chinese Consulate in Houston. I was sweating bullets thinking that they might gave refused to authenticate something, but thankfully I walked right in and picked them up without any problems. I immediately made copies of everything and sent all the documents plus pictures to our agency. This is […]
In the last 7 months I have pretty much been immersed in a new culture – the adoption culture. As soon as we realized we were adopting (read that story here), I began to research adoption and found myself so overwhelmed. I didn’t know where to start, but I was so thankful that there was […]
