Merry Christmas

DTC!!!!!!

We have been given an early Christmas present. It has been 96 days since receiving our referral for our sweet baby boy. Today our agency called to let us know our dossier has been mailed to China! We should be officially logged in in 2-4 weeks and then we will begin our "WAIT" for the govt. in China to review our dossier and give us approval to adopt Ben. The anticipated "WAIT" will be 5-7 months after we have a log in date. We feel like we will travel sometime between May and August, 2010.

Paperwork Is Finished!!

We have finally finished our paperwork and received it back from the Houston Consulate on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. I mailed it to our agency the same day and they received it yesterday. The agency e-mailed with good news that we should be DTC by Christmas!! DTC is the "Date To China" that our paperwork, also known as our dossier, is mailed to China. What a nice Christmas present for us.

Celebrating 18 Years With My Best Friend

Darrel and I celebrated our 18th anniversary last week on December 7th, 2009. He surprised me with a weekend get away to the Gaylord Texan. We had a great time and this picture was taken on our anniversary. We also saw the Ice sculptors, which was something I had been wanting to see. It was very nice to get away without the kids. I appreciate him so much for always thinking of me and planning time to get away, I love you so much and couldn't have asked God for a better husband to spend my life with! I also appreciate my in-laws for coming to stay with the kids, no matter how many we have!