Monday, January 21, 2008

A little bit earlier today, my mom called the agency, and said that we would "take" Karli. They said that they would be faxing a letter that we have to sign saying that we'll accept Karli, I mean, Xi He Na. We don't have a fax machine, though, so go figure. We'll probably just have them fax it to a local copy center, or something. Guess what, guess what, guess what?! The agency is also sending us another picture. (However, it's not recent. At least they don't think so. They think it's from May, but she looks...older? We don't know.) We'll try to get some photos up soon. We're also in the midst of going crazy shopping for clothes. We're getting a ton of matching clothes for her & Kenzie. Karli's already got a bunch of clothes, but not as much as Kenzie did. (If you've read our first site, then you know how many posts there were about shopping days.) Good thing we (probably) won't have to wait as long as we did for Kenzie. (Here's a tip: long wait=more shopping time.) Anyway, tomorrow, we're going to someone's house to look at some potential outfits for Karli. Everything is going pretty slow so far, and we only got the info on Karli on Friday! AAAgggggggHHHHHHH!!!! But, at least we have Kenzie to keep us on our toes, unlike the first time. Sometime tomorrow, we should probably be getting that letter to sign and fax back to them. That at least knocks one item off the to-do-before-you-get-your-kid-list. My mom also worked on our LOI to send to China; just to get them to approve us. (And why wouldn't they?) I'm not sure. So, right now, we're kinda in a hanging spot, because if they approve us, then everything is on track, but if they don't then...I guess we don't get Karli. My mom's all, "Don't get too excited, you don't know if they'll approve us." But, (I haven't told you this story, and I hope to soon), I feel that God has a certain child planned for us. It seems like we're on the track that He has in mind for us, but I don't know. Right now we're praying about this situation. Anyway, I've got to go.

p.s. pics WILL be on here soon!!!! I PROMISE.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Hey, what's up? Firstly, I'd like to say welcome to our new blog. I don't have time to post much right now; except a "welcome message" type thing. Yep. So, we're adopting another girl. What do you think about that? You may be asking, "Another kid? Won't that make five children?" Oh, yes, indeed. Five kids; seven family members. Anyway, the beautiful little girl that we are going for, well, her (Chinese) name's Xi He Na. (Shee-hay-naw) Like I said, she is currently in Wuxi, China. (That's in Jiangsu province, not that far from Shanghai.) She is "special needs," if you'd call it that. (She's deaf in 1 ear, but come on. She can still hear out of the other one, and she can talk, too! She's very adorable. If China approves us, (which they should), she will be about 3 when we actually hold her in our arms. She is, like, 14 months older than Kenzie; which isn't bad, so Kenzie can have a playmate. And she--well, that's all the time I have for now. I just wanna say "Thanks" for visiting our blog, and that I hope to have pictures in the (near?) future. Can't wait to tell you more!!!