And It's Off!

We've signed our LOA and it's back in the mail along with the I-800 immigration papers! What a joy it was to sign that LOA that says we agree to adopt Ha Beibei! I love my husband! I just sat there thinking how great he was as he signed that document. We're also very thankful to Gift of Adoption who are "putting the check in the mail". What a blessing to have our orphanage fee covered!
We certainly serve a great God who performs miracles daily!

LOA and a Name Decision

LOA!!!! Finally, that magical acronym! For the non adoption people it means letter of approval which means we only have to wait for that TA (travel approval) - well after filling out lots of papers of course. The great thing is one of the papers requires Ha Beibei's English name and so finally we had to face the music and make the decision. And the decision is Halle Bei Yost. We are keeping her first name in chinese as her middle name. We're pretty excited. It was a stressful day and then to come home and have to make such a big decision was a bit daunting. Thankfully, almost immediately we agreed! PTL! and now if only we could get more pics of our sweet Halle....

Firsts

Well just wanted to post some pics of some firsts for Min Hao- first time to church, first time at McDonalds by our school and first time with playdough. Yesterday we also had to take him back to his orphanage so they could see him (it's been a year since he was in a rehab place since last august). It was very interesting for me as I was now his guardian. He was genuinely happy to see his caretakers but did not want anything to do with the older boys. I wonder what that means...Transition is going pretty well. He's a pretty good boy but has trouble playing on his own unless you are playing directly with him so it gets a bit exhausting :) Enjoy the pictures!

Introducing Min Hao

Well our trip to Guilin was very interesting. Min hao is now home with us. He's adjusting marvelously well. Night times are hardest, he seems to miss his friends from Guilin. He also is deathly afraid of our cats. He's finally getting used to having them in the same room as him but doesn't want to have anything to do with them otherwise! He loves playing with blocks, coloring, doing potato heads, and definitely eating! His feet require bracing and we're learning how to get them on and off quicker every day. We look forward to seeing how his gait improves and how he grows and learns.