Immigration approval and waiting...

Well our I800 came and I began rejoicing until I saw the little word "provisional".  What?!  It said we needed visas.  Hmmm...we live in China, he lives in China, no need.  So with panic beginning in my heart (trying to trust you here Lord) I called the people.  They said not to worry, just let the next step know.  So tomorrow that is what we do.  Call and make sure we do not need anything else but to wait. 
Meanwhile, the wait is starting to kill me:)  Today we get pictures printed for his photo book that I hope to send next week.  Getting some new pictures in the home of him...dreams of him happening more regularly now.  Think I'm definitely starting the nesting stage.  October seems so close and yet so far away right now! 
Tuesday is our baby shower for him.  Pretty excited to celebrate him with others!

Hudson Paul Yost

Yes folks, after months of painful toil (and yes, those of you who live around me know this is true), we've finally agreed on a name- and probably only because we were forced to make a decision on one of our forms :)  Hudson Paul Yost will hopefully be joining us in October or November this year!!!  So, Hudson means son of the Brave Ruler (Jesus!!!!) and we like the name a lot and it has fun nickname possibilities, and the kids all liked it, and of course Hudson Taylor was a great missionary to China so it's perfect!  Paul is a great middle name because every Paul we've known has been a great guy, especially Dave's grandpa, who in a way, we feel brought us together (long story, ask me later!) and my cool cousin married a Paul who we love!  So, it seemed like a great family name to pass down.  And so, there it is.  The last major decision is done!  Phew!

New Pictures!

Recently we were surprised with an email that contained 3 new pictures of our son!  Along with a little description saying "he is doing very well and is very active."  Well we saw that to be true when in one picture he is the only one actively reaching for the food while the others are all sitting nicely :)  He'll fit in just fine here- we are an active family!  So, enjoy them with me!

Busy Busy

So it's a busy summer for us.  School has ended, we've showed Yuan Yuan's photo to everyone at school.  We got approved so we began showing it all over FB.  The kids are getting excited.  Now to decide his name...Until we do, we have to move to a new house, Dave goes to Beijing to work on his Masters's, I go to America to see my little brother get married, and then we need to get used to our new community.  And we can't forget to do fun things like play Star Wars Monopoly and go swimming!  Busy Busy, but that's good.  Keeps me from going crazy while waiting for Yuan Yuan...  :)

Introducing Yuan Yuan

This morning was quite exciting as we opened our computer and there before us was our referral.  My computer couldn't open the links fast enough!  As we sat there gazing at his face, the room started shaking.  First thing I thought was wow, i'm a little tipsy from looking at him so long and then realized that we were actually experiencing an earthquake!
We grabbed the kids and ran down the stairs.  by the time we were outside so were all our neighbors.  We were all in our pj's and I was wanting to go back to my computer so bad and read more about our new son.  But alas, when an earthquake of that magnitude hits, you are encouraged not to go back in for quite awhile so we sat visiting with our neighbors and all I am thinking is "we only have 48 hrs to do our LOI!  i must get back in there!".  Needless to say, we did get back in and got the LOI returned.  Now to put all those pics on the desktop and gaze at him some more :)