Progress

This is Meina's Crib which I set up in my room. Ramzie contributed all of the animals/friends
on the left.

These are the shoes I have in size 2-4. Mike tells me there is another Tote up above labeled 12-18 month shoes. (I may indeed need to pull out that ladder)

This was part way through the progress.

Another of the Crib items.

Big sister "helping".

Kind of complete.

Ramzie and I got to spend the weekend with my mom and dad. It was great to see them- we had not seen them since the Christmas Break. Between that and the Olympics I have not been the most productive around here with getting things ready for Meina.

So today, I dove in. Here are some pictures of the progress so far. I spent most of the day washing clothes I had packed away. It was fun to see all the fun things. I forgot how small 12 month olds are!

I have a Dresser on order and need to go through Ramzie's Closet to fit these items in the hanging area.

I guess some of her princess dresses will need to be put in a toy bin not hung.... lol.

It feels good to be doing something- only wish I would get an update on her.

Busy

Hi there-
Now that we know we have another daughter, we have SO MUCH to do. Over the past 3+ years we have slowly put away all of the "baby" items. Now I want to get them all out and get things set up RIGHT NOW! Slight problem is that Mike is away and most of the stuff is up in the attic in large bins. I could go up there.....ewe!
Anyway, I set up the crib in my room, and am working on some of the clothes- sorting and such. The two girls will eventually share a room, but we plan to keep Meina in our room until she transitions to being part of a family. Plus, Ramzie is a light sleeper and I would much rather be up with one kiddo than two at night.
We also sent off a couple of care packages to Meina on Monday. I am hoping that she gets them and the Nannies give her extra attention to keep her well until we get her!
In the meantime I will keep researching her area of the world, keep preparing to bring her home and most of all, keep praying that she is safe and cared for until we bring her home!

Love to all,
Joanie

This is Meina!

So Cute!

This is my favorite!

She was Born 4/16/2009- The Year of the OX!




What a rollercoaster ride this journey has been. The call TOTALLY caught us of gaurd. We were starting to resign ourselves to the idea that we would be a family of three instead of four. I was even discussing with one of my friends selling all of our baby stuff.

Funny how things work. We are blessed!

We hope to travel in April or May. We have a few more paperwork steps and approvals before then. I better get busy!

Joanie

CNY 2010

We had a wonderful time. The girls were so fun and Ramzie sang "Go the Distance" and also sang three songs in Mandarin with the other children. I am one proud mama.

Joanie

Missing Mike

We had a great weekend last week with Mike home. This week has been pretty hard though. R is wanting to sleep with me every night- saying she will be too lonely at night. She hasn't been sleeping through the night for a while again. She was doing so well but she is kind of off kilter without her dad around. Quite frankly- so am I! I cannot wait until the middle of April when we are all a family again. Tomorrow we are going to celebrate Chinese New Year with our FCC group. This is the first year in 5 years that Mike and I are not going together.....
We are taking a friend of R this year so she will have fun. Well that is all I have right now.
Joanie

Happy Birthday

We had a wonderfull Valentine's Day. Mike was home for a few days so we had Ramzie's Birthday Party and some quality family time. He left this morning :-(

Today Ramzie and I are going to her Daycare to celebrate Chinese New Year with lunch. The are so sweet to celebrate every year. Here are pictures from the weekend.

Still here....

Well here it is the 3rd day of Febuary and we have not had any news on the adoption front. Mike has been in training and away from home for almost 7 weeks now and we are surviving..... Barely. Ramzie and I miss him ALOT. Of course we have had a snow filled January just to make it extra interesting. Lol. Not much of an update, but that is all I have at this point.

Goodnight