Update....We Have T.A.

Yes. It is true. We have T. A.!! We are happy and excited that we finally have our T. A. However, things are not going as planned. We are still waiting for our tax return from the IRS and that is our travel money! UGG! I am still in shock that we have our TA but we do not have our funds to bring our daughter home. We are in serious need of prayer that God will part the red sea and send us the check from the IRS. We are stuck and cannot move forward with out our tax return. I wish that things were different and that we were ready to travel tomorrow...but that is not how things have gone. This is out of our control and we did ot expect to have this road block. I believe that it is happening for a reason. I believe that this is happening so that we can witness a miracle when God shows up with His provision for us to bring Jaidyn home. We await for our miracle. I believe that it will be a miracle and that we did not get this far to fail. I also appreciate everyone's prayer that we will have our check inour hand to complete our adoption and bring Jaidyn home.

Christmas Pictures of Jaidyn Grace!!!

We just recieved a wonderful update on our daughter Jaidyn Grace with pictures. We sent her a carepackage from http://www.giftstochinawithlove.com/ with a Christmas Tree, cake, stuffed santas, a letter from us, and our pictures. She looks so happy. I am so excited to get these pictures. I am sure that this is probably her very first Christmas Tree and presents. I wish that we were together but I am happy to see that she got them. The carepackage company is very good at getting updates on your child. I hightly recommend them.

Blessings,
Melanie

Win Wii or XBOX 360!!!

We are extending our Fundraiser for Jaidyn Grace...

We will have a drawing for winners choice of a game system in time for the Holidays...

Win a Wii or XBOX 360!!!

Every Donation will go towards bringing Jaidynn Grace home from China. Please consider entering our fundraiser and helping Jaidyn come home to her forever family. She has been waiting to be adopted since 2007 when her file was submitted. She watched her two best friends leave the orphanage with their forever family in 2007 and 2009. We adopted Jordyn in 2007 and Jailynn in 2009. We have prayed for Jaidyn to find a forever family too. We never would have guessed that we were her forever family! We are so excited to have her as our daughter and to grow up with her forever sisters! Please help us bring Jaidyn home!

Blessings
Melanie

Getting Closer! DTC!!!

 
Hello and Happy Holidays to everyone! I am very excited to anounce that we are finally DTC (Dossier to China!!!)!!!!!!

I am just so thankful to everyone that has prayed for our family and supported us as we grow our family. We are one step closer to bringing home Jaidyn Grace and reuniting her with her sisters!! Jordyn and Jailynn are both very excited as we get closer to brining her home. We will likely travel sometime next year to bring her home. We still have a ways to go but I am just so relieved to have the paper chase behind me. This has been the longest paper chase yet. When we first staretd this adoption, I was naive to think that we would have already brought our precious daughter home by now. Well, at least we are done wiht the paper chase anyway. I actually drove to Austin today to our agency to provide one more document that was needed for the package to go to China. I could have just sent it by mail and then we would be DTC next Friday, but I just could not stand to wait another week. I guess that is the adoption hormones flaring up. I wanted to get this done. So I drove to Austin while my children were in school. It was really a good drive because I spent time praying and driving. Well, He actually comforted me through the drive. I met the staff at our Agency including the Director Snow Wu. It was all just really sureal to me and then when they told me the Dossier was actually on the way to China...I just could not help but break down in tears.I had the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders at that moment. Then, on the way home I really praised God and thanked Him that we are over the paperchase. I was the crazy woman worshiping God in the stop and go trafic. I was just so happy and full of joy! So I hope that you will all rejoice with me as we have our DTC!!! We are closer to bringning our girl home!
Blessings!

Sunshine Today!

So, I have not been actively blogging lately in a long while. The reason is because there have just been some major clouds in my way. The dark, grey clouds that look like rain only they are just teasing. No rain, No relief. Finally, Finally there is sunshine in my forecast!!
The reason?
Our homestudy was approved on 9-12-10 which I thought would never ever happen. We had so many hoops and hurdles. But Now it is approved.

And the best news??

The Homestudy and other docs afre on the way to USCIS.

We are one step closer to our Hunan Princess.

We are having a Raffle to help raise the money we need to bring Jaidyn Grace home. For a suggested donation of $5.00 you will be entered into the raffle for 1 ticket. Donate $10 and you will get 2 tickets for a chance to win. Donate $20 and get 5 tickets and so forth. For your generous donation you will have the chance to win your choice of a Wii or Xbox game system and help Jaidyn come home.

Asking for help is always difficult and hard, however, the truth is that we are asking for help. We have been working hard at raising the money we will need to travel to China to bring Jaidyn home. We have had two fundraisers this month and decided that we should have another Raffle. We had a booth at Celebrate Freedom with a Raffle for a game system and raised $700.00. We are excited to have the chance to meet so many people, raise awareness about adoption, and give the game system to a family that were truly blessed to have it. Unfortunately, we did not break even with this fundraiser due to the cost of the table, the purchase of the game systems and other supplys that were needed. However, we believe that we planted seeds for adoption and we had a lot of fun meeting people, face painting for the kids, and enjoying the festival. Due to the need to break even and continue to raise funds we decided to start another Raffle. We hope to have continued support and participation. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity, I know in today's economy every little bit is precious.

We will post a video of the drawing to the blog on August 30th. Good luck!! Please feel free to pass this info on to your friends and family. The more the merrier because we still need to break even for the cost of the game systems!!

While We Wait For Jaidyn to Join Us....

We had some fun hainging out with Daffey Duck and Porky Pig at Six Flags. Jailynn showed Daffey some attitude. I realize that the kids need to watch some old fashioned cartoons to understand who the characters are.  Grandpa decided that the kids needed season passes for six flags again and that we did not go enough last year. Thank You Grandpa!
The Joey Willys fundraiser was a wonderful success and $500.00 was raised for Jaidyn's adoption! Thanks to everyone for the support!!!!