Wednesday, April 19, 2006
We've spent the last few months
doing our best to prepare for our new
addition, Miss Sophie Lulu! It has been a long and sometimes
difficult
wait since we first saw her precious face on September 7th of
last year.
We finally completed our dossier and it went to China on
February 3rd.
Since we were DTC right after the Chinese New Year, we had an
extra
long wait until we received our log in date, which was March
2nd. By that
time I was just relieved to know that CCAA hadn't lost our
dossier and
that it was officially 'in line' with all the other special
needs
dossiers. At the end of March we traveled to Chicago for a
Lifeline reunion. A great time was made even better because of
the fact that our incredible friends, Lisa and John, and their 3
kids, were in attendance also. They are using Lifeline to bring
home a little girl, Gracie, who is a few months younger than
Isabelle. Chicago was awesome and we relished the opportunity to
thank Karla and Dustin (the international directors at Lifeline)
in person for all they did and continue to do to help us bring
our sweet Sophie home. We have been so happy with this adoption
experience, we think Lifeline is the BEST!! The kids have been
anxiously anticipating their little sister's arrival for months.
Over the winter we went to Build A Bear and built a bunny for
Sophie. The kids picked out the rabbit and I picked out the
clothes ;) I was going to send the rabbit to China in one of her
care packages, but couldn't seem to part with it. We have it set
out as a reminder of our daughter, their sister, who is not yet
home with us yet. Another way we have passed the time is by
sending monthly care packages. I enjoy picking things up for her
here and there and then compiling a package at the middle of the
month. I have tried to include many pictures of us to help her
prepare for the transition, and hope that her nanny is
explaining who we are. It makes me happy to imagine her getting
a monthly package, some things for her and some goodies to share
with her friends. It is all I can do from here to try and put a
smile on her face. We will be moving from Illinois to Georgia in
late May. We have found a new home that has a big yard and side
walks that we think will be perfect for our growing family.
Isabelle and Sophie will share a room and we are hopeful that
they will become the best of friends. It's going to be a crazy
summer but we look forward to becoming a family of eight! |
Our dossier
Lieline reuinon: Lisa, Karla and Stef
Hanging out with friends in Chicago
Care package number 4 |
