What We've Been Doing ...

Hi Friends!!

Well, it's been a while since we've updated and that is because we are in the longest part of the wait right now with not much to report from the adoption-front.  

If you recall, our dossier was sent to China in June and we were LID as of June 29, 2015.

Log-in-Date is the date that our dossier was registered with the CCCWA 

(Center for Chinese Children Welfare and Adoptions) and it is currently in translation.

So, in the meantime, we twiddle our thumbs and try not to go insane from the lack of news, movement, updates and "what-feels-like" endless waiting.

What have we been doing??

Actually, we've been keeping very busy ...

... working extra hours to allow us to save more money.

... doing odd jobs for friends and family to raise additional funds towards the adoption.

... selling some cool donated items on the blog, Facebook and even eBay.

... AND we've started transforming the kids' bedrooms to accommodate the change between our girls each having their own bedroom to sharing a room.

We had Molly "move out" of her bedroom (temporarily into Brynn's bedroom) while we prepare it to be Molly AND Brynn's bedroom.  The below photo shows what the room used to look like.  

When we adopted Molly, I stenciled the ladybug border because she is our little Molly-bug.  When we adopted Brynn, they shared the room for a while and I stenciled the butterflies because she is our little butterfly.

We gave them the option to do something new to the bedroom and they decided to bid farewell to the bugs and butterflies and say "HELLO" to a Cool New BLUE!!  They even helped PAINT!

Then, Brian (Baba) built a LOFT BED for Brynn.  Molly's bed will be underneath perpendicular to the loft.  This will hopefully provide a little extra space for the girls.

Now to get the room all together!!

We have a couple fundraisers coming up and one going on right now:

We have Molly's Locks -for- Love fundraiser happening right now.  So far, Molly has raised $550 and that equates to 5 1/2 inches of Molly's hair being cut.  Molly is really hoping that she will raise $1,200 and she will have TWELVE INCHES of her hair removed.  We have been told that she likely has enough hair that she will be able to have two donations come from the amount that she will have cut.  Isn't that awesome?

Molly's fundraiser not only helps us to bring home her two brothers from China ... it will also help two children who suffer from hair loss related to a medical diagnosis.

EVERY HUNDRED DOLLARS moves the INCH-O-METER another INCH!!!

We will be having a fundraiser in August where we will be the food-service provider at a local auction.  

In September, we will be having a fundraiser at Hernandez' Mexican Restaurant and when the date gets a bit closer we will begin selling tickets for this event.  If you are in the area and you would like to help us sell tickets and/or reserve a group of tickets, please let us know and/or inquire for further details!

What you can be doing for us:

Please (if you haven't already) begin praying for the remainder of our adoption process, that the paperwork continues to flow smoothly, swiftly and without issue, and that we will continue to raise money and save for our adoption fees.

Please pray for Jonah and Rees - as soon as we receive our Letter of Official Approval, we will be able to post the most recent photo we received of them TOGETHER!!  Then you can use the photo to be praying for them.

Safe Travels - starting now, it would be wonderful if you are praying that all the pieces for the best-deals and smooth, seamless travel will fall into place as we approach our departure for China.

THANK-YOU SO MUCH and stay tuned for our next update!!