A Massage & some Luggage :)

Today Josh and I celebrated our 9th Anniversary! Wow... what a day! Dropped the kids off at school, grabbed some breakfast and headed over to Bumble Lane for a 90 minute couples massage.  I love that MAN!!!!  It was awesome.  I  can't stop thinking about when we celebrate the big 10 - our precious Laidyn will be here with us. 


Then of course we ran some errands and ended up at Burlington to find some discounted luggage.  Found 2 awesome pieces perfect for travel to China - hard cover and feather light.  We were getting worried since the max weight from what we are hearing in like 25lbs.  Ugh - how will I ever make that happen!


Anyway... just got excited today to buy our first item specifically for the trip.  Yeah!! 


Talk to you all soon!
Kel

Video!

Ahhh! We have video of Laidyn! Nothing could be better. Even though she is literally crying in all four videos... it's such a blessing to see her move, hear her voice and watch her interact. I can already tell that she is a calm child but when she is upset... watch out! If you go to my FB page you can view the videos. I have not figured out how to save them to my computer - it just won't let me - darn it!

Other news... everyone keeps asking when will we travel. It's still up in the air but all signs are pointing to us getting our TA (travel approval) around October 20th. Which means we should be in China approx. 2 weeks after that - so potentially we could be in China as early as early November. As each round of the last few approvals come in, we will have a better idea.

Keep ya posted!
Kel

LOA!!!!!

Our LOA has arrived!!!! Our agency called this afternoon and fedex'd it to us tonight. We will have it in our hands by tomorrow afternoon. Our LOA is the paperwork that we have been waiting for to move forward with the adoption. Now we have to file a few things and wait for travel approval from China which we will hopefully get by November!! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE EVER RECEIVED! BeiLei Song (Laidyn BeiLei Wilson) is officially ours!

I have to admit Josh, Brennan, Noah and I did the dorkiest dance and little jump when we found out the news... it was one of those family moments I will never forget. :)

Now I can post some pictures! So here she is - our beautiful daughter! Thanks to all of you for your support, love and prayers. Please continue to pray for a speedy paperwork process over the next couple of months.

Taken August 2011

Taken April/May 2011

Taken Spring 2010

LOVE TO EVERYONE!!!!!! Thanks for your constant support and prayers!!! Keep following the blog!
Kel

We have pictures and an update!!

Hey everyone!!! We received two new pictures of Laidyn on Saturday and three more pictures from the agency this morning! We cannot tell you how excited we are to have these!! I can't post them just yet, but as soon as our LOA arrives - hopefully in about a week I will be able to post.

In the first set of pictures she was not very happy - poor baby is crying up a storm. We should have some video too in a couple of weeks. She had been taken from her foster home and brought to the orphanage so she was probably very scared. An amazing family who is in China right now requested to visit with her and several other children while they were picking up their daughter. What a blessing that family has been to us!

The second set of images was sent to us by our agency. These are of her playing with some of the toys we sent in her care package. We can't wait to show them to you - she is sooo cute!!!!

Continue to pray, if you will, for our LOA to arrive soon!
Love Kelly

Day 100 Waiting

Well tomorrow will be the 100th day of waiting for our LOA - double the average time. I just wanted to post a quick prayer request. Please pray for our paperwork to be expedited over the next two weeks. We are desperately hoping for our LOA to arrive by 8/29. We were told it should in the review room now, but that has not been confirmed yet. Please send your prayers!

Love to everyone and thanks for all of your support!
Kelly & Josh

Update on Laidyn!

Hey everyone... we just received a great little update on Laidyn. No new pictures yet - they are still working on that. They indicated that she will need to be at the orphanage to get the new pictures taken - hopefully that will happen soon! So the good news:

She is still happily living with her foster family and is still very quiet and somewhat shy.

She weighs 22lbs (gained 2lbs since the last update).

Height - 32 inches tall (grew 4 inches since the last update).

48cm for her chest and head.

She has 8 teeth (6 new ones since our last update).

She is officially walking and talking a bit.

Her foster family did get our care package and they are showing her our pictures - she points and recognizes us as her American Family and calls us Mama and Baba(Daddy).

YEAH!!! Josh and I were both crying! Poor Josh was chocking up while on the phone with the agency!

Small bit of info, but so wonderful to get, especially the personal info! Have a great day - love to all!!!
Kel