Sunday, May 31, 2009

Pictures of Lanie's room

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Just wanted to post a few pictures of Lanie's room. It has been ready for her since March of 2007. So it has been waiting on her for some time now. We got her room ready at the same time as we did Bryant's room. We need to adjust the crib to a toddler's bed for her because she will be 3 years old when we finally get her. We hope she will like her room and be comfortable in it.

 

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

UAB online courses

0 comments Posted by Steve, Judy, Bryant and Lanie at 8:04 PM

Well we finally completed our online courses from UAB. Another piece of the puzzle in place. They were very informative about what we should expect when we get our Lanie. She will be confused and not know who to trust. We just have to be patient, because the transition will take some time. We just have to be reassuring and support her in every way possible. It will be a long process, but we believe with God's help we will be able to help our Lanie see that she can trust us and that we love her. We will also have the help of our family and friends. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will get our PRE-APPROVAL from China. Then maybe we will have a better idea of when we will travel. We are shooting for August. No matter when, it will be here before we know it. It has been a long journey but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Updated fee schedule

1 comments Posted by Steve, Judy, Bryant and Lanie at 8:45 PM


Just got our updated fee schedule. Now we know how much new, unbent, freshly ironed hundred dollar bills we will need to take to China. We start on our online course from UAB this weekend. We have to do four sections. Should take about four to five hours. That will be lots of fun. Thankfully we won't have to get re finger printed again. We've been so much the people at the fingerprinting place know us by our first name. We hope to get some updated information on Lanie in a few weeks. Hopefully we get some new pics with her update and we can see how much she has grown. We can't wait to hold her. More later.

 

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Update on Immunization

0 comments Posted by Steve, Judy, Bryant and Lanie at 7:59 PM


We have our first follower to our blog, how exciting. Your not really a bloggger until somebody reads them. Well we talked to the Nurse at the doctors office today and told her where we would be traveling. She said all we needed was a Tetanus shot and Hepatitis A vaccine. What a relief, we thought our arms would look like pin cushions. Nothing new from our adoption agency to report. Bryant enjoys looking at Sissy's picture and giving it sugar. Them two will get along just fine. Slow day, all for now.

 

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

0 comments Posted by Steve, Judy, Bryant and Lanie at 8:56 PM


Not much to report today. We called the doctor to check on immunization shots. The lady told us she had to know exactly what cities we would be traveling in. We don't know why that is important, maybe different parts of China have different things to catch. From the sound of things, it sounds like you have to take a whole medicine chest with you for whatever might come up or out. This part of the trip will not be fun. Looking forward to seeing the Great Wall, and the old architectural buildings. We are going to try and find something that is made in the USA. Probably not going to happen. If we did it probably would be too expensive. Well that's all for now. Stay tuned.

 

Monday, May 11, 2009

Lanie locked in

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Today we received wonderful news. We received confirmation from Michelle that our Lanie had been locked in and she is ours. Hopefully by September we will be traveling to China and bringing her home. It will be quite an experience for us. It will be difficult leaving Bryant, but we know he will be well taken care of and the trip would be hard on him. We have to see about getting immunized and what shots we need. We will talk to a couple about their recent trip to China and get some idea of what to expect. Now we wait for our Pre Approval which we should get in about a month. More to come.

 

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Paperwork to China

0 comments Posted by Steve, Judy, Bryant and Lanie at 7:29 PM


Our case worker has our updated paperwork emailed to China for translation. She will lock in Lanie Abigail on Monday. In approximately one month we should get our PRE-APPROVAL. We are hoping to get our beautiful little Lanie in August or September. We are getting anxious and hope their are no more delays. We are also getting a little nervous about traveling because of the stuff we have read. But we see the light at the end of the tunnel. We know that this is God's will and that this little girl is the one we are supposed to get to complete our family.

 

Saturday, May 9, 2009

This is our Lanie Abigail

1 comments Posted by Steve, Judy, Bryant and Lanie at 10:43 PM


We received our referral photo on Monday May 4th. After having our pediatrician look at her medicals he assured us of what we already knew, that this was our daughter. We called Michelle at our adoption agency on May 6th to let her know that Zhang Kejie ( Chinese name ) was the one for us. We felt that God had chosen this beautiful girl just for us. We hope that she is with us soon to complete our family.

 

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