Too Cute!!

She is growing up too quickly!!!!

Halloween

In case you are wondering what Annabel was for Halloween. We think it is "My Little Pony". Or did My Little Pony have a horn on her head? Well, let's just call her a pink Unicorn. A friend gave it to me and I just thought it was the cutest costume. She always looks so pretty in pink.

My little girl is in pre-school

Annabel started preschool a few weeks ago. She qualified for early intervention due to her speech. She absolutely loves it. She waits by the door each day that she is scheduled to go and waits patiently for the bus. When she sees it she screams with excitement. The first day she was so excited to get on the bus but then she realized I wasn't coming with her. I snapped her photo. She kind of has the deer in the head lights look. She did fine though. She has already gone on her first field trip too. She visited a farm and was able to pick out a pumpkin as well as pick fresh apples off of the trees. It is a real blessing that she gets to take a bus to and from school as well. We feel very fortunate. It allows me some very special time alone with Jacob a couple day a week to continue working on our bonding.

One year with Annabel

It has been so special spending our one year anniversary of receiving Annabel here in China. I cannot believe she has been with us for an entire year. Time goes too fast and it has taught us to value each and every day with our children. All to soon they will be grown and gone. My favorite new song is "Cinderella". I am sure it is true for many of you as well. It just reminds me each day is a gift and not to spend too much time worrying about what the future holds but rather to enjoy the day God has given me. We love you precious Annabel. You have blessed our lives more then you will ever comprehend. I thank God every day for you and I am so grateful that your China mama did such a kind act of love by making it possible for us to raise you. Thank you for loving us back unconditionally.

Headed for China

This will be my last post on Annabel's website for at least a few weeks. I invite you to visit www.journeytoourjacob.blogspot.com to join us in welcoming our newest little addition, Jacob, into the family. Our family will be bonding with him over the next couple of weeks in China and would love for you to follow our journey. Be sure to leave comments so that he will one day learn how many people have prayed for him along the way.

TA for Jacob is here!!!

Jacob's TA is here. We will most likely be leaving in about 2 weeks. Yea!!!!!

LOA for Jacob is here!!!!!

I just posted on Jacobs website but I had to post on this one as well. I am so thrilled....I just got the email from our agency that our LOA (Letter of Acceptance) has arrived. That means that China has given us the final YES that Jacob is indeed going to be coming to the USA to be our son. I am so excited I am crying right now. We are praying that we will be leaving in 6-8 weeks to meet him. Oh my...I have so much to do. We had our first garage sale this past weekend and have the next two weekends to do the same thing. We are still working on finishing up our funds to travel and obviously have a lot to do before we board a plane. Thank you God for this little boy. Thank you for trusting us to raise and care for him. We feel so blessed right now. I knew when I went to bed last night we would hear something today and haved checked the computer all day long. Literally every hour I was checking my email. I finally emailed our agency at 9:45 tonight hoping to get an reply in the morning. Our agency rep was at home checking her email and sent us a reply right back that she received it and it was already in over night mail to us. I will have it in the morning, have to sign it and get it overnighted back to her. Keep us in your prayers. We still have a lot of funds to raise over the next few weeks. Two adoptions in less then 12 months has been a financial stretch for us. But God has taken care of all of our needs and will continue to do so. I am off to bed now...Like I will really be able to sleep!!!! haha I am so thrilled. Jacobs birthday is in three weeks. I am praying for Travel orders before his birthday. What a wonderful gift for us that would be.