Thursday, February 28, 2008

Secret Pal Stikes Again

Another round has ended for one of our groups and Maddie and I got find out our SP. She was so sweet and thoughtful every month she thought of the whole family. Our final box was like having Christmas Maddie was so excited she could not contain herself. Everything was wrapped so neatly and labeled. She thought of everything adorable ladybug scrapbook, China calendar, chocolate covered pretzels (yummy and from Disney:)), china ornament, Olympic tee shirt (way cool from China), ladybug necklace, ladybug parka, ladybug journal books, an adorable outfit with ladybugs for Kinsey.

I am now excited about starting Kinsey's life/adoption journey book I did not know what to use and now I have the perfect book.

We can't thank our SP Nicole enough for everything over the past 6 months. We can't wait to follow her journey to her daughter.

Chinese New Year "Year of the Rat"


Each year we celebrate the New Year by going out and having with Chinese food. Maddie's favorite is soup and then a plate full of noodles with a side of chicken. We went out with some friends Angela, Abigail and Mathew. Maddie and Abigail came home together and over the last year we have become great friends and the girls have become very close.

Also, each year we have made a tradition to go to the local annual New Years celebration at the university for authentic Chinese food and some entertainment. We met some friends down their and the children had fun dancing and watching the big dragons. The program was to last 4 hours there was no way these little cuties were going to hold out that long so we stayed for 2 hours. Maddie likes to hear them speak in Chinese so she was contaent whilke there was entertainment. It was great to see people we had not seen in a long time. Everyone was ready for outdoor fun in the sun.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Well we are in 2/1/2008

Our MCC is offical 2/1/2008 it was faxed to CCAI and we are in line again this time for SN. Now we just sit, wait and pray. Based on the time lines we were given and the age we requested we believe that Kinsey is probably already born (very little) wow I have just been thinking what she looks like and where she might be right now. If she is in the southern part of China she is probably in the cold areas I pray someone is holding her tight and keeping her warm. God Bless our little one and all the other children in China.