One step at a time....

Here's some more good news - I got the call from immigration today that our request to switch our Addendum 3 form from an infant girl to an older boy has been granted! It was processed today. So happy and thankful!!

After this form, the next immigration form to process will be "requesting a specific child". That one takes longer to process according to our agency. Our guess is maybe a month or so.

Just for fun, here is our silly daughter eating a stick of butter (she didn't really eat it) that I have been meaning to post by now. Cracks me up.

More pictures

Here are the rest of the updated pictures of our adorable (in my biased opinion) son. The one on the bottom is from late November, a couple of weeks ago. He is getting so big. The rest of them are from August of this year. I'll keep this post short and sweet. Goodbye for now.

Super excited for Santa

Yesterday, we took Ms. sassafras to see Santa himself in the flesh. Oh, and of course, his lovely wife, Mrs. Claus. We were standing in line and Ms. sassafras was literally jumping up and down in anticipation. She was very professional about things - it was all business, you know. Old Saint Nick asked, "What is your name?" She told him. And then he whispered something in her ear. She whispered back, "An easy bake oven, what else, Ma?" Too cute. Motherbird gave her a few more suggestions and he concluded by giving her a goody bag and of course a candy cane. She was just thrilled. I could feel the positive energy pouring out of her. She told us that she loves Santa SO much. And now that she met him, she will REALLY listen to mommy and daddy so that she's sure to get a visit by the jolly fat man on Christmas Eve. Okay, so I believe that. For about ten minutes...

Oh well, we love her to death anyway.

At three years old, she continues to amaze me at the comprehension and processing in that small sized brain. She asked me why we celebrate Christmas. I told her it was the day Jesus was born and He is our Savior. You know, that book that we read every night. "Yes, mommy, I know now." Sweet child.

An update and excited parents!!!

On Monday, November 30th, we got an update on our son! We were thrilled to get more information and pictures. He is in first grade primary school, just what we were hoping. The main language in Guangzhou is Cantonese, and in the schools he is taught Mandarin. With our sister-in-law going on the trip, she will be able to converse with big brudder in Mandarin, which is such a blessing. And daddy and myself need to start learning some Mandarin too!

Oh, and he likes fish (yay - just like his dad) and meat and chili peppers! Motherbird really needs to work on her cooking skills. Hmmm, another thing to add to the list. I think I am going to be very grateful for Chinese take out! He doesn't like green vegetables, hehe. He likes to kick balls which is great, since he will be entering a family that is MAJORLY sports dominated on the male side. He also knows that he is in the adoption program and waiting to be adopted. We will send a care package soon with match box cars (amongst other things that I need to figure out - any suggestions are appreciated) and a photo album describing his new family and surroundings which will also be written in Chinese so that his foster parents can read it to him. One more thing - he likes things that he has never seen before or played before. It looks like we have an adventurous boy on our hands!

Here are a couple of the pics that we received. This has been an amazing process. Best of all, we are able to change this little boy's life. And isn't that what life is all about?