Moon Festival

We attended the Triad FCC Moon Festival last night.. it was fun. The girls wore their traditional Chinese outfits that I bought them. We were one of 2 families who were there without their child from China. The other family is waiting for a referral. It was so great to see so many beautiful children. Here are some photos of my girls... and maybe one of Josh if he was behaving! :)

LWB cleft trip

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Love without Boundaries is in China now - a team of doctors/nurses and volunteers are there doing cleft lip & palate surgery for 150 children who wouldn't have it otherwise! Talk about making you cry! Get the tissues! This is just beyond cool.

Interested in Adopting?

I would like to encourage anyone who is reading about adoption to take the time to look at our agency's Waiting Children's List. There are some beautiful Waiting Children who need their families to find them. Chao, Jian and Zhong, Li & Yu are all beautiful boys that have stolen my heart... and every one of the children on the WC list is precious and is so deserving of a loving family. Please, take a look. You can join the HFS email group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HFSWaitingChild/ and you can get the password to view the children. I would love to see every child find their family. Tell your friends and family about HFS and their waiting children's list.. we need to help these children's families find them SOON!

DTC!

WooHoo! We're DTC - which in English means, our dossier - the complete package we've been working on since April - has gone to CHINA! The next step is waiting... and waiting for Travel Approval. According to the Almight Roll Call from WCC, the average wait is 69.82 days. That is from the time that China logs in your dossier - commonly known as your LID - Log In Date. SO, we are anticipating traveling after Christmas - unless we get lucky and get TA in time to go before Christmas. But that is highly unlikely. (Not to say I won't pray that it happens!)

So, tonight, I'm sending kisses in the wind to Ning Ning. She's probably already eaten breakfast and is playing with her friends. Does she even know we're coming? In a way, I am glad she's so young that it isn't worrying her! LIKE IT IS WORRYING ME!

I have her photo here on my desktop and looking at it makes me think how much I can't wait to brush her beautiful black hair and kiss her chubby cheeks. Both of our lives - all of our lives - are about to change. It's exciting, scary and every other emotion all at one time!

We plan to celebrate our friend Tonya's Referral & our DTC day soon! What a great week.. so many QT2'ers with good news. Now we need to get those babies HOME!