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We were pleasantly surprised that tiny P was able to sleep through the night last night… we were told that, according to her schedule, she had several bottles throughout the night, and she did wake up a little and drink some water out of a bottle, but she never cried and each time she went…

We have our little girl! I will share more about tiny P’s family day soon, but for now I leave you with pictures… Our girl is grieving SO hard, would you please say a prayer for her? She is miserable and she is sick, but she is beyond adorable… And just like that… we are…

We went to bed early last night, and woke up excited this morning…because today is the day we meet our tiny P! We went to breakfast, and now we are just waiting… It is 10am on Monday morning here is China, and we meet our girl in FIVE hours! We have our gifts ready for…

Four months ago today we received our provisional approval from China saying that we could move forward in adopting tiny P… And tomorrow, we are going to meet her! A lot has happened in the past four months, and we are excited to see what the coming months will bring.Eucharisteo …giving thanks before the blessing…

Since we will be in China during little M’s half birthday, we celebrated her half a little early… She didn’t mind a bit! We also wanted to give her a special gift before we left… We usually do one half birthday gift, but this time we had two… this necklace showing “I love you” in…

The bags are packed and we are ready to head out! These two are super excited about all the goodies in their backpacks… Little M and I did our toes for the occasion. Yes, they have China maps…thank you, Jamberry! We also have something very special packed away for Tiny P… This quilt was made…

This girl is so good at first grade. She loves learning, and I love watching her learn… She walks in so confidently every day, and it makes me smile to watch her greet all her little friends and the teachers. She loves school. She loves life. She is so excited to get to her sister…

Our baby J has two weeks of preschool under his belt now… We were gearing up for a difficult month, or at the very least, a difficult first few weeks, but our boy has done very well! Baby J had a difficult Summer… we cut back on a lot of his sensory therapies since he…

One week from today we will be meeting our tiny P! We are leaving this Friday… yes, in four days (Four!), well before the crack of dawn. We are flying to Hunan province, which is the same province our baby J is from. Our tiny P is from a different region and a different orphanage,…