Say you will love me forever...: May 2011

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About Caleb

July 2009 UPDATE: Caleb is quite possibly the cutest 4 year old Chinese boy ever. Really. This is truth. Granted, this IS his mom speaking...but I will say that others have confirmed this as well!

At the time I began this blog, the following was about all we knew of Caleb. I'm happy to say that we know much, much more about him now. We are growing more and more in love with him each day.

Caleb is a three year old boy living in an orphanage in Chengdu, China. He was abandoned at a temple when he was three days old. He has a repaired cleft lip and palate and has never known the love of a family or the name of Jesus. We are waiting for the day we can bring him into our home. He already has a place in our hearts.

Psalm 139:15-16 "My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."

About Me

I have been married for 16 years and my husband still makes me laugh every day. He spends his days working as a physical therapist but would really love to hang out at home with the rest of us all day. We have four children and one waiting for us in China. My kids are either making me laugh our making me crazy-o. My goal is to have more laughter than not each day and even if it makes it by .001% then I'm calling it a good day. I homeschool our kids even though I swore I never would. Our family is looking less and less like the "norm" and I'm ok with that. I kind of like it.

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Adoption Timeline for Caleb

3-04-08 see Caleb's file for the first time
3-06-08 while we are praying about the little boy on our computer screen, another family puts his file on hold
3-12-08 Caleb's file becomes "open" again and we feel God has clearly called us to adopt him.
3-25-08 we officially accept the referral of Ji Ru Ping, age 2 (although he is reallly almost 3 by this time)

LOI (Letter of Intent): April 21, 2008
Family Fun Night/Silent Auction at church: May 2, 2008
PA (Pre-Approval): May 20, 2008
Homestudy Complete: June 30, 2008
i800A submitted: July 3, 2008
i800 fingerprinting: September 4, 2008
i800A approval: October 3, 2008
DTC (Dossier To China): November 10, 2008
LID (Log In Date): November 14, 2008
LOC/LOA (Letter of Acceptance/Approval): February 26, 2009...exactly 100 days after our LID
i800 approval: March 27, 2009
US Consulate Approval: April 16, 2009
TA (Travel Approval): May 27, 2009
CA (Consulate Appointment): June 22, 2009
Leave for China: June 9, 2009
Return home: June 24, 2009

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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