Pictures!!

She is growing and I am not there to see the changes. :( Her update reveals that she is really taking off in her development as well. She only said a few words and now she is saying many words and short sentences. I found out that she has been with the same foster parents since she was abandoned. Makes my heart happy that she is being loved and being taken care of so well.
Hope to get my LOA and fingerprint appointment soon.

Spring

Yes, I know we are just barely to winter, but this is what will help me get through the winter. China is lovely in the spring!! It is the motto that a friend and I have right now. :)
This week has been an adventure. It is one I didn't handle well, but I made it to the other side. Our I800a supplements 1 and 3 are now in Texas and hopefully will move very quickly to the hands of my officer so we can get a fingerprint appointment for our son who will soon be turning 18. My hope is that we can get this done before Christmas. We finally found out that we are "in process" so hopefully in 2-4 weeks we will finally have our long awaited LOA! (Letter of approval from China) It has been over 60 days now since we have been waiting for it. But even when we receive our LOA we have to wait until our sons fingerprints are approved before we can go any further in the process. So with the holidays to slow things down and around 12 week wait after fingerprints are approved to get all the steps done to get to Renee, it will probably be spring until we travel.
Below is a song called "Beauty will Rise." There is another song by this same artist called "Spring is coming" but I didn't like any of the youtube videos for it. This is another song he wrote after the death of his adopted daughter. It is a song that has brought comfort after the failed adoption from Nepal. It has that same idea that spring is coming. Joy is coming after the lost. It will rise right from the very thing that once brought pain. It is a song I will be singing all winter long!