Who I am sewing for

Our agency does not allow us to share the photos of our children online in public forums and such.  This makes me so sad because I am sooo in love with her little face and want to share it with the world.  It also makes it hard for strangers who just stumble across our blog to trust that there is a little one waiting for us and that we are not just some scam artists looking to make a buck. :(  I have a photo that I was using in places that is not her entire face but I think it is enough to get the idea of what she might look like. :)  I can tell you this, she is in Southern China and is 3 years old but will turn 4 before we travel.  She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and entered the SWI at approximately 8 months old unable to sit, crawl or even hold her head up.  In the time she has been there though she has made great strides.  We do not expect a perfect child when we travel, nope, far from it.  In fact, I was expecting a child with more disabilities then I think she may have, if our update from last November is correct.  I was looking at wheelchair or a walker at the very least, and now it is said she is walking on her own.  I think our 7, almost 8 year, old will be in for a surprise at how much her little sister can get into too.  No matter what her level of ABILITY is we are in LOVE and are prepared to help her be the best little person she can be.  If all she amounts to is a lump on the couch she will be the best, cutest little lump there ever was...I have a feeling though she will be a lot more than that!!!!!

And so we wait

Wow, by the time we travel to China for our little one I will be an expert at waiting!!!  We seem to hit a snag at every step and have to wait for this, that, or another thing before we can move on to the next step.  SIGH

At this point we are finished with our home study.  We made it through our state review, and submitted our I800a application.  We received a RFE (request for evidence) from USCIS/NBC and have been fingerprinted.  We are now just waiting to see if our home study addendum has arrived on our assigned officer's desk and that our prints are in the system so we can get that all important approval and be able to be DTC (dossier to China) before the end of the month.  I am seeing days being ticked off the calendar though and starting to think that might not be possible.  So I guess I will just wait some more and hope for the best.

I have some exciting things to offer for sale but need to find the time to get it all photographed and posted.  I have received some AMAZING donations of items as well so keep watching, if I can get to it tomorrow I'll consider myself a rock star.  LOL (I have so much going on these past few days that if I get this done by then it will prove I can do it all)

So please hang in there and wait, while I wait.  :)