We got our LOA!!!!! Hopefully we will be in China by April.I have sooo much to do like clean my house....I guess I am having that nesting thing kick in,good thing! We have asked for updates on Libbie. Last July on her 4th Birthday they said she weighed 30 lbs.I am curious to see how much she has gained. We have been saving all of Kimmie clothes.
The Waiting Child
I saw youmeet your child today
You kissed your baby joyfully
And as you walked away with him
I played pretend you'd chosen me.

I'm happyfor the baby yet inside
I'm aching miserably
I want to plead as you go by,
"Does no one want a cild of three?"

I saw you meet your child today
In love with him before you met
And as I watched you take him out
I knew it wasn't my turn yet.

I recognize you from last year!
I knew I'd seen your face before!
But you came for a second babe.
Does no one want a child of four?

I saw you meet your child today
But this time there was something new
A nurse came in and took MY hand
And then she gave my hand to you.

Can this be true? I'm almost five!
And there are infants here you see?
But then you kissed me and I knew
The child you chose this time was me.

By Debbie Bodie

Gods Heart: Adoption

Here is our Libbie, she is beautiful!!! This was on her 4th birthday in July 2010. Hopefully we will be traveling to go get her in April. Her and Kimmie are 9 mnths apart, it will be crazy and great!!! Please keep Libbie in your prayers that the Lord will continue to watch over her and keep her safe and healthy.

We have our LID,12-10-10!!!! Maybe we will be in China in March or April. We also got Libbie's Christmas presents off to her. We sent a camara hopefully they will take some pictures of her for us. Kimmie was at the same orphanage and we sent a camara and when we picked her up they gave us the camara back I will always charish those pics. Joseph had his eye surgery yesterday, he had a very rough day. Today has been a little better. Thanks for all the prayers!

We are Dossier to China this past Thursday!!! Now we can breathe,and hopefully we will be in China by the first of April. The adoption process this time has been shorter, 12 months this time from start to finish 18 months last time. I just can't wait to get Libbie home!!!!

Okay so I posted Kimmie in the pool twice and I cant get it off. And it wont let me upload another pic. now so I will try back later. Anyway these are the girlies having fun at the beach.

Its been a while. I only have a minute so let me hit the high lights: We are adopting again!!!! This sweet little girl is 9 months younger than Kimmie and is at the same orphanage. We do not have much info. on her except she is missing her right foot. We are all so excited! Kimmie is doing wonderful. She is no longer having eating issues. She ate 3 pieces of pizza the other night!!!! Maria is doing good she is in the process of doing her make a wish, which is the entire family going to China to get her little sister. Joseph is fixing to start karate and getting very big. He is 12 and as tall as me! Alicia has been sick with Mono, but she is better now. We just got back from the beach. What fun we had!!!! Just a little update. I will try and post more later.(much later probably HaHa)

Hello everyone! Its been a while, a long while. We are all doing well. Kimmie for the first time yesterday in therapy, chewed(up until now she has been limited on what she could eat) and also made the sounds like she was trying to count un, eww, eee.What an awesome day. She is doing soooo great I have no idea what we ever did without her. Alicia, Joseph and Maria ask me that all the time. She has brought such love to our family.She has had 2 eye surgery's since I posted last and has the cutest little glasses and is into everything!! She has gained 15 pounds since we got her and is truly a miracle! The Lord has truly blessed our family.

Sorry it has taken soooo long to post we had some camera issues and things have been crazy!! Crazy Good!!! Kimmie is doing so well she laughs and plays. We have been able to go a few places and she has done really great. When we are home she is such a happy little girl. She is now in Speech therapy we are working on chewing and different sensory issues. I think we may be in trouble when she does start chewing ,she loves food!!!! Today I pureed some carrots and she ate and ate and ate, it was so awesome!!! And don't mess with her oatmeal! She played outside today for the first time. So many first are happening it is great to see are flower unfold. And O what a beautiful flower she is. I thank the Lord for giving us such a wonderful gift. Today she had a blast with her cousin and her sister they introduced her to the sit and spin, I thought she would get sick from all the spinning. Thank you for all the prayers please continue to pray for Kimmie the Lord has blessed us all so much!

Home Sweet Home

Hi everyone!! Sorry that I have not posted until now, This jet lag is hard!! We are all doing good. Kimmie is doing much better than I thought. The trip back was 24 hrs, and she only cried about an hour. She did excellent. Mom and Dad on the other hand were about to go crazy! We were sooooooo ready to just be home. Kimmie went to the doctor today and we found out she has a ruptured ear drum, but all the infection is gone. Thank the Lord! So now we have to go get some lab work and will be stating speech therapy in a couple weeks. We really have to get her to swallow and chew better so that she can eat and drink, she is dehydrated and would feel so much better if she was not so weak. She really has taken to her brother and sisters and of coarse they are eating it up. I will try to post again in the next few days and add some pictures now that we are home.

NEXT STOP: HOME!

Our day started off kinda tough, Kimmie woke up really having a hard time. As the day has ticked by she has done better. We went out around lunch and thought we would try and eat out for the first time since we got Kimmie. We chose to eat at Lucy's a place that serves American food and we could eat outside. She did Great and she loves food. We have to give her small pieces but so far today she has had strawberry pop tart, and then at Lucy's she had french fries (her fav.) some cucumber and tomato. She also had toasted cheese. We had a really pleasant lunch, it was a great way to spend our last day here. Please pray for Kimmie as we fly home tomorrow I know she will be scared and her ears and throat are better but not completely well yet. The next time we post we will be home thanks so much for all the prayers!!!!!!!

Doing Much Better!!

Hello everyone, we have had a really good day today! First we went for our morning walk and Kimmie got to go to the fountain that she likes and we got pictures this time.

Isn't she a cutie!!!! Later in the morning we ventured off the island were we are staying and went into the city. it was great. And then this afternoon we received all of our paper work including Kimmie's passport so we are finally going to get to come home!!!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong I have really enjoyed it here and we got our beautiful little girl.God is Great!!!!!!!!!!!!! But now I am ready to come home. Also we found out that Kimmie likes french fries with ketchup( is there any other way??)She doesn't really chew so we have to give her tiny pieces. Look out McDonalds here we come!!

! O yeah, Daddy and I got kisses! How GREAT is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Things are going really wonderful thank you all for your prayers and support ! Kimmie has come soooo far in such a short time and I know that the Lord will mend her heart. She is such a gift.

Prayers are being Answered!!

Hey! First thing to tell you all, is that we put Kimmie to bed in her crib last night, five minutes later, she climbed out and got in bed with us.

We went to get her visa picture, and physical this morning. The physical was rough, Kimmie had to get six immunizations, ouch! Kimmie got more antibiotics for her throat.

We went shopping for two hours, while Kimmie napped on Mommy. Kimmie went to sleep with our Cantonese dictionary, we took it out of her hand and put it on the night stand, she got up, got her book, got back in bed and went to back to sleep.

Enjoy the pictures of Guanzhou streets.

Thank you all for your encouraging words and prayers!!!!!!!!

GZ Streets