Another wonderful update this morning! 

The wait is becoming, well, a wait. 

Somehow it was easier when we were rushing around with paperwork.

Better focus on my enormous To Do list, because if this adoption is anything like the other two, I know that it will be time to get on that plane and I’ll wonder what I did for all those months of waiting! 

 

Here’s the update:

 

Samuel is 2 Years 8 Months Old.

Samuel’s nanny wrote this update:

Samuel is just brightening as he grows! I always have funny stories to share about him. One afternoon, after a rain shower, Samuel was playing with the other children in the back yard. The slide on the playground was full of rain water and our dog, Tom, was using it as his drinking bowl. When Samuel saw what Tom was doing he quickly slid down the slide and tried to mimic Tom and lick water out of the “bowl”. I stopped him just in time! Samuel’s innocence and simplicity bring joy to everyone and we are certainly blessed to be able to watch him grow.

 

Update on our Dossier situation…

LOVE our facilitator.

Our dossier to China deadline is October 29th. 

We were delayed a week from what I had calculated (due to the wind being knocked out of us)  and I was told we’d need that extension from the CCAA *for sure*, to buy us a week.

Talked to our facilitator today and he not only,

picked up our Dossier from the Chinese Consulate on Monday,

he also couriered it to our Ministry here in BC the same day!

Our dossier should already be en route to China or even there! 

<BIG HUGE HAPPY GRIN>

Woohoooooo!

They will contact the CCAA on Monday to check and we should know for sure then.  🙂

Now I’m really starting to get excited!

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We set out our care package / Introducing Your New Family box to New Day and it is in China now. 

Once it gets delivered, we will begin our weekly Skype sessions with Samuel.

We are due to “meet” him the first Sunday evening after he “meets” us in photos.

Lots of nerves and excitement over that one.

Andrea, Mama to Emma Lael from ND, has given me some great ideas though.

He’ll apparently know a few English preschool songs and she suggested playdough, bubbles, a tea party and things like that. 

I’m so grateful for her tips.

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Lots going on and every day that goes by I am more and more sure that the best place for Samuel is here.

It’s funny, becasue each of my kids has grown in my heart.

Some grew there in an instant.

Some grew there slowly.

Both ways has resulted in roots that are so deeply planted in my heart that they could not be removed. 

N.o.t. E.v.e.r.

Because if anyone ever tried, it would pull my heart into a million pieces, and each piece would only love them more deeply.

They are my children.

All five of them.

And I love them.

 

 

 

APPROVED! 

Ahhhh that word sounds so good!

We were obedient and He has done what only He could do in the midst of the questions, the doubts, the fears and the bewilderment.

We are so thankful that our government has seen fit to approve us to move forward in making Samuel our very own.

So thankful. 

And so at peace.

Today is the Day – Lincoln Brewster

 

I was up far too late last night when our update came through about Samuel.  It made it easier to go to sleep after having had that snippit of info about him.  Every day I look for updates on the New Day blog, foster home site and their  Facebook page.  Getting this update once a month is like the icing on the cake!  As a family, we are collectively falling in love with Samuel!

 

Samuel is 2 Years 7 Months Old.

Samuel’s nanny wrote this update:

Samuel is agile and cute. The day before yesterday we had a mini Triathlon in the foster home
back yard and he did very well. He jumped and crawled around in the swimming pool, splashing
water with his hands. He ended up splashing not only himself, but all of the children around him!
When Samuel got water in his eyes, he wiped his face and continued to play with the others.
Samuel did brilliantly on the race track. As soon as the signal was fired he raced to the finish as
fast as he could. After the running race we had a crawling race for Samuel and his buddy Joshua
who also specializes on his hands and knees. Samuel is so quick that he raced ahead of Joshua at
first, but he is also so thoughtful that he waited to cross the finish line until Joshua caught up so
that they could cross together. Samuel is now able to go up and down the stairs without the aid
of an adult. He can also climb onto the sofa, eat and take off his clothes independently. Samuel’s
smile and laughter brightens up any day.

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Still waiting and hoping for our provincial approval.  Maybe today?

Our social worker just left (yes, its evening here!) with a signed copy of our homestudy!  Wooohoooooooo! 

 

It just took many, many e-mails & phone calls and many more prayers today, but it’s done! 

Now we wait for our provincial approval on our homestudy (aproximately 1 week turn around). After that we send our entire dossier (packet of all approvals, biographies, reports, etc.) to be authenticated at a notary in Ottawa and to be translated into Mandarin (it takes about a month to have it completed), and THEN, then it can be forwarded on to China!

We will be very close to our October 29th DTC (Dossier to China) deadline, but we should make it! 

Samuel, we are getting closer buddy!

I’m so thankful, I can hardly handle it. 

Your prayers were so incredibly appreciated!

 Obviously, contrary to my worrying ways, NOTHING is too hard for the Lord.  🙂