Picture Perfect

I hope that one day, this precious daughter of mine will know how much we loved her and ached for her when we have never met her. She did have 3 videos of her when she was on Lifeline's page and that was a huge treat to watch. We froze a few frames to at least steal a few still photos of her but its not the clarity and quality of just a snapshot. We haven't had a still photo of her besides her file photo at 13 months of age.  I haven't gotten any new pictures ever during this process.Until last night!

I know I have gushed over my social worker but I want to talk about 2 other amazing ladies. I want to write this down so I never forget these details. Andrea and Amy are 2 precious people in this process. They can be my biggest advocates during this time. They have both adopted and know the crazy feelings that are par for the course. I can ask them anything and they will answer or find the answer.
They have been vital to me. That is not an exaggeration.

Well, last night, I got a text followed by and email from both of them with 3 of the most special pictures. I, finally, got some sort of response from my care package. Praise the Lord! They also said once I was logged in, they will answer my questions. So, we are now praying for a quick next few steps!

I love these pictures. She is working so intently on this links. She can have the most serious face sometimes. That is one thing I loved about her profile picture. I wonder whats she like? Serious, studious and quiet?Hard working yet lively? Is she a problem solver? Soon, my questions will be answered! I have even had a 5 or 6 people tell me that we favor a touch. How good is our God? He knits together perfect fits!
The 1st two pictures is her file picture at 13 months. The last 3 are from last night! My baby girl is growing!

I love her so!

Did you think I forgot??

Holy Moly! Its been 5 months since I last posted. I am so sorry! to my defense, I did sit down one night and wrote post and then it wouldnt post. I then got frustrated and went to bed.
I am sure you are wondering what is going on with us and with our little Anna Corinne!

Since my last post,
We are done with our home study! yehaw! but I will say..I miss our social worker! I loved her so. She just made me happy..and calm...
Clark and I both went to the Immigrations office in Atlanta and had our biometric prints completed.
Our next step is waiting to get Logged In To China.
Please pray with us that this will go quickly! I hear from some stories about it being quick and some taking longer. Well, IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 9 MONTHS SINCE I SAW HER BEAUTIFUL FACE AND I'M OVER IT!! Ok, Maybe not quite that dramatic but it seems like in our journey, everything just takes a little bit longer than others. One thing that does give me peace is that I know God has this timed more perfectly than I could dream of. But in the mean time, this momma is going crazy!

In January, Clark, the kids and I mailed Anna Corinne a care package for Chinese New Year. We had a blast getting it together and had several little gifts from a couple of close friends to include in it! We are so thankful for our supportive friends and family. This child is loved more than she can imagine!
Katie wanted to make her "box" pretty so my sweet thing wrapped it with wrapping paper! We hope AC loved it!
We included a Lovie (panda), candy canes and toddler snacks, 2 outfits and 2 bows,a precious hat and a photo album with our pictures in it, a camera for her nanny (hopefully we will get some pictures!) with 2 memory cards. We hope she recieved it and that she will begin to see our faces and know she is loved!
On this note, we also included 10 questions. We havent gotten responses back:( This has been so hard on me. We know its not a sure thing but most orphanges do respond. We are hoping AC isnt in one that won't respond. We have requested resubmitting of questions. We pray we hear soon! I need to learn more and to see some new pictures!

 

 

Also, way way back in January, we went to a Chinese New Year Celebration with area adoptive familes! It was a blast! It was such a precious time of fellowship. I am thrilled at the idea of Anna Corinne being there with us next year.  A picture of us from the eveing is below:

 

 

Finally, I am updating the prayer list on the upper right. We would certainly appreciate your prayers.