What a big boy!!!

We got an update on Audie and oh my is he a big boy!! He is 103 cm and 17 kgs!! I think I will have to take back the 3T pants I have and get 4T instead. He just turned three!! We are so excited to being so close to bringing him home. Oh, how I can hardly wait to meet him and get to know his personality. What a trip this will be!!!

Anna and Avery are getting very excited about traveling and are ready to pack their suitcases. Sister Bear says that she is going to be Daddy's helper and go to the duck park and big girl school. Oh, I will miss my little girl. Even though she can be quite the PITA sometimes! ;)

Enjoy the new pictures and I will update the blog as often as possible in China.

Becky

Dare we say????

We're going to China!!!!! We were tentatively going to go on Dec 16th with the whole gang, but the darn stingy airlines had doubled the airfare. This left us with a really hard choice-there were three options.

1. All of us go and have about $1o K of debt afterwards. This about made my husband have a coronary!!!

2. Steve and I go and leave the girls here with his parents. This was not an option for me, be away from my girls on Christmas??? No Way, No How!!! Of course, I know Audie is in a great SWI and is loved dearly.

3. I travel alone in January to bring him home. Of course, I really couldn't disappoint Anna and Avery so they are coming with me!! I know I'm traveling by myself half way around the world with a 5 and 4 year old to adopt a 3 year old. Call me crazy, but I know we will have a wonderful trip of a lifetime!! I know the girls will help with Audie a ton and don't they have happy hour in the hotels each night?

So, we are leaving on January 7th and visiting Anna's first SWI, then going to Hangzhou and then Guangzhou then H~O~M~E!!!! Daddy, Allison and Alenia will be staying home with the dogs. Allison cannot miss more school and Alenia is already excited about being Daddy's helper when we're gone. She loves school and as much one on one time as she can get, so I think she will do well. I hate to leave her, but I am at peace that she will be at home with Daddy.

Audie's Family Day will be January 12, 2009 @0900!!! Yippee! Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers for a smooth transition. We will then go and visit his SWI the next day and the rest of the time we have minimal appointments. There will be lots of bath time, coloring, playing in the room, going to the park and SHOPPING!!!! Oh, how I love to shop in China. I will be buying many items for LWB's Art Auction in April.

Stay tuned and I will update you as we go and I will do my best to blog in China!!

Becky

TA!!!!

We finally received our TA last Tuesday!!! We are so excited. The girls and I were doing the TA dance and song!! I don't think they really knew what this meant, but they were happy to join in.
We are now awaiting our CA appt and then we can book airfare and actually make our paper chain to help the girls count down and go get our boy!!

It is definitely going to be different having a little boy after having four girls!! I'm thinking Super Hero/Princess Tea Parties???? Dinosaurs getting a make over???? Trucks delivering much needed supplies of bottles and diapers to three little girls and their babies???? At the very least it will be interesting to watch!

Becky