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Homestudy is now started!

Today I talked to our home study agent and we have a list of what she needs to get our home study done. So all three of us will be going to the doctor next week to get a physical and make sure we are free of disease. We will work on getting the letters of recommendation we need and a updated letter of employment and a new financial statement. As well as new fingerprints and police statement. Also we will start the in home check ups we will need. Soooooo I will be spending the next week running and cleaning. But at least we are STARTED and on our way!
Debby
PS: Today was a "I'm so excited to be getting a new baby" day for Alana day. Her best friend is in China right now getting her new baby sister. We watched the video of their Goctha day and Alana saw her best friend Abigail holding her new sister and she jumped up and threw up her hands and did a dance hollering yeah, yeah, yeah!!!! And was singing a song called" I can hold her, I can hold her".... Then we talked about how someday soon she will be going to China also like Abigail to get her brother or sister and she was so excited.
Tomorrow who knows..... but for today she likes the ideal!

Down Memory Lane 2006 Our Adoption Of Alana

Wow I was looking at pictures of Alana on gotcha day in November 2006 and look at her now! We move forward with this second adoption with so much anticipation and excitement. It brings all the wonder and joy back to me as I look at the pictures of the babies from Taiwan who are waiting for their families and wonder what our child will be like? Who will they be, what will their personality be like. Will they cry on gotcha day, be full of smiles? Or will they be like our Alana ChuanLe who just shut down for 3 days and didn't show any emotion of any sort. Then like the sun rising after a month of darkness on the 4th day she laughed out loud and smiled the biggest smile I have ever seen. Then she looked around like was that me. It was all down hill after that. What a wonderful journey we had and we are so blessed to begin a similar journey again.

Debby

Journey begins! March 17 2008

Well last night we got word that we have been added to the waiting list with a orphanage in Taiwan. We are number six waiting for a little girl but open to a boy also. We asked for a one or two year old. I can't believe we are doing it again! I am so excited. Alana is not to sure how she feels about it. One day she is excited and all she can talk about is getting to hold her baby then the next she just says "no baby mama" and pouts. We are told as soon as we get our home study in we could be matched as they don't go in order. They take 4 of the families who is the best match for the child then pray about it until they get a answer. So it could be as soon as 2 months or as long as the end of the year or longer. We will see. Keep us in your prayers as we start this wonderful journey again!
Life is good!
Rick and Debby