Miracles and Mudpies

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

FAQ's about our adoption!

1. Why do we want to adopt? Simply- we want to expand our family. We want a daughter. We want to save a child.

2. Why international? Mainly because orphans in other countries are not in foster homes with access to medical care like here in America.

3. Why China? Several reasons. China has a very stable adoption program. China has a lot of orphans. The travel requirements to China are not as long as they are to some other countries. We have ties to people who have Asian heritages- so our daughter will know people with her same heritage. It is such a blessing to live in a multicultural area!

4. Why an older child? We knew that we would have to keep Noah as our oldest, but Aiden will not care about adding an older sibling. There is a greater need for older child adoptions.

5. What will you name her? We have a list going!! We are taking suggestions. We will wait to name her until we know her age and her Chinese name because we may use it somehow.

Let me know any other questions- and I will do my best to answer them!! Name suggestions and adoption advice is welcome!!!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

We are adding another Miracle!!!

We are happy to announce that we are adopting a daughter from china!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She will probably be between Noah and Aiden's ages.
We are early in the process- and we will be sharing a lot. It will take about a year. We will also be doing some fundraising to pay the adoption expenses- so stay tuned. We are trying not to go into debt for this- and feel like everyone who helps will play a part in getting our daughter home. What an amazing blessing- to help an orphan home.
We are planning to adopt off of the waiting child list for china.

We are so excited, and can't wait to find her, meet her, and bring her home!!!!!!!