Our adoption just got updated to Home at Last Posted about about 7 years ago

We are home!!!! We got home last Saturday night about 5pm. That was about 48 hours after having left our hotel in China for the airport on Friday morning (China time).While exhausted from the journey, we are energized by being back home with our whole family!Things are going well so far as we try to find the new normal and settle in as a family!Thanks for your ongoing prayer, encouragement and ...

Our adoption just got updated to Travel Planned Posted about about 7 years ago

We leave we are leaving this Thursday go get Knox!  We are so excited!

Another Approval! Posted about over 7 years ago

Last week we received approval from USCIS to bring Knox back to the US!Essentially this paves the way for us to not only get our visas, but to apply for his as well! The ball seems like it'll roll pretty fast from this point as there are several things that happen in rapid succession--at least as it relates to the speediness of the adoption process.Thank you all for your support and your contin...

We've been approved by China to adopt Knox! Posted about over 7 years ago

YAY! We learned this past week that China approved our adoption of Knox! Today we received the hard copy of that approval, and now the sprint to the finish line is in sight! We hope that we will be able to travel to China in late January or February. 

Our adoption just got updated to Child Identified Posted about over 7 years ago

We recently have sent out our application to the US Immigration service requesting permission to bring a child into the country and grant citizenship. This process is complex and can take some time, but this is the last document needed to be able to send our dossier to China for review and hopefully acceptance. Now, it's waiting.  Please pray with us for patience and endurance. Our little guy t...

Our adoption just got updated to Child Identified Posted about almost 8 years ago

Our home study is complete! Paperwork is almost complete for the dossier! We are getting there!!!

Getting Closer! Posted about almost 8 years ago

We're this close (put your forefinger and thumb about an inch apart) to having our home study completed & submitted and then submitting a major application!It's a lot of details at this point, but we couldn't do it without you! Thanks for your continued support!

It's becoming real! Posted about almost 8 years ago

Our first "official" envelope of paperwork was sent out to the state for certification and onward! We are so excited!