This is another picture of our little man. I told Ron that since his outfit matches the original baby's room, we could just leave him in the pink room. I probably don't need to write that we are painting a room blue and green. I will try to explain what happens in the process now. I admit that I find it very confusing myself. If someone was just starting the process and chose a baby from the waiting list, it would take five months for to be able to get him. We have had a dossier in China since December so we should be farther along in the process. Just how far along depends on how much time it takes them to find our dossier since it is mixed in with the people who went the regular referral route. From the time they locate our dossier and give the "okay" for us to adopt him, we will then have to wait for travel approval. Right now travel approval is averaging about 45 days. After travel approval, our agency books our travel arrangements and we leave in about two weeks. To summarize, if they found and approved our dossier today it would still be a couple of months before we travel. That is unless, God has other plans which is not unusual. I hope this explains why we are so vague when people ask us when we are going to get our little boy. Pray with us that we will not have to wait long and that God will give us patience while we wait.
Ron and Julie have been matched with a child. Here is the big surprise...it's a BOY! His name is Yang Fu Guang and he is ten months old. He lives in the Yunyang Chengxiang orphanage in the Yunyang province of Chingqong, Sichuan, China. This is the best photograph we have of him at this time.We are so thrilled! We had been discussing going back to China in a couple of years and adopting a son from the special needs list. God had other plans. We saw Guang and felt like God was telling us that he is the one for us. So we will have our son first. We are very happy! Ron is already planning baseball practice. We will save all the pink stuff for a little girl in the future and start making plans for our little guy. I don't mind at all getting to decorate another baby room. We are thinking he looks like a "Nathan" but are not totally decided on his name yet. Please pray with us that our travel approval will come quickly and we will be able to get our baby boy soon. We are very grateful to finally have a timeline to plan for. All the waiting will be worth it when we get our baby home.
Liberty and Ranger
We adopted a Blue Merle Shetland Sheepdog a couple of weeks ago. She is a charming little girl. She loves Mulan and chases her through the house. She is getting along well with the other dogs and enjoys being with Ron and I most of all. We have named her Liberty. Liberty has ended up being quite the wild little thing so we decided to keep one of the puppies from the recent puppy litter we had so they can keep each other company. We have named him Ranger and he is a mellow little guy who looks quite a bit like his father, Sergeant Major. Liberty and Ranger are the best of buddies.
