Sunday, July 29, 2007

Uncle Al


Alex is going to be an uncle! One of our older daughters is expecting a baby in January. Last month they sent us the baby's first picture. DH said to her "Wow, what a cute baby!"

We can't wait! We're also imagining the day when we have to explain, yes they are all ours...these two are our children, and this one is our grand-child. This coming week DD has the sonogram appointment where they should be able to tell her the gender. I can't wait to find out if I'll be busy buying more baby boy clothes, or more baby girl things. What fun!

On the China adoption front, the CCAA (official government body in China that handles all the international adoptions) announced this week that they have completed the review of all dossiers received in June, 2006. That means our dossier went through review without a single question. Completing review means we've been approved for adoption. Next step is referral. We have six and a half months of other applicants in line in front of us, so referral is likely to be still some time away. We're still hoping that it will happen in 2008.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Something to smile about

A year ago we were in the throes of waiting for the court process in Taiwan to end. We had been receiving monthly updates about Alex for five months, and were anxious for a decree that would let us fly to Taiwan and bring him home. Month after month we received photos of a very serious baby.




We wanted to see him smile. DH said it best when he said that he was anxious to have him home so we could give him something to smile about.


What a difference a year makes!


The boy is in perpetual motion, a giggle and a grin accompanying just about everything he does.


Sunday, July 15, 2007

Summertime Fun



We're having fun in the summer. Here are just a few random shots from the last couple of weeks. Alex modeling his new sunglasses, which much to our surprise he leaves on his face. Alex eating his first ice cream cone. And check out the new Tonka truck. This is the biggest dump truck Tonka makes. It wasn't home 24 hours and he'd figured out he could get in it and go for a ride. He was in heaven.