Travel Blog!

I will be posting from a different blog while in China.
Please click on the link to follow our journey in China.

http://www.myadoptionwebsite.com/khloei/index.htm

Our Travel Dates Are Feb 25th- March 13th Thank you for all your prayers.
And Please continue to pray for us and our sweet little daughter.

just a few days left!

Well we are getting excited. Just 3 days left we leave Thursday Feb 25th. We meet our daughter Sunday Feb 28th and will be home Saturday March 13th. I am really going to miss my kids and being at home, but I can not wait to meet Khloei. Well we are mostly packed and just spending these last couple days doing some family things together. My son seems to be doing OK. Sometimes he is real excited about all the things we have planned for him. Other times he is sad, and a bit cranky. But I think he will do good. he asked me to hug the computer while we are on skype and I said yes. So I think the web cam will work good. I can not believe that the day is almost here. All I can do is praise God for our daughter.

Count Down 6 days

Ok 6 days left! I am nervous about leaving my son, excited about getting our daughter. Going crazy packing everything...Trying not to forget anything and make sure everything is taken care of to leave my son.
I am just ready to be home with her...

9 Days

Well today I am still working on packing and I talked with someone at the NVC office and all of our finger prints and information was entered into the main system on Feb 10th. Now I can not get a hold of the DR about the medicine she was going to call in for us to take. So I am getting worried. I am so ready to just be past this part. I feel like all I do is paper work email this person, call this person....I just want to be meeting my daughter. I am so nervous. What if the clothes are to small, what if I forget something. I keep having crazy dreams. Last night I dreamed we had 5 minutes between flights. And all our luggage got lost. Woke up watched TV for about an hr. Then finally back to sleep. I think I am stressing about our luggage to much. Well 9 days. We put together a little table last night in our sitting room off our kitchen. It looks cute. It is a cherry table set, matches our floor. So I like it. Plus it gives khloie a place to sit and color or play while I cook. I can't wait for her to be home with us. I know my life will change with a 2yr old around. My son is 9 going on 10, and my step daughter will turn 14 in China, and my step son is 18yrs. So a toddler will be different, but we are so excited!

10 Days

Well today has been stressful, I have been packing and repacking. 44lbs is just not enough! I have also been stressing trying to get travel Ins. But I am excited for the count down. It is getting so close. I am ready.

11 Days! Happy Valentines Day!

11 days till we leave!

12 Days!

Well 12 days left. I can not believe it! We got my husbands glasses today. He hates them, but we heard that wearing contacts is almost impossible in China. So he is bummed to wear his glasses. I am trying to get my house clean, but with 3 kids and sports it' s crazy. Our 18yr old and or 9yr old is the worst. Go figure our 2 boys. They are all boy!!!!! Our daughter who is 13 is pretty good, she is very mother like, and is always telling the boys, moms gonna be mad when she sees your mess..... she is funny! It is so funny watching their different personalities. I can not wait to know Khloei's. Is she serious, is she goofy, is she messy, a neat freak? I am so curious to know her. To love her, and become the family that God intended. I know many years ago I when we first struggled through infertility, I questioned why? Why would I not be able to conceive again? God grew in my family the heart for adoption. I knew in the beginning of 2006 that God was calling us to adopt. My husband also felt the call. It had been 4years of infertility. I knew we were called to adopt international. My husband said no, domestic. I was obedient and we began. We had 2 mothers that had changed there minds, and I was very upset by the process. I did not feel that this was the path that God had lead us to. On adoption Sunday at our church. We visited many domestic adoption booths. After we talked to them all, we did not feel we had any direction from God. Last my husband asked why we did not stop at one of the booths. I told him it was an international adoption booth. My husband walked over and started asking questions and getting information. I was shocked he was dead set against international adopt, due to his fear of flying. We went into 2nd service, and on the way home from Church my husband announced that we are to adopt from China. I know God spoke to him in service. I know that God has called us to this little girl. Our road to her in tells some many twist and turns. So many prayers that went unanswered, only to lead us to her. To see what God intended. I am still amazed at our path to her. Only God could have orchestrated all things to fall into place for us to become a family. I have not blogged the things that have transpired but I will. All I can say is that God had a hand in forming this new family. I am so thankful, and overwhelmed by how magnificent our God is.

13 Days

Less than 2 weeks to go. I am going shopping today to finish up some things. Getting excited. We got our in country itinerary I will post it later. When I have more time.

Khloei's Orphanage Only 14 days

I look at these pictures, and I wonder what is she doing? What room is she in? O' how can not wait to bring her home to her family. We meet Khloei on Feb 28th. Please pray that the snow holds out and we do not get delayed. 14 days till we leave, and 17 days till we meet our daughter.

14 Days

Well it's 14 days and I am getting ready for a final travel meeting. So I don't have to much time to post. But wanted to keep on with the count down to our daughter....

15 Days

15 days!!!! I can not wait to leave to finally be on our way to our daughter. It is so amazing how much she has grown in my heart, with only a picture. I can not wait to tell her we love her and hold her. Though I am sad to leave my son for so long. We have never left him. He has stayed the night places, but that is it. Usually he stays at my parents house which are my neighbors, or his friend that lives 2 houses down from us. So going so far, for so long is going to be hard on him. My husband and I had wanted to take a small vacation before China, so he could have some time without us, but that did not happen. Please pray that my son handles us being gone, he really is a home body, and doesn't handle change well. So having my mom do things differently than me is very hard for him. Please continue to pray for us, our son, and Khloei.

16 Days!

16 days and still so much to do. Though I can hardly wait!To meet my daughter. To hold her, and hug, and kiss her. I pray everyday that the transition to us goes well. I know it will be very hard for her, but I pray that God is preparing her heart for us. We just love her so much.

17 Days

Today we have 17 days left. I found this picture of 17 baby shoes. I cannot believe how fast these last days are going. Now if I can get everything done and ready to travel without going crazy.

How Many Days?

How many days? HMMM....I must be in a hurry to get my beautiful daughter because I miscounted...It is 18 days today....What a bummer. My heart is ready. At church today I scheduled our family photo for our church directory. It will be march 17th. 4 days after we return home. It is the latest I could schedule to have our little Khloei in our picture. So hopefully the jet lag will have passed enough to have a good picture. Either way I am just happy to have in our family. I know everyone at church is dying to meet her. They have been praying for us and our adoption, and Khloei. So please continue your prayers. Pray for khloei's transition to us. I know it will be very hard on her. I also want to ask for prayer for my son who is 9 and staying home. He is very stressed about us leaving, and for my husband and his fear of flying, and last for me to keep my sanity while I pack, and make arrangements for my son.

18 days and counting. I am getting all my documents together. Trying to figure out how to use our new video camera, and working on a website on my adoption stories.com I will be posting and journal on that site while we travel. I will post the link here when it is up and ready. Please continue to pray for us. Every night I have crazy dreams. Last night I dreamed we missed our flights.....It was a crazy dream. Anyway pray for peace for our family, and for Khloei's transition to us. We are so ready to meet her.

19 hearts on the tree! 19 days till we leave!

The count down begins!

Just Bought Airline Tickets!

Wohoo.... does not even begin to express how I feel. We just purchased our airline tickets! We leave the 25th of Feb, and return March 13th..... I can hardly wait. I have so much to do. I have so much to buy.... I am so excited. ....I can not wait to see my daughter. We Fly from Columbus Ohio, To Chicago, To Tokyo, to Beijing. Then we fly to our daughters Prov the Fujian, Then we fly to Guangzhou. Home we fly from Guangzhou to Shanghai then to Chicago then Home to Columbus. Wow 8 flights all together. Please Pray for my husband he hates to fly. I think God is growing him, putting him on 8 flights.... Me I am just flat out excited! I am not a big fan of flying but, it doesn't bother me like it does my hubby. I told him either shut up about flying or stay home. He laughed and said he could never miss meeting his daughter. So here we Go......20 days and counting!

Praise! Praise!

I received our new I171H in the mail today. The agency is requesting our consultant date.....
I am a basket case right. I am going from total excitement to nervous about leaving my son for so long, to excited, to overwhelmed with what I have left to buy and pack...Back totally joy and excitement. I will post more as things come....Hold on Khloei Mommy is coming!

We are getting closer!!!

We are getting closer to our daughter. The USCIS emailed me that my new I-171H was put in today's mail. I am so excited. That was all we needed to travel. God is so Good. I am on cloud 9 right now. I was feeling pretty calm and collected till now. Now all I can think about is all the things I still need to get ready. My heart is over joyed, and I can not believe that this day is finally coming. So many years of trying, waiting on the daughter that God intended to be ours. It has been a long journey. And now here we go to China, for our sweet little girl. She is so much a part of my heart I can hardly wait to leave. To see her, and hold her in my arms. To see a smile on her darling little face. To hear her giggle, and watch her bloom....She is truly a blessing to our family. When I talk with people about our adoption people often say that she is a lucky girl, the truth is we are lucky to be blessed with a sweet little girl. I have been praising the Lord all day for such a wonderful daughter. Please continue to pray for our journey. And for our 9yr old son who will stay home. He is not handling the fact that we will be gone for so long. He is excited for his sister but does not want us to be gone for so many days. So pray for peace for him, and that he has a blast with my parents. Well I am off to get working on my list of things to get done......