Loving Abigail Home: I Have a Family...

Saturday, January 16, 2010

I Have a Family...

There is a song on the Signing Time dvd Family, Feelings & Fun that the 3 of us have come to love. It is all about having a family - a "family full of people who love me and take care of me." What a precious gift a family really is! We hope you enjoy a few glimpses of our family.

Abby with her Aunt Crystal at a Christmas party.

Abigail with her Uncle Casey just a day after they had met.

Abby and her BaBa on the day that they completely bonded:)

Abigail sharing raisins with her great-great-grandma (we call her Mimmie)
on the day they first met.

There are so many things that the LORD has taught us so far through Abby - so many things that we see so much more clearly now. We know that there are so many more things for us to learn, and we wait expectantly with great JOY!

4 comments:

Jill said...: These pics bring tears to my eyes. I'm so happy for your family! It looks like Abigail is adjusting very well....I can't wait to meet her. :)

Love you guys!; January 16, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Anonymous said...: Loved seeing these pictures. Thinking of you guys often!; January 16, 2010 at 5:36 PM
Elaina Weaver said...: Love these pictures. It looks like Abigail is a very happy little girl who loves her new family very much.; January 16, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Faith, Hope, and Love said...: Your beautiful Abigail seems like a true blessing! God is good!

Have a great weekend!
Robin; January 16, 2010 at 10:02 PM

Our Adoption Timeline

October 15, 2009 Received Call that our daughter has developed spinal acute myelitis
October 14, 2009 Signed and FedExed Letter Of Acceptance (LOA) to AWAA
October 12, 2009 Received Referral Acceptance (RA)
July 30, 2009 Second Round of Hep Vaccination
June 17,2009 First Round of Vaccinations for Hep A & B and also got TDAP
June 11,2009 Received Pre-Approval (PA) from the China's Special Needs Department
May 18,2009 Talked with AWAA Social Worker to get an addendum for our home study
May 12, 2009 AWAA Submitted Our Electronic Acceptance (EA) to China
May 11, 2009 Requested, Reviewed, & Locked 5th Shared Referral
May 9, 2009 Requested & Reviewed 4th Shared Referral
May 6, 2009 Received 3rd Shared Referral
April 22, 2009 Completed the New AWAA Waiting Child Application Process
March 26, 2009 Received 2nd Shared Referral
February 23, 2009 Received 1st Shared Referral
February 18, 2009 Completed Online Application for America World Waiting Child Program
February 2009 Updated Home Study and Re-fingerprinted for I-171 Renewal
Oct.? 2007 to NOW Named & Prayed for Abigail
October 22,2007 Our Dossier was Logged Into China's Computer (LID)
October 12,2007 Our Dossier was Sent to China (DTC)
April - August 2007 Doctor Visits, Paperchasing, Home Study, Fingerprints...collecting all that's needed for our dossier to be sent to China
April 11, 2007 Approved by America World
March 28, 2007 Completed Online Application with AWAA
March 24,2007 Decided to partner with America World
March 2007 More In-Depth Research...attended 3 different informational meetings with 3 different adoption agencies...told family about our decision to begin the adoption journey...setup a savings account for adoption expenses
February 2007 Worked through a Bible study together that was all about God's perspective of adoption...He opened our hearts and minds to move forward NOW
Decmeber 2006 Prayed more intensely...bought books and began learning about the process
June 2006 Began praying about when to adopt
2000-2006 On & Off Discussions of adoption...often specifically from China