Adelia has been with us for 17 months now. It feels like yesterday but then at the same time she was always here. Funny, how love and time make it feel like a person belongs in your life.
God is so gracious and kind to give us this sweet and feisty girl. Adelia, or Addie as she is most often called, is so smart. She has learned English so quickly and loves to do school. She definitely has strong opinions about everything. She is a peace maker (well most of the time). She loves to worship God. She has a beautiful voice. She is strong. She is kind-hearted. She has the most amazing smile and sparkling eyes. She is a fighter, in the most positive ways, she stands up for what is right and she works hard at doing the things that are hard for her to do. I truly love this girl with all my heart.
I am so thankful to have her big hugs and sweet words. We have been "writing" notes in a journal to her foster parents. She has been grieving them something fierce. Yesterday she told me to write that she loved and missed them (which is typical) and she added that she has a new friend. I asked who was her friend and she said "mama, you are my new friend". Oh, I felt such love toward her and our God, for helping she and me to bond. I am attaching the video I finally completed of her adoption and days here with us these last months. The photo you see at the airport with me meeting her, for the first time she held onto me is monumental. From that moment forward, it has honestly been that way. I am so praising God for doing that and answering my prayers so abundantly in our relationship. I am not saying there hasn't been hard days. We have had some difficult ones for sure. I already worry about her teenage years ahead sometimes LOL. But she is My Daughter, through and through, and I give God all the glory.
Adelia Adoption Video
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Thursday, July 3, 2014
They Are Almost Home
I am sorry I didn't give the expected update when Jay was travel to get Adelia. Life just got so far away from me. Here are some of the big reasons:
1.We have some medical issues we have been dealing with in some of my children.
2. We are selling a house (had one contract that fell through, got a 2nd one 48 hours later).
3 Packing to move into a temporary rental for 2 months in Aug and Sept at least, and then hopefully moving into our last, and completed new house in October.
4. We have been hosting our sweet, 12 year old boy from Latvia since the middle of June. Sadly he leaves August 8th. I wish he did not have to go back.
5. Then of course the biggest news of adopting Adelia.
Jay left on June 20th with my 11 year old Moriah. I literally packed their stuff beginning 48 hours before they left, which is not my typical scenario. I just am finding that sometimes I have to let things like that go more and just trust that God has given me bigger priorities. Plus, there are stores in China and credit cards and a guide to help shop if I forgot an essential.
So I have been a single mom to 9 children for 13 days which is very hard, rewarding and focused work. But it is exhausting too. I am thankful and blessed to have the awesome help and support of my 3 teens. They cook, clean, babysit, hold crying kids, read stories for bed time, mow lawns, take out garbage, play games with littles, and then sit with me at the end of the day and share stories and dreams with me. I LOVE My kids. I am so blessed.
Well in about 15 minutes I head to the airport to pick up my handsome husband and amazing father, my sweet, selfless 11 year old and my new, spunky and confused 3 (almost 4 year old ) daughter from China.
She did Skype with me (well watching me and saying a few Chinese words to the computer screen). But she did say "bye bye Mama" one time with a big smile! She also watched a couple of short videos of me over and over and over again. Jay said she would get upset if it had to be turned off. So at least she will know my voice.
She seems to be doing well. I am a bit nervous how she is going to accept me after beginning to attach to her new Baba (Daddy). However, I know that God will give me patience, endurance, love and wisdom as I learn to parent her and understand her. I know he will help us bond forever. Your prayers are so appreciated.]
Here are a few photos I received from Jay while he was in China.
1.We have some medical issues we have been dealing with in some of my children.
2. We are selling a house (had one contract that fell through, got a 2nd one 48 hours later).
3 Packing to move into a temporary rental for 2 months in Aug and Sept at least, and then hopefully moving into our last, and completed new house in October.
4. We have been hosting our sweet, 12 year old boy from Latvia since the middle of June. Sadly he leaves August 8th. I wish he did not have to go back.
5. Then of course the biggest news of adopting Adelia.
Jay left on June 20th with my 11 year old Moriah. I literally packed their stuff beginning 48 hours before they left, which is not my typical scenario. I just am finding that sometimes I have to let things like that go more and just trust that God has given me bigger priorities. Plus, there are stores in China and credit cards and a guide to help shop if I forgot an essential.
So I have been a single mom to 9 children for 13 days which is very hard, rewarding and focused work. But it is exhausting too. I am thankful and blessed to have the awesome help and support of my 3 teens. They cook, clean, babysit, hold crying kids, read stories for bed time, mow lawns, take out garbage, play games with littles, and then sit with me at the end of the day and share stories and dreams with me. I LOVE My kids. I am so blessed.
Well in about 15 minutes I head to the airport to pick up my handsome husband and amazing father, my sweet, selfless 11 year old and my new, spunky and confused 3 (almost 4 year old ) daughter from China.
She did Skype with me (well watching me and saying a few Chinese words to the computer screen). But she did say "bye bye Mama" one time with a big smile! She also watched a couple of short videos of me over and over and over again. Jay said she would get upset if it had to be turned off. So at least she will know my voice.
She seems to be doing well. I am a bit nervous how she is going to accept me after beginning to attach to her new Baba (Daddy). However, I know that God will give me patience, endurance, love and wisdom as I learn to parent her and understand her. I know he will help us bond forever. Your prayers are so appreciated.]
Here are a few photos I received from Jay while he was in China.
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| The most nervous time for parent and child. "Gotcha Day" it is
indescribable and so precious. She did cry for a bit, but not too long. |
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| She liked the toys I sent her, thankfully. Reluctantly going with her new "baba". |
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| Adoption Day~ She is ours forever!! |
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| Playing on the bed with some new toys. Her foster family told Jay that when she throws a fit to give her a new toy or buy her a dress. Apparently she was spoiled ! (he got to meet them and let her say goodbye, which was hard on her but we believe will help her too. We have video of them blessing her and telling her to go with her new Baba. She cried when she left but then was over it soon later) |
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| Sitting with Daddy at breakfast time. |
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| On the way to the airport from province. |
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| Now she is an official US citizen!! |
Saturday, March 22, 2014
One Step Closer
After 99 days of waiting for this step..we onto the next one. Now we are waiting for USCIS (immigration) to approve Adelia to become our daughter and a US citizen upon landing on US soil. This next 2 steps (sort of combined..USCIS approval and Article 5 being sent to Consulate in China) takes about 5-6 weeks. Then we wait for Travel Approval from China.
We are still praying mightily for the Lord to grant travel in mid May. It is possible, but it would only be His sovereignty to make it happen.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Adoption Updates
We found out right before Christmas that our dossier in China was finished with the Translation phase of the process and went onto Review. Review is the 3rd of 4th steps for us get our approval to adopt Adelia. So all that means is that it could come within the next couple weeks or months still. LOL
But at least we know it is not sitting on someone's desk not processing at all, which can happen sometimes.
We also got a little update of Adelia with some questions we had asked, sadly no photos this time. Our questions are in black and reply is in red.
1. Weight, Height, Head and Foot measurements? 87cm, 12.5kg, 48cm head, 52cm chest, 14cm foot, 20 teeth
(She would would be 34 1/2 inches and 27 lbs with about a size 7 shoe size, which means all and all she is a tiny bit bigger than Isaiah, but not by much. So I am thinking a size 2T or 3 T will fit her this summer)
2. Does she live in Foster Family or Institution? She is in foster home.
(We are very thankful for this, Asher was in foster home and his transition was wonderful and he was far greater ahead in most areas than Ellie and Isaiah were.)
3. Does she speak well and about how many words does she know? She can talk with people well. She can answer most of the questions when you ask her.
4. What name do her caretakers call her? Her nickname is Fu Can.
("Fu" means Lotus Flower and "Can" means blooming. We will be using part of all of this for part of her middle name. I am working on finding out the meaning.)
5. What is her personality like? She is outgoing and active. She has strong personality too. If she is mad or upset, she will show to you for sure.
(I think we will have lots of fun getting to know her. We already have 2 other 3 year olds like this, so not surprised by this answer!)
6. What upsets and scares her? She hates to stay alone in the house by self.
(This is good, as we have not future plans to leave her alone by herself for a very long time)
7. Does she still drink milk from a bottle, what foods does she eat? She still uses bottle to drink. She likes to eat pretty much everything and she is not picky.
(We like this answer too as we again use bottles for bonding the first months home together and we are glad she enjoys food too.)
8. Has she or will she have any surgery help for her spine or hip? Not yet.
(We have no idea what her future will hold for legs and spine, but we trust her Creator and Healer. He has a plan for her life, and we are not phased by this.)
9. What makes her happy? Putting beautiful dress, giving her toys, or tell her how pretty she is.
(She sounds like a perfect "Girly Girl" for our house. I can't wait to put her in a dress and tell how her pretty she is!)
10. Does she still have therapy help if so how often? She hasn't got any therapy recently
(Well, she will get plenty of that round here, we seem to live at therapy!)
The other very exciting news is that with the grant we applied for we were chosen to receive a matching grant!!!
Kids for Kyla has graciously offered a matching grant of $750. However, we only have 19 days to match the grant. If you feel inclined to help us in our bringing home Adelia please send your tax deductible donations to the following address:
But at least we know it is not sitting on someone's desk not processing at all, which can happen sometimes.
We also got a little update of Adelia with some questions we had asked, sadly no photos this time. Our questions are in black and reply is in red.
1. Weight, Height, Head and Foot measurements? 87cm, 12.5kg, 48cm head, 52cm chest, 14cm foot, 20 teeth
(She would would be 34 1/2 inches and 27 lbs with about a size 7 shoe size, which means all and all she is a tiny bit bigger than Isaiah, but not by much. So I am thinking a size 2T or 3 T will fit her this summer)
2. Does she live in Foster Family or Institution? She is in foster home.
(We are very thankful for this, Asher was in foster home and his transition was wonderful and he was far greater ahead in most areas than Ellie and Isaiah were.)
3. Does she speak well and about how many words does she know? She can talk with people well. She can answer most of the questions when you ask her.
4. What name do her caretakers call her? Her nickname is Fu Can.
("Fu" means Lotus Flower and "Can" means blooming. We will be using part of all of this for part of her middle name. I am working on finding out the meaning.)
5. What is her personality like? She is outgoing and active. She has strong personality too. If she is mad or upset, she will show to you for sure.
(I think we will have lots of fun getting to know her. We already have 2 other 3 year olds like this, so not surprised by this answer!)
6. What upsets and scares her? She hates to stay alone in the house by self.
(This is good, as we have not future plans to leave her alone by herself for a very long time)
7. Does she still drink milk from a bottle, what foods does she eat? She still uses bottle to drink. She likes to eat pretty much everything and she is not picky.
(We like this answer too as we again use bottles for bonding the first months home together and we are glad she enjoys food too.)
8. Has she or will she have any surgery help for her spine or hip? Not yet.
(We have no idea what her future will hold for legs and spine, but we trust her Creator and Healer. He has a plan for her life, and we are not phased by this.)
9. What makes her happy? Putting beautiful dress, giving her toys, or tell her how pretty she is.
(She sounds like a perfect "Girly Girl" for our house. I can't wait to put her in a dress and tell how her pretty she is!)
10. Does she still have therapy help if so how often? She hasn't got any therapy recently
(Well, she will get plenty of that round here, we seem to live at therapy!)
The other very exciting news is that with the grant we applied for we were chosen to receive a matching grant!!!
Kids for Kyla has graciously offered a matching grant of $750. However, we only have 19 days to match the grant. If you feel inclined to help us in our bringing home Adelia please send your tax deductible donations to the following address:
Kids For Kyla, Inc
PO Box 336904
Greeley, CO 80633
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Give Me A "D" "T" and "C" .......Dossier To CHINA
Today is a big day for adoptive families like ours. All of our months and hours of preparing applications, having doctor appointments, coming up with the first 1/3 of our adoption fees, waiting on others to do their paperwork, needing "approvals" and the many, many days of doing NOTHING BUT having to wait, come to an end when we finally are DTC (Dossier To China).
Whew. it is a great feeling...Now all our documents have been authenticated by our US government and the Chinese Consulate that they are the "real" deal and then all sent to China's adoptive agency called CCCWA.
We are told it takes 3-4 weeks for China to get it all and LID, Log In Date (in other words enter our request to adopt and the documents in the queue for approval). Then we start our official count for our LOA (Letter of Acceptance) which is even a bigger day!!
Keep in mind China's queue has no rhyme or reason to how or when they approve you. We imagine that there must be some slower workers, faster workers, more organized ones, messy ones that lose documents and sometimes the files that were being worked on in order all fall to the ground and become a heap of a mess causing the order to be out order after all. Of course, this is just speculation.
It feels so surreal that we are at this point. It is almost 11 months exactly from this time last year when we were at this point for Elliana and Isaiah. What a relief. Now onto more waiting! Thank you for your prayers. I am also going to be requesting some more updated information on Adelia and hoping for more photos to share.
Whew. it is a great feeling...Now all our documents have been authenticated by our US government and the Chinese Consulate that they are the "real" deal and then all sent to China's adoptive agency called CCCWA.
We are told it takes 3-4 weeks for China to get it all and LID, Log In Date (in other words enter our request to adopt and the documents in the queue for approval). Then we start our official count for our LOA (Letter of Acceptance) which is even a bigger day!!
Keep in mind China's queue has no rhyme or reason to how or when they approve you. We imagine that there must be some slower workers, faster workers, more organized ones, messy ones that lose documents and sometimes the files that were being worked on in order all fall to the ground and become a heap of a mess causing the order to be out order after all. Of course, this is just speculation.
It feels so surreal that we are at this point. It is almost 11 months exactly from this time last year when we were at this point for Elliana and Isaiah. What a relief. Now onto more waiting! Thank you for your prayers. I am also going to be requesting some more updated information on Adelia and hoping for more photos to share.
Monday, November 4, 2013
USCIS Approved US...
I still am in amazement! Today we received our approval from USCIS (immigration) to adopt another child from China.
Right now the process for new applicants is taking almost 3 months. Since we are only applying for an amendment to our current approval I wasn't sure what to expect. I new it shouldn't take 3 months, but maybe 1 or 2 months max. So when it showed up today, after only 2 1/2 weeks I was very surprised and praising the Lord.
Now we will be sending it to our agency who in turn will authenticate it along with 2 other documents. That process takes about 2 weeks. After that, everything will be sent to China. I am so excited that things are moving so well. God has been so good to us.
We have an opportunity to apply for a grant. However, the due date is November 15th. We feel as if a door has opened for this grant, and we should walk through. I originally felt as if we would not apply for grants this adoption and not really tell anyone our needs, just trust the Lord to provide as He always has. But then I have been told to apply for this grant, so I am going to take my husband's advice and apply for it and see what happens.
Anyway, just wanted to share our news. Each little step in this long wait for our little girl is always happy news in our house.
Right now the process for new applicants is taking almost 3 months. Since we are only applying for an amendment to our current approval I wasn't sure what to expect. I new it shouldn't take 3 months, but maybe 1 or 2 months max. So when it showed up today, after only 2 1/2 weeks I was very surprised and praising the Lord.
Now we will be sending it to our agency who in turn will authenticate it along with 2 other documents. That process takes about 2 weeks. After that, everything will be sent to China. I am so excited that things are moving so well. God has been so good to us.
We have an opportunity to apply for a grant. However, the due date is November 15th. We feel as if a door has opened for this grant, and we should walk through. I originally felt as if we would not apply for grants this adoption and not really tell anyone our needs, just trust the Lord to provide as He always has. But then I have been told to apply for this grant, so I am going to take my husband's advice and apply for it and see what happens.
Anyway, just wanted to share our news. Each little step in this long wait for our little girl is always happy news in our house.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Finally, Time to Share With You
A precious new face that we can't wait to meet next summer.
We received word that our Pre-approval (PA) came from China, after 5 long weeks of waiting.
Introducing "Adelia Lynn Can"
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Pronounced ("A" short sound, "de" "lee" "uh") with a nick name of Adie or Adelee.
Adelia means "Noble" and it was used with a variation from "Adele", which was my baby sister's name (she went to heaven at birth). Lynn is named after my long time best friend Darlene-Lynn. And
"Can" is her Chinese given name, which I am not sure how to pronounce just yet.
She is 3 years old and has the precious smile. Thank you for sharing in our happiness and we again appreciate prayers in this next adventure that will give us a new Red Thread to China. We praise God for his wonderful gift to us, in allowing us to once again love on one of his orphans. We give Him all the glory.
We received word that our Pre-approval (PA) came from China, after 5 long weeks of waiting.
Introducing "Adelia Lynn Can"
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Pronounced ("A" short sound, "de" "lee" "uh") with a nick name of Adie or Adelee.
Adelia means "Noble" and it was used with a variation from "Adele", which was my baby sister's name (she went to heaven at birth). Lynn is named after my long time best friend Darlene-Lynn. And
"Can" is her Chinese given name, which I am not sure how to pronounce just yet.
She is 3 years old and has the precious smile. Thank you for sharing in our happiness and we again appreciate prayers in this next adventure that will give us a new Red Thread to China. We praise God for his wonderful gift to us, in allowing us to once again love on one of his orphans. We give Him all the glory.
Monday, September 2, 2013
This Year We Have Three, Three Year Olds..
Lord willing,
next year at this time
we will have
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Four, Four Year Olds!!!!! Crazy huh? Only God and a love for children.
We have found a precious little girl who just turned 3 at the end of July who God has placed on our hearts. We are working with our agency to reuse our dossier with China and are in the process of putting in a Letter Of Intent to adopt her. Once we receive an official Pre-approval from China I will post her photo with much joy, hopefully in the next few weeks.
God is good.
next year at this time
we will have
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Four, Four Year Olds!!!!! Crazy huh? Only God and a love for children.
We have found a precious little girl who just turned 3 at the end of July who God has placed on our hearts. We are working with our agency to reuse our dossier with China and are in the process of putting in a Letter Of Intent to adopt her. Once we receive an official Pre-approval from China I will post her photo with much joy, hopefully in the next few weeks.
God is good.
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