One Day To Go!!!!!!!

We are finally at the end of the paper trail to bring our son home.It has been a long and sometimes tedious journey, but have no doubts, well worth the hoops we've jumped through.In about 36hrs we will board a plane for the last time as a family of four and return to the states as a family of five.We will fly to Hong Kong for a week of sight seeing and touring before heading to Beijing for another week of sightseeing.All Seth keeps talking about is going to the "China Wall" so that's definitely on our agenda.Then the day before Brayden's second birthday we will be united with him and start a whole new journey to bring him home.As I type this blog we can't stop thinking about his foster family and what they must be feeling.They have showed Tian Cai unconditional love and for that we are forever grateful to this family divided by so many miles.We will try and keep this blog updated but as we know blogging in China can be challenging.If we have time we will post once more before leaving if not,then see you in Hong Kong!!

Happy Birthday Amanda!!

Let the dancing beging

Line dancing

Dance,dance,dance

Follow that DJ

Looks like a serious meeting going on here.

Having tons of fun!!

Happy Birthday Amanda

Singing flower  candle

How low can you go....

Let's go everyone

Thanks for coming



Amanda and her friends had an awesome time celebrating her  birthday. The DJ sure kept them busy with dancing and games. It was a wonderful day and enjoyed by all. We wish you a wonderful birthday and years of happiness we love you so much!!!Thank you everyone for making this such a special day!!

Travel Assignment Issued!!

We were notified last evening that China has issued our family the travel assignment that we have been so eagerly anticipating, what this means is after we receive our consulate appointment the last and final document we need, we can travel to China and pick up our little guy!!! Consulate appointments usually take 48 hours to receive after your (TA) has been issued. It will be almost two years to the day that we received Seth's TA and Consulate appointment and looks like we will be traveling along the same timeline.We can't wait to get to China and have our little boy in our arms. Hope to be traveling within the next few weeks!

April Showers...

Busy,Busy,Busy

Gymnastics +Soccer+Swimming+Girl Scouts+parties+friends and school  = BUSY

Come this summer we add, Cheerleading 3x week and Lacrosse will start this Fall! It just amazes me how one 7 year old can have soooooo much energy and be that busy all of the time. Amanda is doing outstanding in school, loves being with her friends and is always on the move.If only I had just a little of her energy, I would be golden… We can already see her brother will be just as busy as she is.

Update!!!!

We received an amazing update on Brayden TianCai today with some great photos. He looks like he is well taken cared for and as you can see in the last picture he is smiling. Our updated information is as follows:

TianCai has amazing imitating talent. If he sees people calling, he will pretend to make a call, if he sees children dancing from TV, he will follow the rhythm to dance and also says ‘one two on two’ while he is dancing. He is very independent and will go to neighbors’ house to find friends to play with and then will go home after the play is over. He understands what adult says to him and response them with simple words, but his pronunciation is not very clearly. He likes to climb high hills and his foster mom has to stop him few times, but he was not happy with it and he will try to say something arguing with foster mom and give her a unhappy face.  

Can call "nai nai" (grandma) and "ma ma", can climb stairs,can climb in and out of bed,when he wants something to eat will tell foster Mom "na" (get),when he is thirsty will say "he"(drink), will jump when having a temper.

We are so happy to have received this update and hope to be traveling within the next two months.We are more then grateful to his foster Mom and family for the wonderful care and love they have given him.

                                        Just look at that smile!!

Happy Easter

                                         Getting ready to color the eggs

                                                      This is fun

                                                      Awwwww nice color

                                                      Yummy

                                                      Happy Easter