Happy 2 years!

Then 2009...

2009

2009



2011



2011



2011

Home Coming

The Wait...



Here they come!!!



Hannah is awesome, travelling with daddy to bring her sisters home, what can we say.
We love you Hannah!



Deanna



Bella

Very tired, but it's okay...you're home now.

Her favorite, the thing that got them through; nutter butter peanut butter sandwich cookies. :)



I love you!!!



whew tired, huh Hannah.

Grandpa and Grandma are the best.



Happy with Grandpa.



Grandpa is so much fun!



Exhausted, but so it feels so good to be HOME.



getting ready for bed... goodnight.

The Golden Ticket

We received our TA! [Travel Approval] to Ch!n@ on 4.21.11. We were also able to confirm our CA! [Consulate Appointment] at the US Consulate-Guangzhou, Ch!n@ ... and we purchased our airline tickets as well today. --To say the least we have been happy busy these last 24 hours--My DH will leave for Ch!n@ on May 4th to bring our two new daughters home. :)

Meet Deanna!

Meet Deanna, our fourth daughter from China-- I can not put into words what this child means to us, to call her our own. I can not even begin to tell you the story behind her and us, because it was always in our heart-- never on paper, but we knew somehow this little Maoming sweetie would be brought to us or us lead to her-- almost 3 years later; we have found each other, put a name and face to our daughter and peace to our dream... She is from Maoming, Guangdong she is age 7. We have named her Deanna HuanYu. We have come complete circle and our family feels very complete. We have been waiting for this little sweetie to be our daughter since we first adopted Hannah MeiRu (Maoming, Guangdong 2008 at age 7). Hannah and Deanna were foster sisters. :) When I saw her picture staring back at me the day our agency posted her profile-- I knew her province, her name and her age before I even read the file-- I knew it from inside, from a place that only GOD had told me these things. She will fit perfect into our family. Bella XiaoHan {our youngest daughter :) waiting in Anyang, Henan} is age 4, Deanna HuanYu ** whom you just meet is 7, Our Hannah MeiRu is 9 (adopted 2008 Guangdong), Jacob 10, and our two oldest Scott Yu age 12 and Athena NiuNiu age 13 (adopted 2009 Henan). See told you, Deanna fits in perfect; in numbers and in our heart-- we can not wait to travel to pick up both our newest daughters in spring.

from Ash-- a teary eyed mother whom is Blessed beyond measure, and Humbled beyond reason.

Happy Gotcha Day, Happy Gotcha Day!!

The Grandparents were able join us from out of state, to Celebrate the 1st Anniversary "Forever Family" Dinner for Athena and Scott (Our two Newest, yet Oldest kids).

We started off with the famous Pu Pu Platter... MMmm!!we enjoyed our dinner, traditional family style... a smorgasbord of Chinese indulgences for all to share. Athena can slurp a mean noodle, and fast! ~But... ...Scott, he is the original "noodle" charmer :o). and little Hannah most definitely enjoyed her new brother and sister's "family" evening out!

2 years and counting...

Referral Photo 2008

Our Beautiful Daughter Hannah!

It's Official...

We received our PA {Pre-Approval} today from Ch!n@ for our newest daughter...

Meet our baby girl; Bella XiaoHan so cute!and Full of Giggles...

Yes, ... uhhh, well, ...we are adopting again ... and... Yes, ...Over the Moon with Joy!, as we are once again Humbled, and Blessed Beyond Belief to be able to have yet another daughter.

She is age four and waiting for us in Henan, China.

Our Family cannot wait to bring our newest daughter home.

Please Pray with us, as we begin our "paper-pregnancy" to bring our daughter and our children's sister home, in what we hope will be a short 9 months.

Colorado Birth Certificate

Today Scott and Athena did a swear-in to get their Colorado Birth Certificate.
Yes! I want to be in this crazy family.

Athena's Day Off

First stop on her "Day Off", a trip to the Immigration office. Even though Athena was a U.S. Citizen when she stepped off the plane in San Fransisco, she had to retake the Oath, and resign her affirmation, to have them "hand over" her US Citizenship Document.

The next stop was a visit to CCAI, the starting place for her paperwork;

(in someways her birthplace) to come to her family.
Thanks to a letter from Lily, we made it to China in time to adopt Athena.
The waiting child department was happy to see Athena, a lot of hard work came from these people, in just a short period of time.

Athena had a "Great Day Off"!