Did I mention how amazing they are?
Ok.
Good.
Didn't want you to miss that, because they are indeed amazing.
Gotta go, in about 1 hour they are officially ours!
hah!!!!!! were you buying MORE food? love it- so how's your app workin'? are you still stuck on Ni Hao?;) love em. love em love em. and yes, this will do until tomorrow-- but please properly caffinate yourself all day- i mean come one- you have your own bistro woman!!!!
I am so happy you posted! I was going crazy on this side of the world waiting to see pictures! They look great! In fact, you all look great! Joey looks tiny! Can't wait to hear and see more! Yippee Jesus, there are 2 less orphans!
woohoo Sonia! i'm so happy for you all...it's the best rush in the world, isn't it?! All your planning and paperchasing finally in front of you in real life....your sons. :)
I saw you have Elvin...he was our guide in Sept...see if he remembers another big family 2 girls and 3 boys. The 10 y.o. boy was the new son. We liked Elvin
AAAAHHHH!!! I've been dying! Hitting refresh all day!! YEAAAAAA!!!! I'm so happy for you!! They look like they are totally fitting right in! Of course, I knew they would. Thanks for checking in. Can't wait to see more. Get some sleep and then let us know how things are going. Much love!! STacy
Looks like you are in for one big long party! How fun to see them with ALL of you, ALL of their new brothers. Big smiles all around. May you all sleep soundly, rest deeply, and soak up as much of their birthland as you can during the remainder of your stay there. Praying for good communication, good health, bonding with all of you, and safety... Can't wait to read more tomorrow!
Amazing and GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!! One of the many who was waiting for this post to know everything was going well! Congratulations Mom of SIX!!!!! And, Dad too!!!
Congrats!!! They look amazing and you look SO happy!! Love the picture of you and your youngest on the bus- precious!! Looking forward to hearing more and more stories as the days go on! :) God bless!
It's Martin Luther King day here in the good ol' USA. But now we can also call it the Martins Praise the King day!! Congrats my friend!! They look amazingly happy and you look a bit happy as well. I can only imagine how big your heart feels. Love ya!!
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Jacob & Joey ~ Home January 27th 2011
Joshua 1:9
Joshua ~ Home September 24th, 2011 where he went directly from the airport to the PICU; blue and dying of an unrepaired heart defect. 20 days later he RAN out pink and full of life. I stand amazed.
Jason, Jordan, Justin & Jack ~ Home since they emerged from my loins on their respective days of birth.
I am a forgiven sinner madly in love with my Savior and mother to many somewhat smelly boys who recently returned from China with our two latest additions Jacob & Joseph. Orphanage mates from infancy, 7 months apart and teaching me daily what real love is. 3 months home with Jacob and Joey I found Joshua. Blue, sick, dying and needing a family. 4 months later he was home, healed and leaving me in awe of the healing hand of God. Glory. To. HIM.
May 25th-June 14th 2011 - New Home study June 14th, 2011PA June 16th, 2011 - I-800A sent July 1st, 2011 - I-800A APPROVAL! July 8th, 2011 - DTC! July 11th, 2011 - LID August 1, 2011 - LSC! August 12th, 2011 - I-800 Approval August 19th, 2011 - NVC Cable August 26th, 2011 - Article 5 September 6th, 2011 - TA September 19, 2011 - Gotcha Day!
Followers
Jason
18
Jordan
17
Justin
12
Jack
12
Jacob
11
Joshua
11
Joseph
10
Contact Info
Questions? Comments? Encouragement? Want to know more about one of these kiddo's? mommyof4jays@msn.com
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Made the final decision to adopt after months of prayer
Friday, February 12, 2010 Signed contract with adoption agency and contract to begin home study
Saturday, February 13, 2010 Announced to friends and family that we were adopting through a really fun guessing game on Facebook. :)
Wednesday, February 28, 2010 Precious boy #1 File Locked! LOI sent in!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 First Home Study visit(though 99% of forms needed for HS completion are already done including requesting all state clearances....all 8 states....thank you Air Force!)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Second & Third Home Study visit
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 PA! (17 days from LOI)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Fourth and final Home Study visit and lunch at the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate!
Thursday, April 16, 2010 All dossier docs county certified and Secretary of State authenticated! Just waiting on the home study!
Monday, April 19, 2010 Home study done! It's at our agency getting reviewed!
Friday, April 30, 2010 Fingerprints released from fingerprint purgatory(8 1/2 weeks for FP processing)
Monday, May 3, 2010 Final draft with prints sent to agency
Monday, May 10, 2010 Home study officially approved
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Drove to home study agency to pick up completed home study and overnight-ed I-800A to USCIS!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Found out Joey and another precious boy that we fell in love with months ago are in the same foster home and are best friends. Sent 8.2 million emails.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 All dossier docs except Home Study and Immigration clearance sent to Chinese Consulate for Authentication.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 Agency #2 says yes, they will release kiddo #2's file!
Monday, May 31, 2010 Found out all of our dossier documents were rejected at the C.Consulate. They don't take Fed-Ex right now.
Wednesday, June 7, 2010 Our dossier documents finally return to us. We decide to use a courier for the Consulate this time. It worked, over $300 and a week later we had all of our dossier documents sans the home study and I797-C forms authenticated!
Monday, June 14, 2010 am Sent our dossier sans the home study and I-797C forms to our agency for review.
Monday, June 14, 2010 pm Found out that we received a request for evidence. Our dossier isn't going to China this week. This was a hard day.
Monday, June 21, 2010 Request for evidence resolved! Our I-797C is on it's way to us and we are trying to get our dossier to China this Friday!!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Everything that could go wrong. Did go wrong. Our dossier is not going to China this week.
Monday, June 28, 2010 Home Study and immigration approval are with the courier! Our agency should receive it all on Thursday, dare I say we may be DTC Friday?!
Friday, July 2, 2010 DTC!
Thursday, July 8, 2010 LID!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:01pm Received a phone call that we have verbal permission from the CC*AA for the dual adoption. Cried like a baby.
Friday, July 30, 2010 After 9 days of both agencies working out the deets, we submitted the required paperwork to have his file officially transferred to our agency.
Monday, August 23, 2010 8:11am Received a phone call that the CCAA is skipping PA for Jacob and moving right into LSC "asap"!
Thursday, September 23, 2010 LSC X 2! (ASAP in Mandarin apparently means 4 weeks)
September 27th, 2010 I-800 mailed
October 27th, 2010 I-800 approved(adjudicator called to let me know, we haven't yet received it in the mail however)
Saturday, October 30th, 2010 I-800 approval arrived in the mail
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 Cabled!
Friday, November 5, 2010 NVC letter/DS-230 & LSC's back to China!
Yay! Yay! So so thrilled to see such beautiful pictures and a beautiful family! Sooooo very happy for y'all!
ReplyDeleteYEAH!! PICTURES!! SO Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI"m so happy for you!!! I thought I was going to break my computer refreshing it so often!!!
hah!!!!!! were you buying MORE food? love it- so how's your app workin'? are you still stuck on Ni Hao?;) love em. love em love em. and yes, this will do until tomorrow-- but please properly caffinate yourself all day- i mean come one- you have your own bistro woman!!!!
ReplyDeleteTHAT is the look of LOVE for those peeps!!! Could not have picked a better family to be in!!!!
ReplyDeleteDaddyo
I am so happy you posted! I was going crazy on this side of the world waiting to see pictures! They look great! In fact, you all look great! Joey looks tiny! Can't wait to hear and see more! Yippee Jesus, there are 2 less orphans!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Robin
LOVE seeing the pictures, two less orphans in the world, PRAISE GOD. SO, SO excited for your family!!!
ReplyDeletewoohoo Sonia! i'm so happy for you all...it's the best rush in the world, isn't it?! All your planning and paperchasing finally in front of you in real life....your sons. :)
ReplyDeleteI saw you have Elvin...he was our guide in Sept...see if he remembers another big family 2 girls and 3 boys. The 10 y.o. boy was the new son.
ReplyDeleteWe liked Elvin
So happy to finally see pictures!! And so glad things are going so well. I can't wait to see and hear more!!
ReplyDeleteI am wonder struck! So amazing...
ReplyDeleteHappy happy joy joy! What a glorious day for all!!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of such happy little boys!! And one proud momma, too.
ReplyDeleteAAAAHHHH!!!
ReplyDeleteI've been dying! Hitting refresh all day!!
YEAAAAAA!!!!
I'm so happy for you!!
They look like they are totally fitting right in! Of course, I knew they would.
Thanks for checking in. Can't wait to see more. Get some sleep and then let us know how things are going.
Much love!!
STacy
Looks like you are in for one big long party! How fun to see them with ALL of you, ALL of their new brothers. Big smiles all around. May you all sleep soundly, rest deeply, and soak up as much of their birthland as you can during the remainder of your stay there. Praying for good communication, good health, bonding with all of you, and safety... Can't wait to read more tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteAmazing and GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!! One of the many who was waiting for this post to know everything was going well! Congratulations Mom of SIX!!!!! And, Dad too!!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Diana (Jen's friend)
WoooHoooo!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! You are the proud Momma of two (more) handsome boys!
God is so good and you are so blessed!!
ENJOY!
Awesome pics! They look so happy!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, so glad to hear things are going well! They are absolutely precious!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!! They look amazing and you look SO happy!! Love the picture of you and your youngest on the bus- precious!! Looking forward to hearing more and more stories as the days go on! :) God bless!
ReplyDeleteSo great to see you all together! Congratulations times 2!!
ReplyDeleteIt's Martin Luther King day here in the good ol' USA. But now we can also call it the Martins Praise the King day!! Congrats my friend!! They look amazingly happy and you look a bit happy as well. I can only imagine how big your heart feels. Love ya!!
ReplyDeleteSo amazing to see you all together! Can't wait to meet you in Guangzhou!!! Blessings on the days ahead as you all adjust as a family of 8.
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