tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53325534497881660342024-03-12T21:25:15.828-05:00Whole New World147 Million Orphans minus one!!julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-27902938582511054582013-08-12T23:01:00.001-05:002013-08-12T23:01:43.767-05:00Happy Gotcha Day / Forever Family Day on August 13th !! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">One year ago Mao Si Dan (18 months old) was placed into a van with her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Nanny for a 4 hour ride from Maoming to Guangzhou to meet her forever</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">family. I can still remember walking in and seeing her thru a curtain smiling </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">and playing with her Nanny. She was then placed into my arms and </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">What a difference a year makes in a little person's eyes and heart. She has</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">gone from being in an orphanage with many children to being in a loving</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">home with a brother, sister, dog, Mom and Dad that love her and adore her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">with all of our hearts. We can't imagine life without this fun loving,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">spunky, happy, smiling child. What a blessing she is to us and to many.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">In the past year, she has been through 3 surgeries, lip repair, palate</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">repair and replacement of tubes. She has endured lots of blood work, lots</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">of waiting rooms, lots of strange looking doctors and nurses, lots of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">crinkly white paper in the doctors offices to sit on that has become an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">annoying sound to her, lots of plastic bracelets on her ankle that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">aggravate her and are not so pretty with her new name on them, lots of pain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">medicine, tylenol, ibuprofen, band-aids, iron supplement drops and lots of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">diapers. We have watched her leave my arms with some stranger to take her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">back for surgery...........broke my heart. It broke my heart because in her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">eyes she was leaving her Mommy's arms with someone again and again to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">endure more pain without knowing that her Mommy and Daddy were doing what</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">was best for her. I could see the question in her eyes, "Why are you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">letting me go?" This was very hard for me to except, however, I knew that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">she was coming back to my arms after the surgery and I could tell her over</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">and over that I was not leaving her and I loved her very much. That was</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">impossible to explain to a 2 year old that had been yanked from her Nanny</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">and placed with a strange family that she has only seen pictures of less</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">than a year ago. When she came out of surgery, she was placed back into my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">arms and looked so different and still so beautiful. In China, she didn't</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">know any different. She looked this way and thought that was the way of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">life. Others looked like her too. She was strong and stayed strong. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>As Christians we should fully understand the vital role of adoption, as we were </b></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">adopted into God’s family through Christ, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">so that we who were orphans in need </span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">of rescue now call God, “Father” (Romans 8:15). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">James 1:27</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">She received a new family, new name, a new smile, a new palate and her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">hearing isn't clogged up from infection any longer. She has a new life! Her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">life has forever changed our family! Ruthie can now blow bubbles, drink</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">from a straw, chew gum, jump, run, dance and has started forming sentences</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">and many many other things. To many this is nothing, to Ruthie this is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">EVERYTHING! I can remember when she was trying so hard to drink from a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">straw a few weeks after her palate surgery and got frustrated and just</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">quit..............for a minute. Then she picked it back up and did it. The</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">smile and accomplishment was more than I could stand! A tiny little person</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">jumping up and down saying "I did it!" was heart warming to watch,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">especially with those almond eyes going to a complete slant!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">So what fun has she had this year? She has enjoyed all the holidays, wore</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">fancy dresses, worn new shoes and clothes!! She has enjoyed all new foods,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">there is not much this chic doesn't like! She loves to swim, she loves</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">gummies, dorito's, EOS chapstick, her blanket and toys! She loves</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">everything about her new life! She loves to immitate and listens very well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">She is a character to say the least! She has been to the College World</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Series in Omaha, Nebraska and watched her brother play in a Little League</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">World Series tournament. To get to Nebraska, we drove through Mississippi,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa. She has recently enjoyed a trip</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">to Gulf Shores with us and her grandparents where she had a blast in the sand and water. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">She enjoyed ice-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">cream, putt putt, arcades and much more! We have painted her toe </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We received her Alabama birth certificate in the mail this week and it states my name, Julie Lynn Bates Boyd as her mother. The joy that brought to my heart. Just knowing that she is forever mine and I can call her my daughter is overwhelmingly wonderful. Part of me knows that before I claimed the title of "Mommy".....she had a Mommy that I believe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deep in my heart wanted better for her. I wonder if she thinks of us and Ruthie? I have come to learn the importance that it is for many adoptees to know that at some point in their lives they can, if they choose, have a reunion with those who share their genetic makeup. But because of the reality of Chinese adoptions, Ruthie will never have this opportunity. So, with each passing Mother's Day, she will have to face with how to deal with and try to understand that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she will never be able to meet the woman that was her first Mommy. We must remember China Mommy every year. I wish I could tell her that the little girl she gave birth to has a smile as broad and beautiful as a field of daisies, that she is vibrant and energetic, and that she is a child with a joyful heart. Better yet, I wish she could see that for herself and that I could tell her that her sacrifice gave me the gift of mothering this sweet angel. </span></div>
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Ruthie had such a great Christmas! She would get so excited and loved the decorations and going different places to look at lights. She would stand in front of the tree and stare. It was precious!! We had lots of time to make ornaments, decorate and make lots of cookies and other goodies! She probably tasted more sweets this month than she has in her entire lifetime. Her favorite is still the OREO cookies. It doesn't surprise me, that has been the cookie of the house since Carson was a baby. </div>
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First we made Salt Ornaments! We enjoyed making these........however, Ruthie was a little skeptical..:) </div>
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Wrapping presents was alot of fun! As you can see below, Ruthie enjoyed it as well. Little does she know that God gave us our Christmas present in August and she did not have to be wrapped. What a beautiful gift!<br />
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Before we move on to the Christmas parties and visiting every one's home, I wanted to stop and reflect on Ruthie and just how much she has healed from her surgery on her lip in October. She has done wonderfully with it and has not let it slow her down not one bit. I am so thankful! As we "doctor" it every night with cocoa butter Vaseline, it just reminds me of how much she had endured over the past 23 months (18 in China and 5 in United States). She is one strong little girl! She is very independent and wants to only do for herself. What I mean by that is she wants to feed herself, apply her ointment, carry her diaper bag.......you name it, she wants to do it. I just love this little firecracker! Here are a few pics that actually reveal her personality a little more too!!<br />
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As we enjoyed spending time with our familes, I was able to capture these moments of Ruthie and all the excitement. She did so well and enjoyed being with our family. She loved opening gifts and loved eating.....well grazing. She would eat a little bit, then play and come back for more. I just can't help but think of where she was this time last year and how far she has come. God is gracious and his light definitely shines through her almond eyes. </div>
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Oh what fun! Christmas Day was a bit more overwhelming for her. She had fun, but the decision of which toy to choose from was too exciting! :)<br />
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While we enjoyed the opening of presents and yummy food, we thanked Jesus. After all it is His day. We are thankful to him for our little Ruthie Grace. I am also so very thankful to be able to capture these pictures and share with others. I love her hugs, her kissses and sweet eyes! I love her personality......I love that she loves her siblings.......I love that she loves her Daddy...............Lately, I love that after 4 months she now calls me "Muma" (Mommy). I am so thankful for her little voice and big big smile!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Her hearing and ears were fabulous!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">She will not have her gum fixed until her 3rd surgery, when she turns 5. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">When they correct her gum, they will have to take some bone from her hip. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">We are not going to think about that until the time comes. One step at a time. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">I will not know the date of her surgery until January 3rd. Until then, we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">will embrace the holidays and enjoy my almond eyed firecracker princess!</span><br />
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This was Ruthie's first Thanksgiving with us. She had such a great time! The Sunday before Thanksgiving we celebrated at church then with Steve's family. We enjoyed taking her to church and then to her first gathering. She had such a good time! She loved all the food and especially loved all the desserts. :) She got to meet new cousins and family and fit right in with them all. What a blessing it is to introduce her to so many folks that love her dearly! </div>
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Thanksgiving Day, we got up early, watched the Macy's Day parade (we do every year) and took off to my sister, Brandi's house. Ruthie also got to meet some family that she had not met before. Ruthie enjoyed the food and of course all the desserts again. She was thrilled to be there to play with her cousins. We stayed outside some and watched all the kiddos playing. Ruthie would eat some, play, eat some more and then play again. I loved seeing her eat and her favorite thing to eat other than the desserts was green beans! We could not keep enough on her plate. It is just amazing to me at how she loves vegetables!</div>
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And she is out! She had so much fun! Every day is a new day and it continues to share all the many blessings that we have received from God. I am so blessed and filled with so much joy!<br />
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Ruthie has also had her 1st surgery to correct her cleft lip. She was beautiful and is still beautiful! When she came out of surgery and was waking up she had a hard time with the i.v., heart moniter and blood pressure wrap being attached to her. Nothing made her comfortable enough. She ate what she could and drank tons. Dr. Peter Ray at Childrens Cleft Clinic performed her surgery. He was fabulous! His entire staff was great! There is absolutely nothing to complain about nor would I change. She and I spent the night, slept on and off and watched t.v. Unfortunately, the language on t.v. was in Spanish. I couldn't understand a word and Ruthie just stared at it. Overall Ruthie did great ! The doctor came in the morning we were supposed to leave and just loved on her and said that it was a privilege for him to be the one to perform surgery on Ruthie.....I sat there and was just in awe over his statement. What a gift from God! His talent has been put to use in so many ways and has blessed so many children that will be able to have a second chance at life! I looked at him and his intern and said, "No, it was an honor for us to be able to say that he performed the surgery on Ruthie!" What a fabulous surgeon he is! The difference that he has made in her is remarkable! I thanked God for him and his staff. When it was time to head out, she just walked down the hallway waiting for our guide to come and help us to our car. Ruthie greated everyone with a big Hi, then we headed home! She is so sweet and friendly! </div>
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Well, we got home and you just have to know Ruthie and her very independent self to know what the next week was like. She didn't want what the doctor prescribed for her to eat. He asked that we give her food that splatters when you hit it with a spoon. We served her many "saucy" type foods, but she was not going to sit there and watch you eat something without having a bite! :) She knew how to push it to one side of her mouth so that it would not hit her lip. She just blows me away! I just love her and her firecracker personality! She didn't mess with her lip very much and knew that it was different but accepted it. </div>
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We have a few more surgeries to go.....but we know God has this and will continue to hold her in his hands. He sure has done a fabulous job! I love to seeing her journey unfold. The Sunday after Ruthie's surgery was Orphan Sunday at church. Ruthie was dedicated at church. What a wonderful day it was! So thank for our church family and for God allowing Ruthie to come into our family! </div>
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<br />julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-86678349545616531832012-09-27T21:46:00.005-05:002012-09-27T21:46:56.723-05:00Home a month and feeling so blessed! <br />
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I can't believe that we have been home from China for a month now. What has been going on with our new Family of 5??? Well, Carson and Hailey have started school, so we have enjoyed dropping them off at school and picking them up. The smiles on their faces to see Ruthie every afternoon has been such a blessing! She has really warmed up to them both. I love the afternoon's of coming home, eating a snack, completing homework, then taking a bike ride or a walk!! Oh, how I have enjoyed being a stay at home momma!! </div>
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We have had several doctors visits, one with pediatrician, one with international pediatrician and a day of appointments with the surgeon that will perform Ruthie's cleft lip and palate surgery. Ruthie has endured shots, blood work, poke's and pulls and so on….To only be in the U.S. for a few weeks, she surely has kept a beautiful smile on her face through it all. So that was the not so fun part…….the fun part has been watching her getting to know her room, her puppy and siblings. She has done so much in the past few weeks. These are a few of the things that we all take for granted and she had never done until now. Ruthie is only 19 months old. </div>
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<i>Touching grass with her toes. Holding a pine cone. Eating a grilled cheese or ham sandwich. Brushing her teeth with a toothbrush. Eating pizza. Blowing bubbles. Walking down a hill. Walking over a crack in the driveway. Holding a dog. Eating oreo cookies. Sitting in a high chair while I feed her. Laying in a soft bed. Wearing clothes that fit and shoes that are not too small. Riding in a car. Playing with the hose pipe while the water is running. Having more than just one cookie. Drinking sweet tea. Watching ducks in a pond. Going out to dinner. Having double dessert with Momma! Being loved unconditionally with lots of hugs every single day! </i></div>
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The list goes on and on. She has brought more blessings to me than she will ever know. The "important" things that really don't matter seem to be a little less important to me now. She has brought so much joy and love to our family that those things just don't matter. I thank God daily for the many blessings that he has given to us. We have had the best time with everything that we have done. Now, don't get me wrong, there are days that I wish I could just crawl back in the bed and start over. Getting up, throwing on clothes, pulling hair back in a pony tail, fixing breakfast, throwing diaper bag together, making sure 3 kids are dressed and ready, load the car and head to school hoping and praying that something was not forgotten. Yes, I can officially say that I am "That Mom". I am that mom that you see that has no makeup, tshirt and blue jeans, ponytail and a baby on her hip at Open House. I am the one that has slobber or crumbs on her black pants. I am also that Mom that changes her babies diaper in her daughter's 3rd grade class and also in a complete hurry because I am afraid that I will run everyone out with the smell. Yes, I am "that Mom" that used to get 8 hours of sleep every night and now lucky to get half. So, if you ever see "that Mom" out anywhere, don't think that she just crawled out of bed and doesn't want to look her best…….because she probably only got 3 hours of sleep due to a sweet baby that is having night terrors or she forgot to make her son's lunch or her oldest daughter just can't sleep. Just for the record, I love being "that Mom"!!! :) I thank God everyday for our three children and to be able to be there for our children. I continue to pray that what I am teaching them is for His glory and not mine. It is not about me, it is about teaching them the word of God and showing them how to love and be loved. </div>
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We have an official date of Ruthie's 1st surgery. It will be on Monday, October 29th. This will be an overnight stay with the surgery lasting around 4 hours. Please please keep us in your prayers, especially Ruthie. She is such a blessing to us! I can't imagine our life without her sweet face. I am going to miss her big smile and liquid sugar after her surgery! </div>
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My heart is so huge for orphans around the world. As I was staring at Ruthie tonight as she was falling asleep, I thought about what exactly she would be doing right now if she were still in China. I just pray to God every day to continue to burden my heart for them and to guide me to what he wants me to do next………</div>
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God bless and thank you again for all your prayers!!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Julie</div>
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julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-24401406930339350022012-09-01T23:23:00.000-05:002012-09-01T23:24:15.529-05:00A visit to Maoming Orphanage<br />
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During our trip to China, we made a visit to Ruthie's orphanage, Maoming Orphanage. The drive was 4 1/2 hours there and 4 1/2 hours back with all five of us including our guide and driver. It was a nice long day drive, although we did sleep a little bit. We saw lots of rice fields, corn fields and bamboo fields. We were able to see the Chinese working, riding bikes from one field to another or hanging out clothes to dry on the clothes line. There were lots of factories and warehouses. It is amazing at just how our worlds are so different. We finally made it to Maoming. It is a small town with lots of people in cars, on scooters and bikes. Ruthie (Si Dan) was born in Maoming and abandoned near the local hospital underneath a pavilion. She was left with a note possibly from her birth mother stating that she was born on February 2, 2011. The pavilion is right next door to the hospital. She was left in a box wrapped in a blanket. </div>
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When we arrived at the orphanage, we were greeted by the orphanage director. Ruthie went straight to her and just hugged her. We walked upstairs to where Ruthie ate, slept and played. We first walked into the playroom and her Nanny fed her lunch which consisted of congee (kinda like porridge), rice, egg, pork and chicken soup. She drank the chicken soup after to wash everything down. :) We played in the play room with a few nannies, the orphanage director and our guide, Rebecca. We enjoyed talking and taking pictures. Our guide translated for us and for them as well. Ruthie's nanny said that she could tell that Ruthie will be very well taken care of and loved very much! It meant a lot to hear that from someone that has only "known" us for a very short period of time and loved our child for the past 18 months. Ruthie's adoption was an expensive process, however, there is not enough money in this world that could take the place of this journey or Ruthie! I am in forever indebted to this woman that loved, fed and played with my Ruthie!! We are two women so many many miles apart that love Ruthie so very much!! </div>
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We then made our way to the room where Ruthie slept. It was a room full of beds and sweet babies! Some are waiting on their forever families….To God be The Glory!! The beds were side by side and the babies were able to see each other through the bars. Ruthie handed out dum dum suckers to her friends. She was the oldest in her group and you could tell that for sure. She was the helper and soother of the kids. Anytime one was upset, she would share her toy and pat them on the back. Precious!! </div>
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We went to the kitchen where the kids eat. There was a long table made of 2x2's with spaces in between. If the children are not old enough to sit up by themselves, they teach them to hold onto the table with one hand and feed themselves with the other hand. It was amazing to hear that as I couldn't imagine an infant not being able to sit up, but hold him/herself up and eat with the other hand. </div>
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We walked downstairs to the orphanages meeting room and I was able to take pictures of Ruthie's only file, one piece of paper. I was also able to view the letter that was left with Ruthie written by the birth mother (they think).<br />
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The orphanage trip was a wonderful experience! I am so thankful that we had the opportunity to visit it. These woman love the children of Maoming and take care of them to the best of their ability. One day I will explain this to Ruthie. </div>
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After we left the orphanage the director rode with us to Ruthie's abandon spot. It is a pavilion outside of the hospital where Ruthie was possibly born. I was told by the director that more than likely what happened with Ruthie was that her parents were poor and could not afford insurance. They would not have had the funds to have her cleft lip and palate corrected, so they only did what they thought was right. I thank God for her parents and the decision that they made for Ruthie. She is a God sent from the words "Yes, we will adopt from China!" I adore this sweet soul and pray that God will continue to burden our hearts to raise all 3 of our children His way. Our home is filled with so much joy and laughter! </div>
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Thursday as we traveled back we prayed for no anxiety and stress. Our Immigration and Security check in Hong Kong went great! We were able to get through security with Ruthie's milk, which was very surprising! So, we flew for 13 1/2 hours and per doctor, we were told to give her Benadryl and it worked! She slept for a about 10 hours on and off. The other few hours she ate and played. So, here comes the anxiety and stress! In Chicago, we were like the fast and the furious trying to get through customs and security then to our terminal in time. With 15 minutes to spare and a baby in an ergo in front of me while running down the airport halls and jumping on a shuttle bus, we finally made it! The other folks on the shuttle bus were wishing us well as we ran to the terminal! It was crazy and we had to get on that plane to Birmingham! When we arrived in Birmingham, we were welcomed by some amazing people. We had a nice welcome party with an awesome prayer from our pastor, Joel Frederick! We had such a great trip! What a great learning experience it was for us. The kids are still talking about it and the fun times they had in China. Most of all we were blessed by Ruthie Grace Sidan Boyd by joining our family!! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">She is a sure firecracker and is going to give us a run for our money!! She is very loving especially after you tell her "Boo" which means "No". She is into everything and loves to eat everything. She has brought so much more love and joy to our family. So much more laughter and smiles! :) God really did know what he was doing after all...:) </span></div>
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Now back to reality and getting ready to start school!! :) Most of all we are so GLAD to be home in our beds!! :) </div>
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So, today, we visited the Guangzhou Zoo and a shopping mall!! We have had such a great time with Ruthie! She is really warming up to everyone and keeps a constant smile on her face. I will say that she is a little fire cracker and loves loves her brother and sister!! She is a typical 18 month old baby girl!! She loves to be heard and loves to be seen! She is a party starter and loves to make sure that everyone is happy. I have enjoyed watching her share her toys and food with others. She let's us see more of her sweet personality every day. What a blessing she is to us!! God knew what he was doing when he chose her for us!! God love her!!! </div>
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As we were leaving the zoo, another Chinese girl asked Hailey if she would take a picture with her. She felt like a ROCK STAR!! It was so funny, but I was too slow on getting my camera out. Boo!! </div>
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Here are a few pics from the zoo!!</div>
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Tomorrow is our Consulate Appointment to take oath and deliver our visa documents for Mao Si Dan (Ruthie or nickname "Dan Dan") Goodness, we love this sweet girl!! We will also go on a dinner cruise tomorrow night!! Just a few days left and we will be headed back to Alabama!! </div>
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We went to Yuntai Garden. It is a botanical garden in Guangzhou. I have attached several pictures for you guys. It was absolutely beautiful. Of course it is the year of the dragon!! We walked up about 2000 steps up a mountain and sat up top and looked over the city! It was beautiful!! </div>
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julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-91046901040862761512012-08-16T19:03:00.000-05:002012-08-16T19:03:53.959-05:00Day 4 with Ruthie!!We had a great day today with Ruthie!! She is coming out of her shell more and more everyday!! We laugh constantly and just enjoy her sweet smile. Our guide has given her the nick name of " Ms. America" because of her constant smile and wave! Precious!!<br />
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Today we visited the Chen Clan Academy. It was such a great trip. Just walking through a huge building that was put together piece by piece with no nails was unbelievable. Here is a little history and pictures.<br />
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Chen Clan's Academy, sitting in the west town of Guangzhou, is just most recommendable buildup of folk art and tradition of the city.<br /><br />The academy was established in 1894 in Qing Dynasty. Its construction was financed by all the 72 Chen clans in Guangdong to provide to Chen juniors accommodation and place to study and prepare for provincial examination. Later it was changed to be the Chen Clan’s Industry College, and then middle schools afterwards.<br /><br /></div>
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<br />It features classic excellences of typical Lingnan architecture, well-and-balanced layout, exquisite, and richly-decorated. You are greeted in a spacious square just outside and then attracted into the open matrix of four landscaped courtyards, imposing halls and peaceful corridors inside. Wood, brick and stone carvings, clay and pottery sculptures, iron structuring, glazed glass windows, painting, calligraphies and so on by local masters are all in functional art here and there. It is now the biggest, best preserved and decorated clan complex in Guangdong.<br /></div>
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<br /><br />Adding to its in-built cultural gems, wide collections of Cantonese folk craftworks and life items have been showed here, such as porcelain, embroidery, paper-cutting, historical furniture, ink slabs, and various carvings (such as ivory, jade, bone, nut ,miniature etc.) , since the ancient Academy was designated as the Guangdong Museum of Folk Art in 1959. Most highlighted are the clay sculpture collection of Xiguan (Westend of Guangzhou downtown) Folklore for Century, by Wan Zhaoquan, a local master sculptor. They give lovely and vivid presentation of the very tradition of local life, tinted with passion, understanding, pride, humor and historic reminiscence.<br /><br />Majestic buildings, exquisite constructional details, delicate courtyards and gardens, and fabulous art pieces are well mingled to pose tasteful pleasure at ease. The Academy has been named as one of the Eight Sightseeing Sites of Guangzhou in New century and the National Key Historic Site. </div>
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After the visit, we then took Ruthie swimming!! This was her first time to go swimming. It will take some time for her to get used to it, but she did well. We could not imagine our lives without this precious little fire cracker!! God is so good!! </div>
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Ruthie is a precious precious child!! Just in 4 days she has come a long way. The first day just one smile.........today lots of smiles, hugs, laughs, teasing and loving!!! </div>
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We visited the Police Station in Guangzhou today to apply for Ruthie's visa and passport. They both should be ready soon. That was a quick process and we headed to the toy store!! The stores that are in the community of Guangzhou are tiny. You can walk in turn completely around and see everything in the store. It is about the size of my walk in closet. These stores are downstairs from apartments. They are also the apartments that I mentioned a few posts ago. They hang their clothes out to dry on clothes lines. There are lots of people on bicycles and in cars. There are no STOP signs! So, the driving makes me a nervous wreck. When you want to cross the street, you better go! It kinda reminds me of Frogger, the drivers have the right away or so they think. At first I thought it was road rage but it is not, that is just the way they drive. So here are a few pics of the streets of Guangzhou. </div>
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The above two pictures are of CSC Mood Restaurant. It is a higher end restaurant in Guangzhou that is a "hot pot" restaurant. The food was fabulous! Basically what "hot pot" means from what we were told was that most Chinese homes have a lazy susan in the middle of the table and they place all the food on that table, then turn it around to share the different dishes. The food was fantastic. It reminded the kids of Stixx, however, instead of spending $150.00 at Stixx we spent $15.00 for a huge amount of food!! :) See below....<br />
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Ruthie loved it!!! She is so independent and loves to feed herself. After feeding herself, she put her bowl on top of her plate, then placed her bottle in her bowl. She then proceeded to clean the table. We just sat there and watched her! It was absolutely amazing!! What a precious angel!!<br />
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So, this is what I couldn't wait to share with you all! We went to Trust Mart which is owned by Walmart. They still sell the Greater Value items, only in Chinese.<br />
Check out these pictures!!<br />
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Some of them grossed me out, but Steve and Carson were in heaven! Steve took the photographs and I was trying to keep Ruthie from pulling everything off the shelves! Love love love that girl!!!<br />
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I will post more later. We are about to leave for breakfast then head to the Chen Clan Academy. Check it out! It is going to be so cool!!<br />
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<br />julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-48123032525990293002012-08-14T15:40:00.001-05:002012-08-15T03:45:45.693-05:00Day 2 in GuangzhouSo, Ruthie Grace Sidan Boyd is legally ours!! We completed the paperwork today at the Civil Affairs office with two interviews. So thankful! Ruthie has been an angel!! She has only cried a few times - change diaper, wipe nose, you know the typical!! She is all smiles and loves to play!! Here are a few pics of her playing!!<br />
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She loves her brother and sister!! The bond that is forming between the three of them is amazing to watch! All smiles!! It just makes my heart smile and happy tears flow knowing that God had this planned all along! Love my three kiddos!! </div>
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Steve and I both have complete faith in God and knew that he would make it possible to bring Ruthie home. We just didn't realize how our journey was going to turn out especially not being able to speak the language. God showed up and showed out!! We have the best guide ever and also another couple with us has been so much help!!! Our sweet guide has helped us with everything from grocery shopping to making copies of paperwork to holding and loving on our babies!! She is fabulous!! We love her so much!! A picture of Rebecca and Ruthie is below!! :) </div>
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I was not sure how I would like the food here in China........I love it!! We have been so blessed to be traveling with a family that lived in Guangzhou for 4 years. They have been a huge blessing to us! They have shown us some fabulous Chinese restaurants that are super cheap and the food is out of this world! We will definitely know how to use chop sticks by the end of this trip for sure!! God knew what he was doing by allowing us to travel with The Williams family in China! Such a sweet and loving family!! </div>
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Homemade noodles!! Fabulous!!</div>
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So, we are starting day 3 today!! Applying for Ruthie's passport today!! Will update with more pics later!! </div>
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<br />julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-15931089586047067972012-08-13T14:40:00.001-05:002013-05-11T17:20:35.037-05:00Ruthie is finally in our arms!! What a journey to Ruthie!! We finally have her in our arms! So today was our "Gotcha Day"!! When we walked in the Civil Affairs Office, we walked past the room where she was and she was standing there looking around. It just melted my heart!! She was wearing an outfit that I sent to her through our sweet social worker a few months back. They had to stitch the shorts up because they were too big! She is a petite little girl. However, she eats like her brother does. One thing after another!! She loves french fries! Oh and can feed herself!! The cleft lip/palate does not phase her one bit. If she likes it, she wants it! When her nanny placed her in my arms, we sat down and I opened her diaper bag and pulled out some rice cakes. I thought she was going to jump out of my arms to get them!! She grabbed them after I opened the package and ate every bite of it!!<br />
The minute she was placed in my arms, she never cried or whimpered (much), but she gave us "her look"! Cutting those almond eyes at us just melted my heart again and made me laugh! She had no problem going to her daddy, brother or sister! Arms up and get me!! :) We are so blessed and we owe it all to Him!! We have received the greatest gift of all!!<br />
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After we left the Civil Affairs office and got back to the hotel room, we introduced Ruthie to all of her toys! She loved them and is so smart! Her Nanny said that she is "tough like boy", "very smart" and "love to eat". She fits right in!! Oh the joy of having toys spilled all over the floor again!! Lovin' it!! The below pictures say it all!! </div>
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Our flight to Chicago was fun! It was Steve and the kids first flight! They really enjoyed it and everyone traveled well!! When we arrived in Chicago we had a few hours to rest and to explore the airport. We ate pizza at 8:00 a.m.!! Then we had Chicago style hotdogs for lunch!! Yum!! We knew that our next flight was a long one!!! </div>
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So, we finally got on our flight to Hong Kong. It was really neat, we were able to watch movies! The kids loved it!! We were able to sleep for a while, eat on the plane and watch the screen that showed where we were located in the sky!! They enjoyed knowing where we were on the map. :) The food and service was fabulous on United!!! </div>
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So, when we arrived in Hong Kong, 17 hours later, we arrived an hour late. So, that put us behind and we missed our last flight to Guangzhou. Our luggage was lost, so we had to stick around Hong Kong a little longer to wait on our luggage and decide whether or not we wanted to take a train, plane or automobile!! :) We sat there and just watched everyone grab their luggage and continue on their journey. Our luggage finally came all by itself and no one else was around. So, then we decided to take a shuttle bus to Guangzhou. That added another 2 hours to our trip. Boo!! Imagine taking a shuttle bus for another 2 to 2 1/2 hours with no one like yourself and no one that speaks the same language!! I prayed and asked God to give us all the strength to get through this change in plans and additional 2 hours of traveling. Ugh!! He gave me the peace that I needed and I continued to pray for the next few hours and asked God to please reveal what he wants me to learn from the detour that we are on. While on the interstate, we were able to see these apartment looking buildings. Every apartment looked really, really worn down and they had clothes lines with clothes hanging on them outside their doors. We also passed a few places that people were sleeping on the steps with absolutely nothing with them except what they had on their bodies. I just didn't understand at all!! While this is all different to us and a huge learning experience, it finally dawned on me. God was trying to remind us was that he is in control and when something happens, he is going to take care of us. What he was also trying to tell us was that we came to China to pick up our daughter and rescue one of his children. When we thought our luggage was gone, Ruthie comes to us with nothing. When we were confused and felt helpless because no one understood what we were trying to say(most of what we were saying), Ruthie is going to feel that way when she first comes to us. She is going to feel like her world that she has always known is gone and now she is with these people that look nothing like her and sound really funny. The anxiety that I felt when we missed our flight and had to reschedule something else on our own was not comfortable to me at all. That is exactly what Ruthie will feel when she comes into our arms tomorrow. Last night God wrapped his arms around us, led us and guided us! When we travel to the Civil Affairs office tomorrow, we are going to wrap our arms around Ruthie, pray for her and just love her unconditionally just like God does for us!!! I love love love God's story's and how he opens our hearts and eyes to him to realize that he is still in control!! It excites me to know that we get the joy and He gets the GLORY!!! Praise Him!!! </div>
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Our Gotcha Day is tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. While you guys are sleeping at 1:00 a.m., we will be getting loving from our sweet daughter! Until another update.....God bless you all!!</div>
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<br />julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-37626525651575107522012-08-02T06:27:00.003-05:002012-08-02T06:27:31.451-05:00WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On Monday, we received the call that we received our TA, travel approval, from China!!! We were told that we should received our CA, consulate appointment, within a few days. Well, yesterday, we got the email that WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!!! Hallelujah!! Our Gotcha Day is August 13th!!! That is in 12 days!!! Our consulate appointment will be on August 21 and we will head home on August 22!!! Sooner than we thought! PTL! Just a few more sleeps before we head to China to pick up our daughter, Ruthie Grace!! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I will post more information as soon as I receive our itinerary from Lifeline. Please continue to follow our journey to China as I will be blogging and posting pictures while we are in China, especially Gotcha Day!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Blessings & Love,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Julie</span>julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-82257231192856260302012-07-23T21:30:00.002-05:002012-07-23T21:30:46.033-05:00Lifeline Travel Meeting!! Getting Closer......<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">I have finally gotten a chance to write about the travel meeting that I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">attended on Friday. Unfortunately, Steve was unable to attend because of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">issues at work. :( None the less, the notes I took explained everything to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">him, Carson and Hailey. Boy are they excited now!! :)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Basically, we went over the itinerary of the trip. Some folks have asked me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">why we have to stay 2 weeks and if it is necessary. I don't believe 2 weeks</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">is long enough. My thoughts are that in Ruthie's eyes, these strange people</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">are about to come and take her from all she has ever known for 18 months</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">and get on a big plane and come back to where no one looks like her and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">doesn't sound like her. That would be hard on anyone. Please pray for her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">transition.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">If I bore you, I apologize, but some of asked how our 2 week stay would be.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">So, during the 2 weeks of our stay below is basically what we will be</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">doing. We will not know for sure until we get our confirmation of dates</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">from China.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Thursday - Leave U.S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Friday - skip a day (China is a day ahead of U.S.)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Saturday - arrive in Hong Kong, get on a train for 2 1/2 more hours and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">head to Guangzhou</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Sunday - rest and get ready for the remainder of the 2 weeks and of course</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">like any other vacation, visit Wal-Mart!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Monday - Gotcha Day - We will receive Ruthie Grace Sidan Boyd. We will pick</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">her up from the Civil Affairs office. Basically, imagine a big room with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">lots of chairs (doctor's office) and waiting for someone to call your name.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">We will walk over to the red curtain and will be handed Ruthie Grace by her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Nanny and the orphanage director. We will have about an hour to spend with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">her and the Nanny, ask questions and get answers about Ruthie. We will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">spend the remainder of the day with her without a guide. We will probably</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">stay in the hotel to get to know her, play and then go to dinner.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Tuesday - We will go back to the Civil Affairs office and complete some</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">more paperwork</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Wednesday - sight seeing, shopping. Apparently in Guangzhou there are lots</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">of shops (tea, electronic, jewelry and furniture stores). Lots of places to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">eat. The one thing that they told us was that we shouldn't eat anything on</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">a stick!! :) We will be going to the Guangzhou Zoo and Botantical Gardens.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">The zoo apparently is a very nice zoo and has lots of animals, including a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">dalmation dog and squirrel! :) That seems funny to us, but I am sure that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">they rarely see them. A new friend of mine is currently in Guangzhou</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">picking up her little girl. She took lots of pictures of the animals and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">they look well taken care of. The panda and white tiger are beautiful!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Thursday - another day of sight seeing and shopping</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Friday - We will be traveling 4 hours to visit Ruthie's orphanage, Maoming</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Orphanage. Our guide will drive a "limo" a.k.a. van for us. All 5 of us</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">will be traveling with her. This will be a bitter sweet visit for us. I am</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">anxious to see what she has known for the past 18 months, her nanny, her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">friends and where she laid her pretty head every night. I am forever</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">grateful for her parents for making the decision to not parent her so that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">she would be given to a good family to be taken care of and loved! We will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">be able to meet her friends and have pictures made with them and just see</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">their everyday life. After the orphanage visit, we will then go to her drop</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">off spot. This spot will be where she was abandoned when she was 2 days old</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">last February. She was dropped off under a pavilion in a box in the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">freezing cold near a hospital. As it saddens my heart, I know Jesus wrapped</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">her with his warm arms!! :) As you may be thinking, "Why would you do that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">to her?" "Why would you want to go back to where she was abandoned?" The</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">day will come when Ruthie will ask her dad and I all about her past. I want</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">to be able to tell her everything and be completely honest with her. I want</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">her to know it all. I know she will appreciate the loving family and home</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">she will grow to love dearly. I want her to also know that her parents are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">not bad people, they just wanted better for her. So yes, this will be a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">very emotional day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Saturday - Medical visit. Ruthie will have her last medical check-up in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">China.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Sunday - sight seeing and shopping</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday - will be our final Consulate Appointment.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">This is where everything becomes final. We sign lots of paperwork and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">finally pick up her passport to travel back to the United States!! Other</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">days I am sure sightseeing and resting for our trip home.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">We will be staying at The Garden Hotel and it is very nice! Our guide will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">be helping us with translations, exchanging money with the bank in our</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">lobby of the hotel and many many other things. She will be my best friend</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">for 2 weeks!! There is a nice swimming pool and apparently it is mandatory</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">to wear swim caps! Ha! You really don't want to know what Steve had to say</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">about that!! It had something to do with a speedo! Not sure! :) Other than</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">the itinerary we discussed bonding and post adoption visits. Lifeline will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">be a part of our family for the next 5 years. They will come and visit a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">few weeks after we come home and continue to come and visit for 5 years to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">come. Lifeline has been fabulous! They not only have a "J-O-B" to do, but</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">they love our family and others as well. They pray with us and they guide</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">us correctly. They pray for us to get everything back as soon as possible.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">They have held our children. They have loved on them and told them that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">they will be united with their forever family soon!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Getting Ruthie will be like having a newborn in so many ways! We will</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">basically be starting over as she would as a newborn to get her comfortable</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">in her new home and surroundings. We know it is not going to be easy, but</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">we know we can get through it!! There will be good days and bad days, but</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">through it all, she is getting exactly what she needs!! PTL!! I am sure her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">personality will reflect it all soon!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">I can't believe that it is almost time! She will be with her forever family</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">soon and will be loved so very much!! We pray that we will receive travel</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">approval this week and then our consulate appointment at the beginning of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">next week. As soon as we get that information, then we will book our</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">flights. They say that typically you travel 2 weeks after you receive your</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">TA!! We have all prayed for this day to come and it will be here soon!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Please pray for her mom and her nanny. As I know that her mom has no idea</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">what Ruthie is about to endure this or even cares, but just maybe the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">prayers will open her heart and eyes to Jesus!! It is all because of her</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">that Ruthie is alive and has brought so many blessings upon us all!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Ruthie's Nanny is one of the most admired ladies in the world to me right</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">now. She loves, care for, feeds, nurtures and plays with Ruthie! I just</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">pray that Ruthie will look at me as she does her Nanny. I will do the same</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">and I will make that promise to her. I can't wait to meet her to give her a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">big hug and tell her thank you for taking care of our daughter. We made a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">promise to God to let him guide us on this journey to bring Ruthie home and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">give her a better life. We never thought that Ruthie's journey would better</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">our lives like it has today!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">As soon as I get travel dates, they will go out immediately!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Blessings & Love,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Julie</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span>julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-79986233333000156492012-06-28T22:27:00.002-05:002012-06-28T22:27:52.143-05:00LOA, 800 Approval and now waiting on Article 5So in the international adoption world all these acronyms mean so much to us! When we hear any of the above, we get very excited!! It just means one step closer to our babies. To you that don't understand the acronyms, I thought I would explain them a little more in detail because I have brought you into this journey and I feel like you should know....so here goes!!<br />
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<br />Dossier: The compilation of official documents about the prospective adoption family. This includes birth & marriage certificates, medical exams, police back ground checks, employment letters, tax returns. All items in the dossier have to be notarized, certified by the secretary of state you live in, certified by the US secretary of state and authenticated by the Chinese embassy. COMPLETED!!<br />
<br />LL: Lifeline Children's Services, this is the fabulous agency that we are using.<br />
<br />DTC: Dossier to China, this the date that your agency sends your dossier to China. COMPLETED!!<br />
<br />LID: Log In Date, this is the date that the ChIna Center for Adoption Affairs records the acceptance of your dossier. COMPLETED!!<br />
<br />SN: Special Need, this is the program that refers children with a specified special need.<br />
<br />Referral: this is the package of information that contains your child's photo, medical and personal information. COMPLETED!!<br />
<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #28678e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">LOI - This is the Letter of Intent that we sent to China asking them to give us approval to move forward with Ruthie's adoption. COMPLETED!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #28678e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>LOA: Letter of Acceptance, this is the approval that China issues after you have accepted your referral. FINALLY COMPLETED!!!<br />
<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #28678e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I800A - Application to U.S. Immigration asking permission to bring a foreign born orphan into the country. COMPLETED!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #28678e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><strong>NVC:</strong> National Visa Center. After USCIS approves your immigrant visa petition (I-800/I-600), your petition is forwarded to the NVC in New Hampshire for immigrant visa pre-processing. This is only for U.S. adoptive parents.</span></span></span><br />
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TA - This is the Travel Authorization document that comes from the CCAA inviting us to come to China to adopt Bailey! Boy will that be a wonderful day when we get the call that the TA has come!!!</div>
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Gotcha Day - This is the day when we will finally be united with our sweet Ruthie Grace in China!</div>
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So where are we now?? Well we received our LOA after 100 days!! That was the longest wait during the entire process!! We received our Chinese Visas! That was pretty neat!! Our 800 paperwork was approved and now we are waiting on our Article 5 ....As soon as we get our Article 5, then we will only have one step between us and Ruthie!! Then off to China we will go!! Keep the prayers coming!! Fingers crossed our travel date will move up to August!! Woohoo!!</div>
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GOD PROVIDED IT ALL!! ALL TO HIM WE OWE!!! PRAISE JESUS!! After a little over a year of fundraising to bring Ruthie Grace home, we have finally reached our goal of $35,000.00!! Hallelujah! A year ago when we started the process we were told before receiving our application and manual that the approximate costs would be around $25,000. That amount did not include the kids traveling with us, but should be about $28,000 with them to go with us. The year went by and the costs continue to rise, which was a very uneasy feeling because once we got to a certain level of raising money we just knew that we were almost there. In the middle of all cost changes China decided to make it mandatory to have post adoption visits from Lifeline for 5 years after we bring Ruthie home, which a little over a $1000. Then the travel costs went up, the costs for Carson and Hailey to go went up, the orphanage costs went up and a few other costs went up......UGH! Why is it so hard to get our daughter home from China?? I have continually asked myself that over and over again. I asked God, "Why does it cost so much and why does it take so long????" Well, he turned the tables on me and asked me, "Why does it matter??" I have lead you on this journey, you should obey me and not question me or my work....Trust in me!!! There are millions of orphans that will never have a home, never be loved and never hear about the Lord. They ask themselves every day if they will ever be loved or if they will age out of the orphanage before becoming adopted. So, the stress of raising $35,000 or the wait time is nothing compared to what the orphans of the world worry about.......Will I ever be loved?? Will someone take on the adoption journey for me? Will someone not worry about the costs and wait time for me? Will I have a forever family??? These are just a few of the questions that they ask. My worries are small compared to theirs......Ruthie will be home soon!!!</div>
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So, I really wanted to recap what this past year has brought through the fundraisers to get to the final penny. As you all know, we have done so many, that it really is hard to comprehend!! We have worked hard on attending craft fairs with our handmade items. We had a Christmas open house with our handmade holiday items!! I took photographs for baseball/softball. We had a golf tournament and had a blast!! We won a matching grant through Lifesong for $2500 that many contributed to, including Kathy McCulley that matched it for us in honor of her niece. At the same time, we had a Ordinary Hero contest to win a grant for $500. So many of you purchased lots of items to help us win the grant including commission. That total came to $1410.38 including a donkey named "Boyd" that Kathy McCulley purchased to help a lady that needs help carrying food for her family in Africa!! What a blessing!! We had a Pampered Chef party and all the commission was donated to the adoption fund, thank you Lauren Kimbrel!! We had two Thirty One parties with Candi Boissel!! Ruthie is set on bags!! :) We sold flips flops and made $1000!! Goodness at the flip flops and the adoption tshirts!! We just recently had a charity event at the Blue Bumble Bee! Thank you to everyone who came out, purchased and enjoyed the wonderful cake from Marilyn Montgomery!! Thanks to Bevin for helping me organize the charity event!! Thanks to Bevin and Adam Tomlin for the silent auction! It was a huge success!! The yard sales, that would be 3!! They were a huge success!! Thanks to Jason and Jennifer Slye for their generous donation! Thanks to Brittany Cobern for her generous donation!! Thanks to Craig and Crandi Miller for their generous donation!! Thanks to Grace Life Baptist Church for their generous donation!! Thanks to my sister, Missy, for sewing and sewing and sewing when I need just one more crayon roll!! Goodness, there are crayon rolls all over the world now!! Ruthie even has one that was mailed to her along with enough for her friends at the orphanage!! Thanks to my sister, Brandi, for organizing Ruthie's shower and always buying something at every party or show that we did! It was a huge success and she will dressed to impress for a long time!! She and Ryan also provided their home to have the yard sales and let us keep the items there until the next yard sale!! There are so many many more that I want to thank that I know I am missing........................ Just know that you are all loved and appreciated so very much!!!</div>
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Of course we could not have done it without the help and guidance from Ruthie's grandparents!! We could not have done the handmade items without Nana and Gda Boyd. They have worked so hard to cut out the crosses, frames, carrots, stockings and so on...We have sold hundreds and hundreds of different items and lost so much sleep. We attended so many craft fairs and reached so many people! We now have a booth that is at Encore Resales in Pelham that they furnish items. They have spent alot of time refinishing furniture and making more handmade holiday items that have taken off well and sold extremely well!!! Not only is someones house going to look lovely, but their granddaughter will be home soon. We could not have done all of this without them!! </div>
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We also could not have done it without Maw Maw and Paw Paw Bates. MawMaw made alot of handmade headbands and hairbows to sell at the events. They supported us through all of the craft fairs as well. After each fundraiser they would ask, "O.k. how much more??" They wanted to help us, but I would say that I needed to get another fundraiser in because I wanted to reach more people and see how much more I could raise. They wanted to do something to help bring Ruthie Grace home. So, as you all may know, my dad is also an electrician. He wired a house last month and told me to let him know after the Blue Bumble Bee charity event to let him know just how much was left to raise. He told me that I needed to spend the remainder of the time with my family and get rested up for the trip. So, that night I let he and my mom know exactly what was left to raise. He wired the house to help raise the remainder of our goal!! They are so proud and excited that so much came out of wiring a house. Not only was the home owner going to have power, but his granddaughter is now coming home!! </div>
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Their granddaugher will be forever grateful and love them so much!! We are also forever grateful for having such wonderful parents!! Their love and support through this all is very overwhelming and means so much to us!! </div>
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Carson and Hailey have had a huge part in this journey as well. Hailey has helped with craft fairs, painting and praying!! She has helped with picking out clothes and lots of fun stuff for Ruthie. She had a picture of Ruthie on her desk at school and prayed for her daily!! Carson has also helped with craft fairs and yard sales and also lots of prayers!! A few weeks ago he asked how he could help. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">We were discussing Ruthie and the amount of money left to raise to get her home. I explained to Carson that God has been so good to us this past year and has provided every penny of $30,000.00!!!! We have about $5,000 left to raise within the next few months, which will and can be done. He went down stairs grabbed his wallet and came back upstairs with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">a huge smile on his face. He said " Mom, I may not have much, but I do have $105 that I want to contribute to help bring Ruthie home." " I just want my sister home!!" As hard as it was to take his hard earned money from his grass cutting, I couldn't rob him of his blessing!! I am so proud of him and his love for his sister that he has never met and for our God that loves him so much!! God gets the glory for shining through my sweet kiddos!!! My heart is so full of joy!!! Love my kids!!!</span></span></div>
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Thanks to everyone that has had some part in this journey whether it be financially or through prayer!! Please continue to pray for us and these last few months of waiting. God knows what he is doing through all of this as we may not see it now, we will see it in a few months! God bless you all!! Ruthie will be home soon!!</div>
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<br />julieboydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220451434956220696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332553449788166034.post-42963721148174543762012-03-31T20:41:00.001-05:002012-03-31T20:41:26.251-05:00Great ending to March Fundraisers!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What a great ending to March!! Our adoption fundraisers ended with a huge bang!! The Pampered Chef party was a huge success, over $500.00 in orders, sold 32 "Jesus Told Me To" adoption shirts, 91 pairs of flip flops, seasonal art and a very successful month at Encore Resales in Pelham with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=839012725" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=839012725" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Jeri Conger Boyd</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">!! Oh my gravy!! I am so excited and it just adds a few more steps to Ruthie Grace!! Thank yo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">u to everyone that purchased and prayed for us!! We are forever grateful for our friends, family and church family that have stood by us through this entire process and trusted in our God to see us through!! The outcome is so much greater and I thank God for this journey!!! To God Be The Glory!!! Ruthie Grace will be home soon!! </span></span><br />
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We are also currently fundraising through Flip Flop 2 Adopt!! Who does not love flip flops?? We most certainly do! I have already picked out several pairs for myself and Hailey. If you are interested, please send me an email or message me with our email address and I will forward to you the flyers.<br />
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We will be having a pampered chef party next week as well!! What fun will that be!! Next month brings more fun things to do and sell!!<br />
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God bless you all for your thoughts and prayers!! God is so good and we can not wait to bring Ruthie Grace home and share her with you all!!<br />
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