August

It is now August and I have not been posting here as much as I originally intended to. We received our LSC (Letter Seeking Confirmation) or LOA (Letter of Acceptance) on August 11th! That is the letter from China that officially states once we sign and return it that Zadie (Xu Shu) is our daughter! All of our dossier documents have been reviewed and accepted by CCAA! We have sent a copy of the LOA and our I800 application to USCIS (Texas lockbox then Missouri to officer Harrison) and we are waiting for our I800 approval.
This weekend we worked hard to clean the basement and pack up the photo studio equipment. I am taking a break from photography for a while. We have given the studio space to our 15 year old son, Zach. He is so happy! Last night was his first night down stairs and he was a little bit lonely, but he likes having his own space. We bought Jacob a loft bed/desk/futon for his room. He is not sure how he feels about sleeping up so high - but he likes the futon!!! He is so easy to please. Zach's old bedroom will now be transformed into a girly, pink room for Izzie and Zadie. Grammy and Kathy Harkness have offered their painting skills to help me complete this task. Grammy is buying the girls' bedding as a Christmas gift. I am painting Zach and Jacob's wooden bunk beds white for the girls' room. I can't wait to see it completed!!
Since we had so much "stuff" from the bedroom moving process - I decided to have a fund raising yard sale this weekend!!! So many friends have donated items to sell to help us raise money for the adoption! We are so blessed. I hope we have a good trun out and that everyone can find something that they can use at the sale!!!
We have also been approved to sell Shirts of Hope through the Show Hope organization. Tad will be printing the order forms today so we can start selling. These shirts help raise awareness of orphans and will help us to bring Zadie out of the orphanage in China where she has lived over 4 years of her life and bring her home to her family forever! We are so excited to see how God is providing us opportunities to raise the funds for Zadie's trip home!!!
I hope to spend more time here recording our journey. I also have to figure out how to post pictures!!!
Bye for now!