Catch-Up

Think of this post as one to fill the gaps for some of you we have not talked to in awhile. Our adoption journey officially began in September 2008. It took one year to complete the paperwork...otherwise known as the “paper-chase.” In the final months of completing paperwork, we began looking at the children on the waiting child list. This list is comprised of children who are typically older than 18 months, and range from healthy to severely disabled. One can not help the overwhelming feeling of compassion as you read about each child. Realizing we could not help them all, but feeling compelled to adopt a child from the list, we began the emotional task of perusing all the files. It was not long before we found our son Li, EnYi. The following 48 hours dragged on very slowly as we waited to find out whether or not EnYi was still available. As in all good stories, this one has a happy ending (thus far), and as you probably guessed, we were officially matched in December of 2009. In the mean time, we have started a new round of paperwork, and began planning our trip to China to pick EnYi up and bring him home. Stay tuned as we await our official travel date. Right now it looks like late February or early March.