So, I had a few friends give their opinion of the blog - look and content - and I got a thumbs up...so gulp, it looks like I'm going to make it official to the world. And, if you are reading this....something must have worked right. There are a few glitches to be worked out and I haven't attempted to put pictures in....but they are coming. I'm blogging it one step at a time!

The big news on our end - we received word from our adoption agency - Chinese Children Adoption International - that our official application has been approved! Yikers....approved.  That means we formally can start the home study and our adoption dossier (all the paperwork the Chinese and US governments need). If you don't know, China places a lot of restrictions on who can adopt. For instance you have to be older than 30, have a certain Body Mass Index (that was a fun one to figure out), maintain a certain income, etc.

Over the coming weeks and months, we hope to answer many questions that we've been asked...such as why adopt? Why adopt from China? What is the process? How are you funding the adoption? What is Shepherd's Field Children's Villiage? Etc.  We also want to use this blog as a way to chronicle all of the events, thoughts and emotions we experience along the way for the newest member of our family.....whoever he or she may be!

We have other exciting things going on behind the scenes.....that we're not quite ready to unveil....but hope to in the next week or two. So, stay tuned.......