Now that our little Hao Hao is "officially" ours...I can fill you in on some information!
Her given name is Lou Hao (pronounced low how) and she was born on July 1, 2007. She's currently in foster care in Loudi City, Hunan and a part of the SWI of Loudi. Her last measurements we have put her at just under 20 lbs (but probably weighed with all her clothes on...I'll believe this when we see her!), and 29 inches tall. She's been in foster care since September of 2007. She was born with a form of Spina bifida and had surgery at 1 month to repair the spot. All indications are that she is walking, praise the Lord! At her last update, at 13 months she could walk holding the nanny's hand and was cruising around furniture. We won't know for sure till we meet her but we are prepared to handle whatever needs she has!
So many of you have asked about travel. AWAA is saying late December. They send out groups on Thursdays so we are praying that we'll either leave December 11 ( this is a long shot but we can pray, right??) because that would put us home on Christmas Eve. OR we could leave on Christmas Day or the day after. If we leave on the 18th, we'll be in China the week before and after Christmas, which would be really hard to leave Ally and Annalyse (Avery is going with us), BUT we'll go whenever they say GO!!!! The little ones will be in good hands :0)
Now we wait for Travel Approval....usually takes about 2-3 weeks, so I'm guessing the week after Thanksgiving sometime. That will give us concrete dates.
In the mean time, my list making skills are in high gear! On top of this being the busiest time of year (hubby is a minister at a large church...December is so full!) for us, we're adding a trip to China!! Don't read that as complaining, just saying that we're taking things a day at a time from here on out! After we get home from Thanksgiving in MS, we'll kick it in high gear!
Please continue to pray for us!! We still have some financial needs as far as travel is concerned, and just the logistics of having half our family in China and half in the US for two weeks...it's going to take lots of organization and I can get overwhelmed in that area pretty quick.
Thanks so much....how about another picture!!????
6 comments:
She is so beautiful!! Congrats!
Oh, I just love looking at her...she is just beautiful! You are in the home stretch now me friend...soon your little princess will be in your arms~
She is adorable! Thanks for sharing. Post some more!
The Vinyards
How exciting for your family! I remember at one time you mentioned something about Delta Skymiles....we have some, not alot, but we would love to donate if they would be helpful. Let me know.
Thanks so much for the Skymiles offer...we actually had a man in our church willing to donate ALL the miles we needed...but becasue we are going to China over a VERY BUSY time, we learned yesterday we cannot use the miles...there are no award tickets left for the dates we have tenitively from our agecny...BOOO!!
That means we're paying for the tickets...an even bigger BOO! Or should I say, the LORD is buying our tickets, He's going to have to provide....do you know how much it cost to fly to China at Christmas??!!!! HE WILL!!
I Love her HAIR. She is so so so adorable. I really hope I get to meet you guys in China. Are you bringing any of your other kiddos? We are bringing our 4 year old son, Harrison.
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