BEAUTIFUL!

I am in LOVE with THIS print!  I want it!  

I am doing a lot of research and asking a lot of my adoption friends if they know what the name of this beautiful print is and where can I get it.  I've never seen a print like this of Jesus with Asian children before.  I LOVE it! If anyone knows the name of it or where I can buy it PLEASE let me know!

Sweet Frog Spirit Night!

On Monday, we had our second Spirit Night Fundraiser. 

This time at Sweet Frog!

If you are not familiar with Sweet Frog it is a frozen yogurt cafe.  So YUMMY!

Hannah and Hailee wore their new T-shirts that say "I Love my sister in Ch*na" with their Mieya red thread bracelets.

All in all we had a pretty good turn out!  I think we did pretty well!  We met a lot of sweet people who loved the fact that we are adopting and they commented on how adorable Meiya is, who can blame them?  Have you seen this precious face?  She gives me goosies every time I look at her pictures! 

As far as our process, we are hoping to get our home study turned in to our agency NOW THIS week!  Yes, we are still waiting on it (84 days to be exact) but we know it will happen.  It MUST happen this week.  I am running out of patience!  We should have our DTC right now but sadly, we do not!  Nobody's fault!   Just the devil throwing wrenches and God is always right there throwing them back at him.  God is in control, this I know!  
He will make a way!

I LOVE this!  I need to tattoo it on my forehead hang it up all over my house because I am so guilty of feeling alone and defeated.  I get angry!  I won't lie!  I get really angry because of how things are moving at a snails pace!  I see other's who started the adoption process when we did and already have DTC!  We do not even have our stinkin home study turned into our agency yet!  It is frustrating!  But God keeps reminding me that this is HIS world and HE is in control of everything!  Nothing is impossible for Him!  He will see to it that we get our sweet Meiya home soon!  He knows what she needs.  She is His child created in His image. I need to trust Him and let Him take the wheel.  It is going to happen in His timing.

T-Shirts Fundraiser!

Today we are so excited because our AdoptionBug T-shirt store is open and ready for business!  This is our first official fundraiser that we have started for our adoption. Please click on the box below and it will take you directly to our store.  This is an awesome opportunity for you to help us bring Meiya home! Oh and the shirts are cool!  We have 6 different styles to choose from!  Did I mention how cool they are?

We need YOUR help!

As many of you may know the federal adoption tax credit is due to expire at the end of this year.  Families that adopt children from foster care, through domestic infant adoption, or through intercountry adoption are eligible for this tax credit! President Obama has proposed that it becomes permanent starting in 2013 but your help is needed to encourage Congress to pass the act. 

"Congress must act NOW to pass legislation that will protect and extend the adoption tax credit and encourage the right of every child to grow up SAFE and LOVED in a FAMILY for their OWN" - Adoption Tax Credit Working Group

 To help I URGE you to go to http://adoptiontaxcredit.org/advocate/. On this site your will see step by step instructions of what YOU can do to HELP save this much needed tax credit for adoptive families. Today I emailed 2 of our state's Representatives and 2 of our states Senators. I just copied and pasted the sample email that http://adoptiontaxcredit.org/advocate/ has so graciously written for us to use and customize. Here is is the sample letter that YOU may use.  Please remember to customize it! 

Dear Senator/Representative (NAME):

I am writing to ask you to support the adoption tax credit, which is set to expire on December 31, 2012. Since 1997, the adoption tax credit has helped tens of thousands of parents offset the high cost of adoption, making it possible for them to provide children with loving, permanent families.

The adoption tax credit is especially important to me and my family because… (Tell Congress why you care. Your Members of Congress value your voice!)

If Congress does not take action, the current adoption tax credit will expire at the end of 2012. The credit will be reduced to $6,000, and will only benefit the few families that adopt children with special needs and have qualified adoption expenses. Most families adopting children from foster care, intercountry adoption, and domestic infant adoption will not receive any benefit. Without the adoption tax credit, many parents hoping to adopt will be unable to do so, and others will face great financial hardship. The adoption tax credit is essential to ensuring that as many children as possible find the forever families they deserve and ensuring that those families are in a more stable financial position to provide an environment where children can thrive.

The adoption tax credit must be extended to help as many children as possible find the permanent, loving family they need and deserve. And for 2012 it should be made refundable again so that most adoptive families will benefit from it. The best adoption tax credit would be permanent, refundable, inclusive of all types of adoption, and remain a “flat” tax for children with special needs. Enclosed, for your reference, is a factsheet with more information about the adoption tax credit.

On behalf of the countless children waiting to be adopted, and the many thousands of families that stand to benefit from the adoption tax credit, thank you for your attention to this important issue.

Sincerely,

NAME

CITY, STATE

EMAIL ADDRESS / PHONE NUMBER

Again, all you have to do it copy and paste this letter, customize it and email it to your state Senator's and Representatives. Encourage your family and friends to do the same!

To find out who your state Senators are click on THIS link : http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

To find out who your state Representatives are click on THIS link:

http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Thank you for helping!  Everyone has a voice and everyone needs to be heard.  Every child deserves to be loved, feel safe and have a family of their own.  Together we can save this much needed tax credit for adoptive families.  Think about all of the children that this tax credit will help!  

She is stunning!

Got this today....

And I must say.....

She takes our breath away.....

We love her! 

We love her foster mama who is taking such wonderful care of her.  She looks so happy and healthy.

  We can tell that she is loved.

Thank you Lord for blessing our baby girl with such a loving foster family!

Meiya Lin, we are trying our hardest to get things moving so we can bring you home sweet girl!

Baby be Blessed... FREE Friday!!!

I LOVE Baby be Blessed dolls!

These dolls are not only adorable but they spread the Word of God.  Each handmade doll has scripture stitched onto their cute, little tummies.

Cute right?  

Well the amazing people at Baby be Blessed are having a FREE GIVEAWAY!

To Enter go to this link http://babybeblessed.blogspot.com/2012/04/yayfree-friday_20.html

Follow the directions and you are automatically entered!  Yes, it is THAT easy!

They are not so bad after all!

Yesterday I sent SAFRAN MorphoTrust a complaint email because it took them so long to let us know that my prints were rejected. In my earlier post I mentioned that my prints have been rejected twice and I disliked them for taking so long. Well this morning I got a phone call from them responding to my email. The nice, young lady on the other end told me that she was sorry for it taking so long and they were going to do all they could to make things right with me. They are going to skip making me do another fingerprinting session (YAY!) and instead they are going to do the Name Based Search. This is awesome news because we were told I would have to be rejected 3 times before that could be done but their policy says 2 times. I will go with THEIR policy. ;)

So now I want to say that I recant my statement saying that I dislike SAFRAN MorphoTrust. They seen to be not so bad after all!

Now I just have to send them copies of the TWO rejection letters, my full name, DOB and SSN and then my check will be done. YAY!