Update

I was realizing I start many of my posts with the words"Update" and I suppose if I wrote more often this might be different, but I don't foresee this occurring, writing more often, so I guess everyone will just have to deal.
So I believe everyone at this point is aware that we are adopting again. Her nick name is Xiu Xiu so we have decided that is what we will call her until we hear differently from her. We believe her new name will be Hadley Ione Yue Hong Weiler, but it doesn't have to be official yet so we retain the right to change it. She is 8 years old almost 9. She has congenital cataracts, so her sight is not great but we have plans to help improve that. We really can't tell you much more than that because we don't know much more. Since it has not been a year since we adopted Scottie we are able to reuse out dossier. So what does that mean? Well there is a little less paper work and a lot less mail going back and forth between us and the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. We still have long waits though and if everything falls into place perfectly we hope to be able to travel this summer.

We did get a matching grant from a great organization called Brittany's Hope. They offer waiting children grants who either have major special needs or are older. We are VERY excited to be part of this group. The way it works it that we have to fund raise $3000 and they will give us $6000. We have already started our fund raising efforts by throwing a BBQ dinner and really only have to raise a little bit n more. Thank you to our wonderful friends who helped make the dinner happen. We could not have done it without you! So for those of you who are not in town and want a tax right off, just go to  Brittany's Hope Foundation /donate  For the question where the funds need to go choose "Special Needs Adoption Grant" and just below that enter "Weiler". Thanks!!!!!

Okay in the paper chase we are waiting on our pre-approval for immigration, which I am hoping to receive in mid to late February. I will keep everyone posted in the Mile Post section of the blog as Mile Stones are met. I also left Scottie's Mile Posts up as well so if you are like me and love to compare the numbers that is also available to you.

Fun at the Beach

A little fun at Sandy Beach.  

The Latest Picture of Xiu Xiu

The Adventure Begins Again

So if you haven't noticed there is a new face on the blog. This is Xiu Xiu and she is going to be our new daughter. We first saw her in February before Scottie came home and well things just happened and we discovered that Xiu Xiu was our daughter. We are able to reuse our dossier with a few new updates, but we are having to do a new home study and I-800a ( pre-approval for making her a citizen). Hopefully this week our new home study will be approved and we will be able to send off our I-800a. We are hoping we will be able to travel by summer but that is if everything falls into place and moves smoothly. It could happen! Xiu Xiu is 8 yrs old, but will be 9 by the time she comes home. She is from the province just below where Scottie is from. We are very excited to have her in our family.

Photo Update

 First Snow

 First Snow Angel

 First Snowball with Grandma Feather (Sherry)

 First Santa Claus kiss

First Santa Claus photo

First trip to Canada (End of Summer) Sorry pictures are out of order.

Summer update

Update photos

Okay so we have been really bad about updates since Guangzhou but everything has been going well. Instead of words for this post it will just be pictures to tell the story.