View from the girls bedroom

Regina's Chinese Dragon she got for a present for Chinese NY

On a clear day you can see Mt. Meeker and Longs Peak Mt. in Estes Park from their window

Regina's and Janae's new updated bedroom

This is a map we received as a gift when Regina came to us, it is Hunan China.

We hope the girls will like sleeping with each other. When we first come home the crib will be in our room or she (Janae) can sleep with us or in her new room with her sister. Its a very small room but it will work, I took the closet door out to open it up a bit. The view from their bedroom is very nice also.

VISAS

Just greeted the Fed Ex man, we have our visas!! I'm so excited I can't stand it I wish TA would come......lets review:
Referral of Janae.......................Thanksgiving
Pre-approval from China..........Christmas
Letter of Acceptance.................Chinese New Year
So the way this has been working we should get our last big notice from China on Valentines!
Travel Approval........................Valentines? we got it today...Presidents week? will that work?
Travel Dates...............................My Birthday March 2nd to ?? travel Janae's b-day week!
I tried to take a picture of the Visa stamp but it didn't work....trust me they are very impressive and should be for what they cost us!! One Swiss man and two American girls waiting for TA!!
Sounds good.

NEW PICTURES!

Janae Xiao Lu hanging out with friends in Anyang SWI Henan China......sometime in May or June 2008.....can't wait to hold her and love on her and give her a bubble bath!

CCAI

I went to CCAI (our adoption agency) yesterday to drop off our LOA and some travel documents. It's not a short drive it took me over an hour in Denver traffic to get there. I really wanted to meet the women in the WC dept.! It was nice to put a face with a name! They were so excited to meet me and so nice. These women have a HUGE job. I have a lot of respect for them. They were grateful I have faith in them and the program.It was fun to see THE office where all the excitement takes place. We took pictures in front of the China map BUT they didn't have a red ball next to Anyang Henan yet so in honor of my visit they put one in to mark where Janae (and others) are from! I also had one taken pointing to where Regina is from YueYang Hunan. I'm so happy I made the trip! Now hopefully our TA will come in the next couple of weeks so we can be there to celebrate Janae's birthday!
Above picture is Denise, Sara, Me and Pam!

LOA

We received LOA today!!! LOA is a letter from China telling us we have been accepted to be Janae's MaMa and BaBa!! We hope to travel in 5 to 6 weeks and be there for her 3rd birthday on March the 10th!! We are going to China!

Family visit

We had a house full over the New Year week. At one time there was 10 of us! My Mom turned 80 so my sister, her daughter, my brother and his family and of course my Mom were all here! We had a blast, ate good food (thanks to my hubby, he's the best) drank way to much good wine and visited. Regina had a blast with her cousins she loves them so much it was sad when they left. I mailed Janae's first care package today! I hope she gets it so she sees who's coming to get her in a few months. I will put pictures of it up as soon as I down load them!