Visiting Grandpa in Texas

In October the whole family piled into the minivan and took a rather long road trip the Dallas, Texas for a visit with grandpa (my dad). We had a great week visiting with our family and relaxing. While there we spent time at a pumpkin patch and at the Dallas World Aquarium. The aquarium is basically an indoor wildlife conservatory/zoo and some of the animals just roam lose. The atmosphere is beautiful. Grandpa also gave my husband and I a great treat because he watched the kids overnight so we could have our own mini-vacation. It was a very appreciated gift of alone time.


Some of the best times for us in Texas was getting to meet our adoption advocate, Carrie, and meeting Gary and Terri Casebier, another family adopting from China. On Monday 10/23 we met Carrie for lunch. We shared about our family and our desire to adopt and she shared about how she came to be an adoption advocate. Carrie left for China just 2 days after our meeting for a friendship trip. This type of trip focuses on spending time at the orphanages with the children. We sent a letter with Carrie to China for Genei. So now there is something of ours actually in China where our little baby girl is. Thank you Carrie for delivering something so special for us!
That same night we had dinner with Gary and Terri. They were so great and we really enjoyed meeting them and forming a friendship that will comfort us throughout this adoption process.

We also had the great excitement of finding out our LID while visiting. We are officially logged in at the CCAA (Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs) on 10/18/06. This starts our wait time, which right now is 14 months or longer. Please pray with us that the wait time shortens and that Genei will be safe and loved until we can bring her home.