Halloween 2012`

It has been almost a year since I came home from China with our little Hope. She has really fit in well with our family and is doing really great. She is 18 months old tomorrow. Here are some pictures from our Halloween fun. Dad was taking the pictures. The last picture is so funny. She hates when I put bows in her hair. I suspect I will be seeing more of that face in her teen years :-)

Update on Hope from China

Hope is doing so great. Our other three kids are crazy about her. She is ten months old now. She has been home for four months. Look at the difference from the referral picture below, to now. She is my little munchable sweetie pie,....and so worth the wait! Iam so glad I did not leave the China program. Our family is finally complete!

Our baby in China, Hope!

After a very long wait, she is finally here,...our Hope. The five year wait brought us two more beautiful souls that were adopted domestically from New Orleans. The wait for China turned out to be one of our greatest blessings and now we will have four children total! Three adopted domestically, and now Hope, from China. Here she is! Born May 3, 2011 in Kunming!

Our Three Little Blessings

Joe (7), Nick(3), and Faith (18 months)

Wecome Home Baby Faith

Our newest angel, Faith, born March 4, 2010, in New Orleans. We are thrilled to have a baby girl! Everyone has asked what agency we used for this adoption. It was Catholic Social Services of New Orleans. They are are wonderful, have extremely low fees, and you do not have to be Catholic. Eighty percent of the people who use their services for adoption are not Catholic. They are awesome. Our wait for our son Nick was one month after we were paperwork ready, and seven months for our new daughter Faith!

Later in the day March 1, 2009

Our snow early in the day March 1, 2009