Orphan alert beautiful 13yo girl, agency fees waived.

Helen will age out of adoption eligibility on January 20, 2011. She is smart, beautiful and has NO Special Needs. She just NEEDS a forever family!! :-) :-) She is very educated. She knows A LOT of English!!!!! !!!!!!! She is brilliant and very driven and motivated. She is a tough little cookie!!!!!! !!!

MAA is offering a Hope grant to waive all fees for this child if a family comes forward who can adopt her in time. (Any potential family MUST have a completed HS or one that is almost complete to be able to adopt her in time). MAA is also willing to transfer the file for any family who is LID with another agency who we feel will be a good fit.

Qingdao has also offered to waive this child's orphanage donation!!!

Please contact diana.maa@ comcast. net (without the spaces) asap if you are interested in this child. Please also help spread the word about this gorgeous child.

A tooth!

We have our first lost tooth! And the winner is...

Woosy did it

Lucy. She is such a crazy kid. She keeps us all hopping and laughing. She always manages to get up before me and when I wake up, I am often confronted with crazy messes. When I ask who made the mess, she quickly confesses, Woosy did it!"

Today she was walking behind me on the sidewalk and I said, "you are such a slow poke." She said, "No I not, I Woosy."

We were in a crowded store and she was showing me stuff and backing in to people. I said, "watch out for people, and she turned around and yelled, "Watch out People!"



Always polite, she shakes her hand in front of her and says, "No fank you." If she doesn't want something.
If I ask her sisters to apologize to her, she readily apologizes as well even though she was the offended.

She paints her lips with red nail polish. Very well I might add. She also has done body art all over her tummy with my favorite tube of lipstick.

If I hold out my hand and I ask, "What's in your mouth?" I am more likely than not to get a handful of slimy dog food.

Oops, I was on the computer too long. Found a stool pulled up to the counter and half my sugar cubes missing. A loaf of bread is missing and a very happy, hyper Lucy, soaking wet, outside picking green oranges from the tree. Gotta go.

Short kids

One of the moms at school told me her son came home on the first day of school and told her there was a little girl in his class. He insisted there was no way she was 5, she must be 3. He held his hands about 8inches apart and said, "she's only this big mom, for real!""
She knew he was exaggerating of course. She was telling me this story as we were waiting for our kids to get in to their class. She spied Angie and immediately guessed she was the 8 inch tall child he was referring to. She was right. Kinda funny, she asked how old Angie was too, she didn't quite believe she was 5 either.

Orphan Alert: 13 yo girl ageing out soon.

This sweet girl has lived her entire life in an orphanage. She will turn 14 in January when she will no longer be eligible in China to be adopted. Can you imagine dreaming your whole life for a family and slowly watch the dream fade? She just has 4 short months for the miracle to happen for her. Most children look forward to each birthday on their teen years, a sign of maturity and more responsibility. This birthday will indeed mark the end of childhood for her, and a new responsibility of trying to figure out how to make it on her own for the rest of her life. Please, lets find a family for her.

She has a repaired cleft lip and palate. Contact Dick and CHeryl Graham of Bringing Hope to Children at iaap2000@gmail.com for more information about her. I'm not aloud to post her name on a public forum but you can ask for more info about the girl that will age out in January. Her birthday is 1/19/97.

Inventor!

I picked up the girls from school today and Karianne announced, "I want to be a 'Ventor!"

I said, "ok".

She said, "I think I'll work on that tonight. ...mom I'm gonna need some empty milk jugs and other stuff you don't need anymore."

Ok

The first day of the rest of our lives.

First day of school! The girls were so excited. They did great, they like their teachers and didn't trip on their shoelaces. After school they told me that they loved EVERYTHING. It's a good start.

big kids

All of a sudden my kids grew up this week. They start kindergarten this week, we have our first loose tooth and now Karianne feels that she is old enough to move out and have her own house. Brent asked her where she would get food, she said, "the store."

"Well where would you get money to buy food at the store?"

"My bank"

"And what happens when you run out of money in your bank?"

"I'd just find more on the ground, I'm good at finding money on the ground."

Seems she has it all figured out...

Adoption fundraiser raffle

This couple is trying to raise last minute funds for their adoption. Their little boy is waiting for them in China. They are leaving Saturday and are still short $2000. They are holding a 24 hr Raffle for an IPOD touch. Every $5 gets an entry. Who can't part with $5? We are so blessed.

Here's a link to their blog and their story. The CHIPIN for the Raffle is on the right. Thank you!

http://mycupoverfloweth.blogspot.com/