Hello all! I would love to update you on our sweet daughter Qing Nan's adoption. We were able to walk in early for our fingerprint appointments.The original date was 7/16 and we had our biometrics done 6/27. Yay!

In the meantime, the kiddos and I went out of town and then Darrell went out of town, and just before going out of town our police clearances expired. SOOO, Darrell was able to get that redone yesterday. Apparently the Dream Act has caused long waits for clearances here in Houston but fortunately, since Darrell took time off work to get it done, he was able to do it in about an hour (it helps that he knows the folks in the permitting office :-)).

SOOO...I need to have a medical form notarized Monday morning and on Tuesday I will travel to Austin to have everything certified. That's our plan anyway.

We all think of Qing Nan all the time. We pray for her, we talk about her, we think about her and we look at her pictures. We (mostly I) cry sometimes, too. Katie made her the cutest card with a funny picture of a girl in a St. Patrick's Day costume on the front, and Luke made her a beautiful piece of shell art with pink ribbon hanging down and her name painted inside. The four of us are trying to learn a little Chinese so we can communicate with her, but I'm pretty sure that yours truly will only remember a few simple phrases like "Wo men fei chang kai xin ni shi wo men de nu er!" (We are very happy you are our daughter!) If I remember nothing else, I want to remember those words. :-)

Darrell and I want to meet our daughter and get started loving on her. We would also like to thank you all so much for supporting us on our journey.