We received an exciting email from our agency yesterday, it was an update on our Sarah Lu!!
She is 35 inches tall and 28 (almost 29) lbs! Her referral info was done in March, so we are very happy for an update!! Comparing the old info with the new, Sarah Lu has grown 2 inches and gained 2 pounds!!


While shopping the other day, I went to Target and saw the cutest little girls boots! There were three different pairs we especially liked, and it was oh SO hard to narrow it down, but eventually we decided on these super cute ones, and I can totally see Sarah Lu wearing them! We also picked up a cute pair of Hello Kitty tennies.

We are on Day 55 now in our wait for TA. Hopefully, this means we are OVER half-way through the wait. The average wait for TA seems to be about 60-90 days. It is getting so hard, we can't wait to go to China and bring Sarah Lu home!

We have started working on Sarah Lu's nursery! It's not even close to being done yet, but here is what we have done so far...It's still pretty empty, there's just a rocking horse, dresser, and a rocker that still needs to be reapolstered, but it's finally starting to come together!

Sarah's bedspread! If you look closely you can even see that it has ladybugs on it!

Wesley jumped right into the rocker when we brought it in and made himself quite comfortable! "What do you mean, this rocker isn't for me???"

Oh, Wesley we love you!

It's beginning to look alot like a nusery!

Today we received our travel packet from America World! Suddenly things are progressing very quickly.
We are thankful for the miracles God has wrought to bring us to this time! There is much to pray for; from provision for the trip and fees in China to safety while traveling, and a "spirit of adoption", not only for us, but for our little Sarah as well. We pray that somehow she will be glad to be a part of our family, (that she will like our dogs), that we can meet her needs, and be the God -chosen family for her.
Our agency has told us to be ready for travel, possibly as soon as in the next six weeks!

-posted by Sarah's mama (ususally it's her big sister who does all the blogging :-)

*This tote bag came along with our Travel Info!

I have just been looking at different growth charts, seeing where Sarah fits in and wondering what clothes size I should continue buying...
On Chinese Growth Charts she is in the 97% in weight, height, and head circumference!
On US growth charts she is in the 60% in weight and the 75% in height!
Right now I have 2Ts, 3Ts, and even some 4Ts. I am not really quite sure of what to be buying right now, we really hope to get her by November, according to the charts she'll weigh about 30 pounds and be about 37 inches by then... So, I'm guessing she'll be fitting a 3T just about perfectly, I'll bring some 2Ts and maybe even a couple 4's along also...just in case.

Here is a slideshow of various pictures of our trip to China in February of 2005. It includes Hong Kong, Beijing, and other places in northern China, along with several orphanages.