Our Family Blog – Mike, Louanne, Nadia, Amelie, & Dani
We are proud to introduce Dani to the world now that we have LOA. These photos are from when she was 12 months old and now she is 20 months old. We hope to travel in Feb or early March to meet her and complete the adoption.
And one more photo just for fun!
We are very excited to announce that we were matched with our third daughter last week! It’s very exciting and we have received pre-approval from China to adopt her. Now we wait for our Letter of Acceptance (LOA) which should take about 7-10 weeks. Then we will be allowed to show her photo. But trust me, she is ADORABLE!!!
Dani is 18 months and from the Jiangxi Province, just like Nadia was. We will most likely travel in March, but I am hoping for February.
Click the album above to see the entire album. Alyssa and Nadia on the first day.
After our stop over in Paul’s Valley to visit the Toy and Action Figure Museum we continued on the way up to Tulsa for our 3rd China Camp. This year was the first time Amelie was old enough to attend and she was really excited to be going with Nadia. We took the girls to their classrooms and then waited for the opening celebration. The highlight for the kids is the lion dance. When we picked the girls up they had all kinds of stories to tell us about their day, but Amelie desperately needed a nap. This was the first time she had ever been at something all day long past her normal nap time.
Cousin coloring time!
At dinner time Jade and Gwen drove down to Tulsa to spend the evening with us and have dinner. We were all so excited to see them again so soon after Jade’s wedding.
Day two of China camp was a great fun for the girls. Mike and I had a great time going to the movies and out to lunch with no interruptions 🙂 After a short nap it was time for the family swim party (which we didn’t make it to the last two years).
On day three Nadia was oh.so.excited. to find out that her favorite teen counselor was staying at our hotel also – I knew I had to make sure and get a photo of them together. The closing ceremonies were lots of fun and you can check out the videos to see how entertaining they are.
Nadia’s class on the last day.
Taggie is always on our travels.
Within minutes of being home in Texas the girls had to put on a lion dance of their own. Once again, China Camp was a great experience for the girls!
Nadia celebrated Chinese new year at the Chinese school and she was so excited about her outfit she wanted her and Amelie to wear them on Sunday to church. That was also the actual day of Chinese New Year for 2013 – The Year of the Snake.
Saying “Ni Hao” (hello in Chinese)
Amelie’s Favorite Pose
I just love these outfits and think they look totally adorable. And the girls received a lot of attention at church and Costco in them.