Doctor Visit - No New Pictures

We got an update last night about Jake's doctor's visit on the 9th. He is doing "Great!". Again, the doctor's were very happy with his progress. He is growing in leaps and bounds. Once he finds the bottle, he grabs the nanny's hand so she can't pull it out til he's done. That's our boy! Hopefully we will get some new pics soon.

The paperchase is proving to be a exercise in perseverance. Just when I think I have all the documents together for the new homestudy, I find out that I need more! Well, again I am saying that.....I think I might have all the papers I need. But I reserve the right to be wrong. LOL As soon as I get our homestudy, I will send a copy to INS so we can get our Taiwan I-600A Approval (AKA the I-171H) and I can e-mail a copy to Taiwan to His Hands for them to have translated. They will return that back to us, with our translated Power of Attorney. When we receive those, we will take them to the Taiwanese Economic and Cultural Office (their version of a consulate) for their seal of approval. Then we send them back to His Hands in Taiwan. At that point, we will wait for our first of two courts date. Please pray for a speedy turnaround.

Newer Pictures!

I just got these this morning. Jake is growing, but he is still a little peanut! Here they tried to get him with his eyes open. And the grouchy picture is one of my favorites! Though, I bet I won't appreciate that look once he gets home!

More New Pictures!

Getting his 1st Hep B shot




We have a Binky boy!

New Update, No New Pics :-(

We just got this e-mail this morning: We need to send paperwork to Taiwan ASAP so they can get started on it. Jake went to the dr. yesterday for a check-up. He weighs 6 lbs. 4 ounces!!!! and he got his first Hep B shot. But he did great and the doctor told him to keep up the good work! His caregiver, Mary, said that he sleeps in three hour shifts, has his bottle and goes right back to bed. When awake, he is very alert and doing great! GOD IS WONDERFUL!!!!! We are so in love with this little miracle boy.

The girls go shopping!

Today Natalie and I went shopping for her baby brother. It was so much fun....well, at least for me. Natalie was not too thrilled about looking at all that blue! But once she got her light-up fairy wand, she was happy. Natalie declared that Toy-r-Us is her FAVORITE toy store. Oh no.....I thought she was spoiled before.

We found some great deals at a children's consignment store. I bought Jake a bouncer that has a built-in massager, along with vibration and music. I hope he likes it. We picked out a lot of really cute jammies and onesies. I got preemie size to send to him now and newborn/ 0-3month for when he comes home. Oh my word, they are all SO tiny!