I can’t believe that I am writing this but we are FINALLY in the home stretch of this adoption. We have had a lot of movement in the past 4 weeks and if all goes as planned, we will be flying off to China at the end of August. Process Update We are in the… [Read More]
Adoption: She is Found
A few weeks ago, we finally received our Letter Seeking Confirmation (also known as a Letter of Approval) for our sweet girl. This is China’s official letter approving us to adopt our daughter. This one simple piece of paper determines that she will no longer be an orphan. Physically checking “YES”, that we 100% accepted her… [Read More]
Adoption: Support Us by Buying a Script China Shirt #SomnitzAdoption #OneLess
As our shoe drive quickly comes to a close, we are starting a new fundraising campaign today. We are selling these beautiful “script” China t-shirts. Being avid Buckeye fans, it just seemed a natural fit for to combine our OSU spirit with our love for country that will be blessing Based on the popular “home”… [Read More]
Mother’s Day, Both Bitter & Sweet
This mother’s day has been so deeply contradictory. It has been both amazingly joyful and breathtakingly sad. I have struggled with missing my mother and and simultaneously celebrating being a mom. Missing a daughter I have not yet met and praying for a mother that gave the ultimate sacrifice for her child. It’s like a… [Read More]
Deaf Adoption Advocacy: Three Little Loves from Wasatch
It has been a while since I posted any new sweet little faces. A couple of weeks ago, my heart jumped when I read the advocacy post of another darling deaf waiting child. When I reached out to her advocate, I was told the agency also has 2 other deaf children on their list. Of… [Read More]
Adoption Update: Pictures, Shoes and Waiting
Let’s start with the waiting: Well, here we are in April. We had originally hoped that we would be traveling to China for our daughter in May but due to unforeseen delays, it looks like we should be traveling in late August or even September. Up until last week we were waiting for our approval letter… [Read More]
Adopt Together: Join us in Bringing Lydia Home
I have to be 100% honest, I am slightly uncomfortable in even writing this post. I don’t love the idea of talking about money or even finances with “on the blog” but we have received many inquiries from family, friends and strangers asking us how they can help us. After much consideration (and research), we… [Read More]
Adoption: Officially Introducing Lydia!
The time has finally come, to introduce our daughter Lydia. While we have had our Pre-Approval since last August, I have been hesitant to share our daughter’s information publicly till I was 100% sure we were going to survive the home study process. I also wanted to cherish the little bit of time that our… [Read More]
Deaf Waiting Children: Zora and Dan with Heartsent Adoptions
Oh friends! Happy Happy New Year! I am thrilled to make my first very first post of 2016 and advocacy story. I deeply believe that ALL children should be part of a true family and that these sweet deaf children are deserving of families who desire to learn sign language and help them succeed. A couple… [Read More]
Adopting from China – Our Timeline
When we first started our adoption process, I didn’t quite understand the fascination with bloggers posting their adoption timelines. I figured that there were so many variables that could possibly come into play that reading other families timelines were not applicable to us. However, now that we are smack dab in the middle of the… [Read More]