The count for today is...

           Yes, you heard me

                                 days.

That's right

             days till Maddison. 

Thank you, Lord,  for this special little gal.

~ Robin

Updated Pictures

A while back we contacted Ann of Red Thread China to arrange a "Fruit Party" for Maddison and the other children of Hebi City SWI (we saw another family do this on another blog). We kept emailing Ann each weekend hoping for an update from the orphanage.  She kept telling us, maybe next week we'd hear.  Robin and I had pretty much written this off and assumed that we'd not get anything before we travel to China to pick Maddison up.  We were getting ready for bed on Sunday night when the "ding" came through on our cell phones.  I opened up my email and it was an email from Ann.  Attached were 6 pictures of Maddison's "Fruit Party" with updated information on Maddison.  We quickly replied to Ann thanking her for the pictures.  She replied back with an additional 4 pictures!  WOW!!!!  We had also sent a list of questions and we received answers to many of them.  God is so good!

Here are some of the pictures:

 

This picture was also include in the email from Ann.  It was taken a few weeks before the "Fruit Party".  The child on Maddie's right is Wen Shin. (The little girl with all the hair.)  We found out from our friends in Canada that adopted Wen Kai the end of June, that Maddie, Wen Shin, and Wen Kai were BFFs in the orphanage.  We would love to find out more about Wen Shin, does she have a family yet, and be able to connect with them!

The count down continues yet again........

..... days till Maddison is in our arms!

 - Gina for Robin/Dave the substitute blogger while they are in China

Nursery

We thought we would share these pictures of the nursery.......

     As you walk down the hallway, you are greeted by these two peaceful critters.  Years ago, this quilt was made for me when I went to Kenya.  It truly shows what all my African friends want ... Amani which translated from Swahili is PEACE.   I thought it was a good time to pull it out and put it on display.

A special quilt made by Coy, a dear friend.

A beautiful crib for a beautiful little gal.

Aunt Carla made this cross stitch for me when I was 4 years old.  We pulled it out of the hope chest and just had to have it framed.  Sorry it is so dark, but it did not photograph well with a flash.

a treasured keepsake 

The ladybug is a symbol of Chinese adoptions. 

just a few books & toys

All we need is Maddison.

~ Robin

Count Down Continues

There are .....................

........... days till Maddison. 

~ Robin 

The Count Down Begins

We will meet Maddison in ..... 

days!!! 

I actually think others in the family have already started counting, but today is my official start date.

~ Robin