Our Adoption Journey

We started our adoption journey in April 2006. After 6 months of paper-chasing, we sent our dossier to China on October 6, 2006. Our log in date (LID) is November 9, 2006. And our wait to bring our daughter home began.

We decided in May 2007 to consider adopting a child with special needs. Over the next 8 months we applied to be considered for several girls with various special needs. On January 9, 2008 we got a call from the special needs coordinator at our agency that we had been tenatively matched with a 4 year old girl in Chongqing City. The review committee at our agency wanted us to meet with our family doctor to discuss this child's health issues. They wanted us to be sure we understood what we would be facing with this precious girl as our daughter. She was born with a heart defect. She's already had corrective surgery in China. After meeting with our doctor and doing some research on our own, we notified our advocate at the agency that we'd like to proceed with the referral process for this child, our Chloe Grace.

We had more paperwork to complete. It was all sent to China last Friday, February 1st. That included our Letter of Intent (LOI) to adopt this sweet girl. Now we wait for approval from China. I've shown Chloe Grace's picture to some of our family and friends. Many have said she resembles Madison, our 8 year old daughter.

Over the past two days we've been painting Jason & Madison's bedrooms. Until yesterday, Jason was in the bedroom that is larger and has a walk in closet. He and Madison traded rooms. Since Madison and Chloe Grace will share, we thought they would need more closet space. The larger bedroom also already has 2 twin beds, so it made sense to put the girls in there.

Please continue to pray for our family as we wait a little longer to bring Chloe Grace home. Pray also for Chloe Grace. Her entire world is about to change.