New Pictures and a letter!!!

Look at what we got in our email this morning!!

First we want to say a great big THANK YOU to Gifts to China with Love for sending over our package and getting these wonderful photos and letter for us!!

We sent a package for Christmas and he's wearing it!  It has that super scrumptious fleece on the inside.  We also sent over a little Christmas stocking with candy and something for his foster parents.  

So pictures first or Michael's letter?  Okay a picture and his letter.  :)  What a sweet, sweet, boy!

     

Han Jin Peng

Letter to his Forever Family

Dear Baba Mama:

NI HAO! How are you?

I have got the X'mas gifts. I love the gifts you sent me very very much!  How are you and NI HAO little brother and sister?

I so long to see you.

I wish Baba Mama will be very healthy and happy in the new year!  I wish that all of our dreams come true!

I wish little brother and sister happy forever!

Han Jin Peng

Looks like maybe doing school work

A little something he has made?  We were told he likes to draw.

Rejoicing today with seeing his sweet face and reading his sweet words.

Thank you God for making us One Happy Momma, Papa, Little sister and little brother!

A new year is here

Well here we are, a new year!  2010 has come and gone and looking back we have had so many blessings this past year.

We celebrated many things.  Miss Magoo being home 3 years in May, Mister being home 1 year in July and opening our hearts and stepping out in faith to bring Michael home!  God has blessed us so much and we thank Him every day for all our blessings!

We have enjoyed the holiday's and now we are ringing in the new year with a new fundraiser!

 

We have been chosen by Hip Mom Jewelry to help us with our fundraising efforts!  Her jewelry is amazing!  It is ALL hand stamped and just BEAUTIFUL!  There are a few that I personally would love to have!  Such as the one above.  :)

So what better Valentine's Day gift than a personalized piece of jewelry?!  There is something for everyone.  From bracelets to necklaces to adoption jewelry to even something for Dad's! 

When you order you will need to use our Family Code  - 2011JANWor in the checkout process so we receive the credit for your purchase.

We hope you will stop by Hip Mom Jewelery and check it out at:  http://hipmomjewelry.com

Once again we are so grateful for our blessings and that includes all of you that are thinking of us, praying for us and for Michael or purchasing something from one our fundraisers.  

Thank you for helping us bring Michael home!

No news and waiting

Well we hope that everyone had a wonderful and blessed Christmas!

We sure did! The littles had a blast on Christmas morning for sure!

We thought we would give a little update on our adoption and that is, there's not really much to tell.

We had our fingerprints taken on Dec 15th and we are waiting to be assigned an officer at USCIS so they can go over our paperwork that we filed with them. So we are waiting for that and then their approval. 

Once we receive approval, we can move onto the next step and that is to get everything authenticated at State level and then authenticated by the Chinese Embassy.  Once that is all done we can send our dossier to China!  Hopefully, Prayerfully it will go to China in January.

Let me tell you nothing ever moves quickly in an adoption, it's all hurry up and and then wait.  Which we are good at, since this is #3.  :)

So in the meantime, we sent a Christmas package to Michael and a letter along with a camera, so hopefully we will get some photos back and soon. :) Here's a picture of what we sent. Hope he likes it. :)

So now onto the New Year!  Wishing everyone a Happy and blessed one!

Merry Christmas!

May we all know the Love of Jesus this Christmas.

Blessings from all of us!

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Look at what we have...Again!

We are so excited to announce the Adoption Car Vinyls are back!!  Thank you to Remarkable Walls for doing this for us!

They may be a little different then the last ones but love them just as much!  We put it on our mini-van the day we got them in the mail.  Yep, that's it in the picture.  :)

These are a perfect gift for someone you may know that has adopted or even one for yourself or both!  :)

Cost is $6 / includes shipping.

*** Please use the Brown Chipin on the top right hand side bar.  

When ordering it will show 1 in the Quantity.  Please ignore that number and only put in the dollar amount of what you want to order.  Such as $6, $12, $18, etc. and I'll know how many you are ordering.  If you would like to then add a comment before submitting your order, you can put the number of vinyl's you want there.

We apologize for the inconvenience.  It's something that Chipin has done and can't get around it. 

Thank you for your understanding. 

Kindle Giveaway Winner!

Well before we find out who the winner is.

We want to say a great big THANK YOU to everyone who entered and spread the word about our giveaway!  We raised $471!  Oh my goodness, we are blessed beyond words!

We have been so blessed by everyone that came forward to help us bring our precious boy home!! We appreciate it more than you know!

We need to God all the glory for providing once again for our adoption and without Him none of this would even be possible. He truly keeps showing us that Michael is to come home and have us as his Forever Family!!  We are in awe and so excited!

And now...

The winner is!!

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Also, check back on Monday to see what our next exciting post will be!!  

Giveaway time!!

UPDATE:

We need to push drawing the winner's name for the Kindle to a couple of extra days.  So instead of tomorrow, Dec 1st, we will draw a name on Saturday Dec  4th.

Sorry for the extra time needed, but appreciate your understanding and thank you!

You may have noticed that the Chipin shows very little, that's because the original one expired and I had to create a new Chipin. 

Okay so we are having a new giveaway and just in time for Christmas!!  Check it out!!

A 3G Wireless Kindle from Amazon!

Here's how it works:

For every $10 donation you will get one entry. 

You can also have a chance to receive additional entries by:

Posting an entry to your blog about our giveaway - 1 additional entry

OR

Change your wall status on Facebook with a link to our giveaway - 1 additional entry

OR

If you do both - 3 additional entries

You will need to leave a comment here or on our Facebook group Help Bring Michael Home (click here) with a link to your blog or Facebook entry.

There is a Brown Chipin (on the top right hand side bar) you can use to submit your donation or if you want to mail us a check, please email us at: minnie dot goofy at comcast dot net or leave a comment and we will send you our address.

We will announce the winner on Wednesday, December 1st. 

Here are some of the features the Kindle has:

• All-New, High-Contrast E Ink Screen – 50% better contrast
• Read in Bright Sunlight – No glare
• New and Improved Fonts – New crisper, darker fonts
• New Sleek Design – 21% smaller body while keeping the same 6" size reading area
• 15% Lighter – Only 8.7 ounces, weighs less than a paperback
• Battery Life of One Month – A single charge lasts up to one month with wireless off
• Double the Storage – Up to 3,500 books
• Books in 60 Seconds – Download books anytime, anywhere
• Free 3G Wireless – No monthly payments, no annual contracts
• Built-In Wi-Fi – In addition to the 3G wireless, you can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots
• 20% Faster Page Turns – Seamless reading
• Enhanced PDF Reader – With dictionary lookup, notes, and highlights
• New WebKit-Based Browser – Free 3G web browsing (experimental)

Hand knitted hats!!!!!!

I have met and made a new friend through another adoptive momma friend of mine and my new friend Joleigh L. has knitted these gorgeous hats and has donated them to us to sale to help bring Michael home!

Once again, we are blessed beyond blessed to have her come forward and take time out of her busy schedule to hand knit these.  All to help us raise some more funds!!  

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at:  minnie.gooofy@comcast.net

SOLD!

 Lime green with fabulous matching flower. 

 Can be worn with or without the flower. (We love options!!) 

Size 0-3 months.

Cost is $20 plus $3 shipping and handling.

Beautiful rich purple with matching flower. 

Size 0-3 months. 

Cost $20 plus $3 shipping and handling

 

This hat is a very rich plum color -- no flower. 

$18 plus shipping and handling.

This is can be a little boy hat, in spite of the model's little pink dress. Left off the flower and the pom-poms in the interest of gender neutrality. 

Size is 0-3 months

Cost is $18 plus $3 shipping.

Beautiful autumn red had WITH a flower if you so desire. This one has pom poms, as well.

Size 0-3 months.

Cost $20 plus $3 shipping.

This beautiful pink yarn is, believe it or not, 100% merino wool -- the softest thing you can imagine and not at all itchy. 

Does need to be hand-washed, but is so worth it in terms of warmth and the fabulous feel. 

Size 6-12 months 

Cost $22 plus $3 shipping.

It's the same fabulous non-itchy merino wool as the pink one so it, too has to be hand-washed. Toddler hat that I guesstimate at about a size 18-24 months

Cost is $22 plus $3 shipping.

Paperwork Update

I just had to share that we were able to send all our paperwork and home study to the USCIS, which is the US Government, to ask them to please approve us to adopt Michael.

They received the paperwork yesterday and so we now wait for them to send a receipt saying they received it and also for our fingerprint appointments.  We then wait again to say they have approved us!

We're not sure what the time frame is for all of this, but hopefully pray-fully it won't take too long.

Mary Kay Fundraiser

Nov 10th - Update on Mary Kay

Today is our LAST DAY for our Mary Kay Fundraiser.

What better Christmas gift than say one of their hand lotion sets!  So please take a look (click on the link below) and type in Michael W. in the comments section so we can get the credit for your sale,

Thank you for helping us bring Michael home!!

Who likes Mary Kay?  I know I sure do and just in time for Christmas!

Mary Kay Consultant, Carrie R. has come forward to help us bring Michael home!

She has offered to donate 100% of her profits to us!

The fundraiser will start today Nov 1st and run through Wednesday Nov 10th.

Here is the link to her site:

http://www.marykay.com/creimer6

Please note Michael W. when checking out so she will know your purchase is for us.

Thank you for checking out her site and thank you for wanting to help bring Michael home!

Happy shopping!!