Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Following in his big brothers footsteps!!!!!
We received some updated photos of Roco the other day from our caseworker who was in Taiwan for Chinese New Year. We were very excited to see how he was doing, but then became concerned when we noticed his left arm was in a cast. There was no information given with the photos so we immediately emailed our caseworker, and was told he fell on the playground. We still do not know any details on what happened or what he broke but praying that he will heal quickly and be pain free. Some of you might remember a year and a half ago Jaxon fell off his swing set and broke his arm. We are hoping that this is not a sign that he will be following his big brother with all bodily injuries. :)
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Our first Post
Hello everyone! We have decided to start a blog to keep everyone updated on the progress of our adoption, as well as our family during the adoption process. As of today, February 20 , we are waiting for our call to travel, and pick up our new son baby roco.
For some of you that don't know our story to date. We started the process of adopting our second son in October of 2007 from the country of Taiwan. Why Taiwan? Jaci's mom is from Taiwan and we felt it was important to keep the Chinese heritage in our family. It has been a long journey, as most adoptions are, however on September 30 of 2009 we received a call with a referral of a 3 year old little boy. While we were excited to get the referral, we were actually waiting for a baby girl at the time. When the call was made to us, we were informed that we would need to make a decision whether or not to accept within 24 hours. After we hung the phone up from the agency, we decided to pray and sleep on it, and talk about it the next day. After more prayer the next day, we both came to the conclusion that this little boy was a perfect fit for our family. So....we called the agency, and to our surprise we were told we were one of forty couples that accepted the referral of this little boy. All of a sudden, our excitment turned into anxiety and we had to wait 2 weeks to hear the decision of the orphanage/courts as to their choice of what parents they wanted to bless with this child.
Two weeks came and went and we still did not have an answer. Then, at 10 pm on October 12th, we recieved a call that informed us that out of the 40 couples that accepted the referral, we were selected by the orphanage. As any of you that have adopted before know, as soon as we were selected, the paperwork began. Boy....there is alot of paperwork! The paperwork has been completed, and now we are playing the waiting game for the Taiwan courts to do their part. But, like in the states, the court system is very unpredictable and it could be anytime from April to July that they will complete there process and we can travel.
This process has brought back good, and bad memories of our first adoption process. However, we are VERY excited to see what God has in store for our family with the new addition. Jaxon is soooo excited to be a big brother, and we know he will be a good one. He may have alot to get used to not being the only grandson/nephew anymore, but we're sure he will do fine.
Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past years, we truely appreciate.
We wanted to start this Blog, and intend to use it as an update to where we are with updated news.
For some of you that don't know our story to date. We started the process of adopting our second son in October of 2007 from the country of Taiwan. Why Taiwan? Jaci's mom is from Taiwan and we felt it was important to keep the Chinese heritage in our family. It has been a long journey, as most adoptions are, however on September 30 of 2009 we received a call with a referral of a 3 year old little boy. While we were excited to get the referral, we were actually waiting for a baby girl at the time. When the call was made to us, we were informed that we would need to make a decision whether or not to accept within 24 hours. After we hung the phone up from the agency, we decided to pray and sleep on it, and talk about it the next day. After more prayer the next day, we both came to the conclusion that this little boy was a perfect fit for our family. So....we called the agency, and to our surprise we were told we were one of forty couples that accepted the referral of this little boy. All of a sudden, our excitment turned into anxiety and we had to wait 2 weeks to hear the decision of the orphanage/courts as to their choice of what parents they wanted to bless with this child.
Two weeks came and went and we still did not have an answer. Then, at 10 pm on October 12th, we recieved a call that informed us that out of the 40 couples that accepted the referral, we were selected by the orphanage. As any of you that have adopted before know, as soon as we were selected, the paperwork began. Boy....there is alot of paperwork! The paperwork has been completed, and now we are playing the waiting game for the Taiwan courts to do their part. But, like in the states, the court system is very unpredictable and it could be anytime from April to July that they will complete there process and we can travel.
This process has brought back good, and bad memories of our first adoption process. However, we are VERY excited to see what God has in store for our family with the new addition. Jaxon is soooo excited to be a big brother, and we know he will be a good one. He may have alot to get used to not being the only grandson/nephew anymore, but we're sure he will do fine.
Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past years, we truely appreciate.
We wanted to start this Blog, and intend to use it as an update to where we are with updated news.
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