Just let me go ahead and drop the bomb as not to keep you in any suspense that something wonderful has "happened" or that the blessed letter has come through....nope.
But this happened:
Our home study has expired and our USCIS for international adoption is on the brink of expiring. In order to keep the the international adoption permission/USCIS renewed, we have to have our home study updated. (ok, I won't get too far in explaining all this because it just jumbles into it's own foreign language). So, it happened. One year later and here we go again! The doctor appointments, medical records, driving records, financial statements, fingerprints, and other goodies like that - yep, we did it again. Our caseworker came to the house for another interview and I must say that our kiddos were golden sweet. Everything went perfectly well and now to have that report all finalized and sent off to USCIS to renew for another year. The second time around was cake compared to how nervous we were for the first one! It's pretty crazy the things we are learning as we go! One year down, one year to go! And hopefully before the end of 2015 we'll finally have our little fellow home!
Then, another milestone happened. Our little guy, Tarik, turned ONE! Yep. We missed it. Every birthday is so special, but there is just something fun about turning one. We decided to celebrate the day that God chose for one special little boy to come to the earth, Tarik's day. Birthdays- What a special and amazing day to celebrate the day that God chose life for you! Well, we gathered with some friends and had cake and ice cream with birthday plates and festive napkins too. We had a little bib that said "birthday boy" so we put it near the cake and took some pictures. Another little something special for his scrapbook. The "Wish you were here" birthday party! Hey, every kid should have a first birthday party right? :)
Our 4 year old said, 'Mom, don't worry. There will be lots of birthdays when Tarik is here...2,3,4,5...." and he is right - There are many birthdays to come when we will be together!
Happy BIRTHDAY Tarik! We love you and can't wait to have you home!! God made you so special!
While we don't see what is "happening" on this side of the story, we know and believe that something BIG IS happening in God's plan to bring Tarik home to us! One day, one day will come when all the pieces will fit together and until then, we press on, we pray, and we PRAISE that we don't have to handle all of this - our God sees it all.
Thank you for keeping us in your prayers and our little guy, Tarik, in your prayers as well!
But this happened:
Our home study has expired and our USCIS for international adoption is on the brink of expiring. In order to keep the the international adoption permission/USCIS renewed, we have to have our home study updated. (ok, I won't get too far in explaining all this because it just jumbles into it's own foreign language). So, it happened. One year later and here we go again! The doctor appointments, medical records, driving records, financial statements, fingerprints, and other goodies like that - yep, we did it again. Our caseworker came to the house for another interview and I must say that our kiddos were golden sweet. Everything went perfectly well and now to have that report all finalized and sent off to USCIS to renew for another year. The second time around was cake compared to how nervous we were for the first one! It's pretty crazy the things we are learning as we go! One year down, one year to go! And hopefully before the end of 2015 we'll finally have our little fellow home!
Then, another milestone happened. Our little guy, Tarik, turned ONE! Yep. We missed it. Every birthday is so special, but there is just something fun about turning one. We decided to celebrate the day that God chose for one special little boy to come to the earth, Tarik's day. Birthdays- What a special and amazing day to celebrate the day that God chose life for you! Well, we gathered with some friends and had cake and ice cream with birthday plates and festive napkins too. We had a little bib that said "birthday boy" so we put it near the cake and took some pictures. Another little something special for his scrapbook. The "Wish you were here" birthday party! Hey, every kid should have a first birthday party right? :)
Our 4 year old said, 'Mom, don't worry. There will be lots of birthdays when Tarik is here...2,3,4,5...." and he is right - There are many birthdays to come when we will be together!
Happy BIRTHDAY Tarik! We love you and can't wait to have you home!! God made you so special!
While we don't see what is "happening" on this side of the story, we know and believe that something BIG IS happening in God's plan to bring Tarik home to us! One day, one day will come when all the pieces will fit together and until then, we press on, we pray, and we PRAISE that we don't have to handle all of this - our God sees it all.
Thank you for keeping us in your prayers and our little guy, Tarik, in your prayers as well!
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