69 more days!!!

As you might have guessed we bought my tickets to China!! Now we're praying that my passport and visa get back to me in time. Feb. 13 we leave and we'll arrive at Starfish the night of the 14th. Then a whole month and a week of baby-holding and I come back in the middle of March. I'm so excited to go with my Grandma. And I have some very special people that I can't wait to see again. :)

 Charlotte: I've been talking to the family that's adopting Charlotte and they live in WA so not so far away. She'll get adopted in late Spring, so I'm hoping that she'll come out of her shell and I get tons of time with her.

Elise: Elise and I paid for this sweetie's surgery so I can't wait to see how great she looks in person. I was there when she started standing and on her first birthday so this girl is important to my family.
Elise (my sister) is already planning all this stuff that I have to bring for Baby Elise and Lilly fights with her saying that it is all for Baby Anna. :) They've come to an agreement that they'll share.

Baby Anna

The other day I was looking at pictures of the Starfish babies with Lilly-lu and Elise. Lilly-lu said, "I want to help babies in China like you." She wanted to help one that was 3 like her. So Anna became Lilly's starfish baby. :) She made a jar that she's putting money in to help "baby Anna". She goes around all day long talking about how "baby Anna" doesn't have a mom and dad and how they left her in China. It's so sweet to see how someone so young can understand a little. Lilly-lu loves "baby Anna" into pieces. She tells everyone she sees. So cute.
Anna is 3 and still can't walk. When I was there she spent a lot of time in a bouncer unless someone was holding her. She loved to play peek-a-boo and she has the cutest smile.