We're still here

Since our referral we have...

• Sent two care packages to Thailand!  This is exciting and emotional and difficult.  We can only send a package every 3 months and it can't weigh more than one pound and must fit in a gallon zip lock bag. Each package has contained heart written notes and gifts to our daughter.

Reversible Baby Blanket sent with book, family 
picture album, and disposable camera.

I couldn't find a dress in her size, but thought this onesie was adorable.
Pulling this onesie out of the dryer made me long to hold our sweet girl!



I found a dress for the second care package!

  

Care package #2 ready to be mailed to Thailand!!!

Celebrated our daughter's first birthday in true Woodyard fashion with chocolate cake!

•  Sent in more adoption paperwork and had another set of fingerprints taken.  Yes, fingerprints are unchanging, but that's the process :). 

• Shoveled more snow in subzero temperatures (and I'm not talking wind chill either) than we have wanted! I bet many of you can relate! But, heading out to mail paper work to sister made it seem a bit warmer. 

  

  Last time the boys helped mail documents they were wearing swimming trunks!!!!
  
  

So what's next?

Yes, we have more waiting :)  Travel most likely will be in 11-12 more months, but sooner is always a possibility. (I like possibilities!)  Would you be so kind to pray for the five of us while we wait? Over the last several months there has been a bit of political uprising in Thailand which caused a government 'shut down' or slow down.  One of the offices in Thailand that must grant adoption approvals for our adoption was indeed not able to process requests.  Although our USA agency has not confirmed a delay in our process, I don't see how it won't... 

The streets in Bangkok were over taken by protesters making it hard for the adoption board to safely work. 

 We have now waited four and a half months since we have seen our daughters face.  Now that we have seen her face, waiting is  a bit harder...But, all that waiting means that we have new pictures of our sweet girl!  See you over at the other blog! (Email me for a link!)