1 Trip, 2 Kids

If you're thinking to yourself, how are they going to make 1 Trip to get 2 children

in 2 different provinces....well, here's our plan.

First, Jake is in Xianyang City in Shaanxi Province and Joy is in Linyi City in Shandong Province.

Shaanxi Temple

Boat in Moat in Shandong (Jinan)

Amy, Grace, Shane, and Amy's cousin, Charles, will travel to China to bring Jake and Joy home.

We will complete all the paperwork in the children's individual provinces (this will take approximately a week in each province) and then we will go to Guangzhou, Guangdong and spend a week here (picture below).  We will complete the final paperwork and exit medical exams for Jake and Joy.

It will be a long trip (to say the least), but we will try to make it fun!  Have you ever traveled with 4 children on a plane?   


TRAVEL DATES

We are still waiting on our travel dates.  As of now, we are hoping to travel in Jan 2013.   The adoption agency says we should receive Joy's TA at the beginning of Dec. 2012.  The 3 week trip makes us put off our travel until January.    There are many positives for us in this time line and God's plan is perfect!

Jake and Noelle

We hope to have some more pictures of Jake soon via a new blog friend, Danae.  She & her husband are traveling to Jake's province to bring their new daughter, Noelle, home.  The will leave on Nov 22nd.  Jake and Noelle are in the same orphanage!  If you want to follow their journey, here's their address:
www.andsowearegoing.blogspot.com



Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers!  Please keep visiting the blog for updates!  Blessings,

New Pictures of Joy!

Thank you Crista!

Joy attended a camp with Crista, 

Bring Me Hope, this past summer in China.

Crista was with Joy the whole week.

She sent these pictures to us from 

CA!

"I'm getting ready for 

Arts and Crafts."

"I'm really working hard and I'm excited about my project."

"Do you like it?"

We are going to have 2 little fashion

models in the making.

Swinging with her friends.

Dancing the Hokie Pokie!

"Put your right arm in, take your right arm out."

We are so thrilled to have these pictures of our new daughter!  Again, we can't thank Crista enough for blessing us with a glimpse of Joy's personality.

(Grace says she's a dresser-upper, and that we are going to have another girly girl in the house.) :) 

Who Am I?

My Chinese name is Guo Fuxia.  

I'm 10 years old.  My birthday is March 25, 2002 (that was what it was decided to be by the orphanage staff).  I've lived in the orphanage my whole life.

I was left at the gate of the Welfare Institute for Children of Linyi City. 

I was found on June 3, 2002.  

I was left with a quilt.

My special need is dwarfishness.

I've been in the hospital for Physical Therapy. 

I did this in April 2011.
The PT helped me to walk much better.

I love to play just like other kids do!

I'm gentle and get along well with others.

I like to sing and dance!  

I like to recite poems of the Tang Dynasty.

Soon, I'll be the 3rd daughter of Amy and Tom Parker.

I'll live in Mt. Pleasant, SC with with my new family.

PS - My mom sent me a care package this week!