Here she is . . .

We can finally post pictures of Macy for others to see. These are the first pictures that we saw of her on our agency's waiting child list. Isn't she just beautiful?!? We received an important piece of paper in the mail on Thursday that moved us that much closer to traveling on March 4th. We had been waiting on this paper since Septemeber 2009. If we didn't receive that paper by February 10th, then we would not travel in March. I emailed the USCIS (immigration office) and told them about our situation. I received an email on Monday saying that it would take 60 - 90 days for us to receive it. We knew that the Lord would take care of it and we would travel in His perfect time! Well, we went to the mailbox on Thursday and guess what was there? We immediately faxed it to our agency and they requested our appointment in China. We should know Monday if it is 100% sure! We are expecting to travel March 4th - March 19th. We will post our schedule in a few days for family and friends to keep up with our journey to China and back! Continue to pray for us as we prepare to leave in less than 4 weeks! Yeah!!! :)

Macy Renee Xi

Macy Renee Xi

We are excited to introduce you to Xi Yun Man which will soon become Macy Renee Xi Allison. Her birthday is February 1, 2008 where she was born in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. We first saw Macy's picture on our agency's waiting child list on October 12th. We received her medical information while celebrating my birthday with family in Nashville. We contacted our pediatrician, family doctor, family members, and other adoptive families about the possibility of Macy joining our family. After much prayer and wise counsel, we knew that Macy was our daughter. We told our agency that we wanted to adopt Macy and 2 weeks later, China said that we were pre-approved to adopt her. We have been getting papers updated, travel information together, and preparing our home for Macy to join us.



We officially got word on December 28th that we were her parents. We sent our Letter of Accecptance back to China telling them that we agree with them and now we wait for travel approval. We expect to receive that in the next few days. We have tentative travel dates of March 4th - 19th. In order for us to travel with the group of other adoptive parents, we have to receive a form from the United States Immigration and Citzenship Services by February 10th. We know that the Lord knows the exact time for travel and we put our trust in Him and His perfect timing.



We will celebrate her 2nd birthday as a family this Monday. It breaks my heart to know that we are missing another birthday but we know that we will be together for all the ones to come.



We will put up pictures of her as soon as we scan them into the computer. She is adorable and she smiles just like the other two. :)

Dancing Boy

Brady is enjoying his freedom in crawling. He found the CD player with the Club VBS songs on it! He loves music because he moves like this every time Landon plays his drums, guitar, or keyboard! Fun times!

Crawling

Here is video of Brady crawling at 7 months 2 days old: (I will get better video of him in the light later!)

Cuteness

I am a little behind on my blogging! (maybe a lot) We are staying very busy with church, the boys, training for the St. Jude half marathon, and hanging out with friends. We love it! :) Here are pictures of Landon and Brady at 6 months old:

Never a dull moment in our house

Landon and I have been having school in the morning! He is absolutely loving it! By the way, he can write his name at 3 years old! Smart boy! :)

Brady is such a happy baby!

Playing with Landon's old toys

Precious

Such a big man

Love them :)

Landon took this picture of us

MY boys

Ball Players

Brady's new trick is sitting up by himself. Landon thinks it is so funny when he is wobbling around and eventually falls on the bed. Both of them will just laugh about it! I love to hear them talking and laughing at each other. So sweet! :)

Brady and Landon playing ball together! Hopefully, the first of many times!

Brady got excited every time the ball got close to him! :)

Family Reunion

Landon is helping with another youth work day in the community! He was so excited to wear the gloves and pick up trash at the neighborhood playgrounds! I am so thankful that he is learning what it means to serve others and show the love of Christ!

Jason's Family Reunion

Uncle Keith

Jesse playing football with Landon (Jason's younger brother)

Reed (our nephew)

Nana and Papa (Jason's parents - picture taken by Landon)

Brady catching a quick nap while Daddy talks with Aunt Peggy

(Mrs. Perritt was my math teacher in high school and I loved her classes. When Jason and I started dating, Mrs. Perritt showed up to a family thing and I learned that she was Jason's grandmother's sister! Now she is Aunt Peggy! Funny!)

Landon squirting the ants at the picnic!

Uncle Brian squirting Landon at the picnic! :)

Aunt April (Jason's sister) and Chase (our nephew)

Sweet face

Getting a diaper change in the back of the car