I rec'a a new picture of zoe in our agencies newsletter. I think it is a little shaky so she does not look all that well to me. No word as to whether she has rec'd the care package sent in May. I hope that she has been able to look at our family photos.I have only seen her wearing the hoodie that was sent in carepackage #1 in Oct and she is wearing the headbands as bracelets.

report of Zoe;

Dang Xin Hui - She has memorized several more Tang poems. Her fine motor skills have improved and she is now more open to strangers. She will often offer to sing a song to others.

Here is a recent picture of my now middle daughter Kelli and her new puppy Tibby.Kelli will be staying with Zoe when I first go back to work. i am hoping for some great bonding and maybe some matching outfits.

FCC event in June

Desi and I attended the Rochester FCC groups dragonBoat Festival the last week in june. It was great to meet some families and the kids they have been home. I met and chatted with a nice couple ,Shawn and Larry, who are waiting for their first child(LID 12-05).It will be wonderful next year when we have Zoe with us and attend. Desi was great and had a good time, my mem card messed up so i was unable to download the pictures .But we had fun at our first official FCC event. typical for our family we volunteered to help set up and then could not find the pavillion, we came into the park by the old back entrance but did get there in time to help...

we have added some of our help links ... thanks for any help given, now both boys would like to go although Desi's health is the main concern... peace BP

One year since we saw her face

Well Its been a year since I first saw Zoe's precious face.My dossier finally made it to CCAA although I don't have a confirmed LID(some never do). next step is LOA(letter of acceptance) a new step added this year for adoptions. It is to reaffirm your intention that you still want your child. It is to stop the disruption of adoption once people get their child. thinking about that... IMHO i feel the SN route was the best way to go. You really get to know more about your child,pictures,videos and some time visits from other people. In NSN after waiting 2 years for a referral its hard to imagine a family saying no to any child. There are some instances when there has been an unknown issue... the paper work is submitted to CCAA when the babies are pretty young so some things might not be noticed or developed yet.I think for the high number of placements every year that the CCAA does a great job.so yes it has been one year... the wait now will go quickly (summer always speeds by)so we wait for LOA(40-90 days??) TA-travel approval(10-40 days) then travel.can you help even a little... we are trying to raise the 3000.00 orphanage donation. Zoe's orphanage is a very poor one , only a handful of adoptions done.we have a magazine fundraiser:http://www.magfundraising.com/getzoeI will have Tshirts in a week or so... they say believe in ... and have the chinese symbol for family... and bringing Zoe home in small letters on the bottom... we are asking for a 12$ donation shipping will be around 4.50 for 1,2,or 3 .Also if you do get a tshirt we are asking that you take a photo( if you are ok with that)and email it to us to be put in Zoe's scrapbook. If you are nearby us we will try once she is home to have a meet and thank you and try to get a group pic with the tshirts. I have seen others do this and it was pretty neat.Zoe's store will be up and adding new items... taggies, small quilts, trinkets, bookmarks, magnets, necklaces, bracelets

new pics of the boyz

Tevin and Desmond