It's Official...

We have officially been asked if we want to be Claudia's parents!!!

We knew it was coming of course, but this makes it that much more real.  It is surreal that our social worker, agency, doctors, psychologists, the US and her country (not to mention our friends and family) all think that we are capable of being good parents to this precious jewel.  The hoops that we have jumped through already and the ones we will continue to jump through have been worth it; but this process has been difficult.

Today we got to learn more about our soon-to-be daughter.  We learned about her medical history and some of her social history.  She had a very sad start to life and I am not ready to share that, I do not know if I will ever post about it.  Please forgive me for being vague, some things are best left private. 

Some info we can share:  She is in a foster home and she is taken care of well.  She continues to grow and improve with her muscle strength.  She can stand and walk a little while holding onto walls and furniture but is eaily frustrated.  She is in a regular kidnergarten program and is socializing well.  We are so happy for this!  She has a few medical problems that will need to be addressed but they are not as bad as we though they could have been praise God!

We will get out paperwork out as soon as we can and pray for a quick return so that we can travel in a month!  Wow, one month...  Crazy to think about.  Oh I hope it happens.

By the way... Claudia is so little.  She is only wearing a size 18 month clothing!  We need to get some warm, winter clothes in a size 18 months or my girl is going to freeze!  Most of the clothes we have are bigger than that.

Ok, so  I know what you are wondering... Did you get any new pictures?  As a matter of fact we did.  We got these recent pictures of her.  Oh my how she has grown.  Claudia, stop growing until we get you home...



Look at that adorable smile!

I think she is mad that they are making her stand so long to take a picture!

These are the last pictures we will have of her until she is in our arms!  We pray that that day is only a month away!  Please continue to pray that the process move quickly and without any problems from here on out.  Please pray to God for the financial provisions to make this adoption possible!