I have been having so much FUN lately scrapbooking!!! I am trying to get caught up in Makayla's book, as if that could really happen when I take so many pictures daily of her! LOL But, I am trying!
I just made this layout today of Makayla. She had a BLAST playing in the sprinkler this weekend! I am so excited that we get to have so many FIRSTS with this little Punkin'! This was her FIRST swimsuit and her FIRST time playing in the sprinkler!!! Have I ever mentioned that I absolutely LOVE this little girl!!! God is good...ALL THE TIME!
Friday, April 16, 2010
OK...I cannot believe it has already been a month since my last post...really sorry here!! However, it is all good news!!!! We have finished her sedated ABR, CT scan of her brain of her cochlear, finished ALL of the blood work (A+ on it all) required and her ear molds done for hearing aids. We just met with the Cochlear Team this week and she IS a candidate for cochlear implants (meaning that her very own cochleas and nerves are beautiful) and our insurance pays for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise God on this one, because it is around $60,000 per ear! She is profoundly deaf and we will need to have her in hearing aids for 3 months to introduce sounds and noise and then she will have her surgery around August and they should turn them on in September...just in time for school!!! We are so excited that she is a candidate that we could scream! I will someday hear my little girl say "Mommy", "I LOVE YOU", and...you get the idea!
Makayla is doing absolutely FANTASTIC and is such a blessing and joy! It makes me want more, but every time I mention that she needs a little sister, Mike about falls off his chair! LOL He really wasn't ready for any of them, but has adjusted quite well and loves them all very much! LOL He can't get over how much Makayla belongs in our family and how much he loves her already! That is a GOD thing! I will try to post more pictures of her later, but for now I posted our announcement of our little Makayla (at the top). I made the announcement the other day and just LOVE how it turned out!!! Below are a few of the LO I have done for her scrapbook (with the exception of the first LO, that was made for me by my friend Lisa). In the LO from my friend, the pictures are of our first day and night together in China and we were bonding wonderfully! The rest of the LO are made by me and are not in any particular order...thanks to blogger! arrrrgggg!
Take care and thanks for stopping by to see how she is doing!
~Feb. 19, 2009 Applied to GWCA ~Feb. 25, 2009 Application approved ~Feb. 27, 2009 Paper chase begins ~March 19, 2009 Completed Home study requirements ~April 2, 2009 Authentication of 9 of 13 documents ~April 10, 2009 Home study meeting finished ~May 27, 2009 Home study finalized and approved by GWCA ~June 2, 2009 Sent I-800A ~June 5, 2009 Last 2 documents authenticated ~June 15, 2009 Application arrived at USCIS for I-800A ~July 6, 2009 FBI prints taken ~July 13, 2009 Received I-797C ~July 14, 2009 sent I-797C for authentication ~July 17, 2009 I-797C Authenticated ~July 25, 2009 Sent Dossier for Certification at Chinese Consulate ~July 31, 2009 Locked file on our daughter!!!! ~August 2, 2009 Sent LOI ~August 3, 2009 Dossier Certified!!!! ~August 3, 2009 Dossier to GWCA ~August 12, 2009 received Pre-Approval (PA) ~August 21, 2009 Dossier to CHINA!!!! ~August 27, 2009 Log In Date (LID took 6 days) ~October 15, 2009 Finished 10 Hague Accredited Hours for our adoption! ~October 29, 2009 LSC-63 days ~November 5, 2009 received LSC in the mail ~November 5, 2009 sent I-800 & I864W to USCIS ~November 5, 2009 sent LSC & DS230 to GWCA ~November 6, 2009 USCIS received our I-800... ~November 6, 2009 GW received our LSC & DS230 & sent it to China!!! ~November 12, 2009 I-800 receipt received ~November 19, 2009 I-800 Approval ~November 26, 2009 I-800 cabled to Guangzhou ~December 16, 2009 Article 5 ~December 30, 2009-TA ~January 14, 2010-Flying to Beijing ~January 25, 2010 GOTACH Day ~February 3, 2010-Consulate Appointment ~February 6, 2010 LEAVE CHINA
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Welcome to my blog:) I am a SAHM of 4 beautiful children. Their ages are 21, 17, 11 & 4. The wife to my soul mate (we met at the age of 13 years old in middle school). Child of Christ since the age of 7. Not to mention daughter, sister, and friend. My most favorite thing to do besides being a Mommy is scrap-booking. I was a paper scrapper for 16 years before going digital 4 years ago and I am LOVING it!!!
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