Busy, busy, busy!!!!

First of all, Happy Chinese New Year! It is the year of the Golden Pig, which is considered by the Chinese culture to be a very lucky year. The year of the Golden Pig only comes every 60 years and any child born in this year is considered to be very lucky.
We realize that we still have a very long wait ahead of us before we are able to finally meet our daughter. We thank God everyday for our boys and for the family and friends which He has blessed us with! Because our lives are so involved around these loved ones, the time really is flying. I can hardly believe that it is been nearly 6 months since our paperwork was logged in with the CCAA!
Our life has been a little chaotic these past few weeks. My younger sister and her husband blessed us with a beautiful niece. Emerie Daine was born on Feb. 8. Her big brother Carson is ecstatic, as is the rest of the family. The very next day, our dear friends welcomed to their family, their 3rd child, a daughter, Sedona Rein-8 lbs 12 oz. We give praise to God for these beautiful miracles.
Yesterday evening, Morgan represented our school in the county spelling bee. He placed 3rd. We were so proud, but he was disappointed. He was just a little nervous- Ha- and misspelled a word he knew. I really think mom and dad were just as nervous as he was, but our buttons were definitely popping with pride.
Jackson had a basketball game yesterday evening as well. It really is entertaining to watch 1st graders play basketball. His team won-woo hoo! (Thanks Aunt Jackie for stepping in for us last night!)
Morgan has his first basketball game this evening, so we're off again!
Our social worker e-mailed us yesterday asking if she could come by today for a visit. She has to visit every 6 months to keep our home study current. Well, needless to say, I asked if next week would be possible instead.
I can't believe next week, February will be gone. Another month of waiting under our belts. We continue to ask for your prayers for our family and for our hopefully soon-to-be born daughter in China

About us

We are Chris and Tammy Stubblefield. We've been married 12 1/2 years and are the parents to 3 wonderful sons, Morgan (11), Jackson (7), and Hudson (2). Early in our marriage, God planted a seed in our hearts to pursue adoption ,at some point ,to build our family. After 3 very difficult pregnancies plus the everyday chaos of raising 3 boys, that seed got buried and nearly forgotten. We both knew our family felt incomplete, but were unwilling to endure the stress of another pregnancy. One afternoon in Feb. of 2005, God whispered a gentle reminder to us both. It was like a light bulb moment. We both suddenly remembered our original plans. We attended our first informational meeting at our now adoption agency in April 2005 and we both knew we were in for the long haul and knew we were heading to China!
In January of 2006, we were accepted by our agency and our paperchase began. Our dossier left for China on August 4 2006. We were logged in (LID) to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs on Sept. 8 2006, thus securing our place in a very long line. We are anticipating at least another 18 months of waiting, (but probably longer). Although the growing wait is disheartening, we know that God's timing is perfect and the months of waiting will melt away when we are finally able to hold our daughter.
Thanks for joining us on our adoption journey.

Halloween at Disney