A little shopping

Well, I finally bought Little Guy’s first outfit.  I had to guess on the sizing but I could not pass this up.  The shirt is just perfect!  I love that I was able to buy the matching blanket and hat, very similar to the early outfits I bought each of my other 3 children. :)

I also thought I’d share a pic of the toddler sized backpack I bought on clearance a month or so ago.  I thought we could maybe use the lunch bag for snacks when we are out and about in China.  And the water bottle I’m not too sure about.  I’ve done a lot of reading about children with cleft palate and they can’t create suction for drinking out of sippy cups, etc.  This straw cup is the type you bite on to open up the valve.  We will likely take several different bottles/cups with us, since we don’t know what he is able to drink out of.

I finished reading the info packets from our adoption agency and decided it was high time we sent our little guy his first care package!  I mainly wanted to send photos labeled in English and Chinese, so he could get a glimpse of us and also a disposable camera for the nannies to use up and (HOPEFULLY) give us when we come to pick him up.  I didn’t want to send a toy he wouldn’t be able to keep (everything must be shared in an orphanage) but decided to send something that would be useful to the orphanage- a couple sleepers, some baby hats and diaper rash cream.  I have been told that they are always in need of these things.  Last, I included some candy for the nannies.

I think I will try to send at least a couple more care packages while we are waiting to go to China.

My brother was able to pull Little Guy’s picture out of the sponsorship update we received, so now I can share it with you.  He is 15 months old in this picture.  Doesn’t he look adorable?! <3

More documents and another update

OK, I thought we were done with paperwork for a while but I was wrong! ;)  Our adoption agency sent us a packet requesting that we go ahead and complete the I-800 (not to be confused with the I-800A that we already did) and send it to them so they can send it to USCIS the minute our LOA arrives!  OK, maybe not “minute” but it will be a fast turnaround.

Along with the I-800 was the I-800 Supplement 1, G-1145 and I-864W.  I was able to complete these over the weekend and mail them off, today.  Having paperwork to do at least makes me feel like I’m accomplishing something.

I still need to finish reading a previous packet of info our agency sent.  I have been so impressed with them!  They are very responsive and communicate with us a lot.  I love their packets of info that they send at just the right times!

This afternoon, we received our first sponsorship update on our little guy.  It included a short report with measurements and 1 photo.  I started to think he was shrinking until I read the date on the report.  It’s from July.  Whew!

This is the 3rd time our little guy has been described as “very mischievous.”  Hm...  The photo is adorable!!  <3  I need to figure out how to copy just the photo so I can share it on here.

And I may or may not have just purchased my first outfit for Little Guy.  Sizing is quite a guess at this point, but I couldn’t let this outfit pass me by!