In Two Weeks!

In two weeks from today John and I will officially become Alex's parents!! Monday, December 13th will be the day that we meet Alex and he is given to us. This day is known in the adoption world as "Gotchya Day"! Then on December 14 the official adoption will take place in Changsha, Hunan. I'm so excited for him...I'm so excited for us!! I have no idea how my body is going to handle all of the emotions this trip will have to offer. All I know is that little Alex had better be prepared for a whole lotta LOVE!!!
Here is some more recent pictures of Alex which were taken in November.
What a little heart breaker! John says he gets his handsome good looks from him ;D

We are bursting with pride as we introduce to you our Son, Alexander Orin Waite!

Yes! To our surprise we are now the VERY proud family of a beautiful little BOY!!!I have attached 2 pictures of him for you all to see! We have fallen in love with this little baby! How lucky we are to be blessed with this precious little guy. So cute....just wanna squish that little face!

John and I sat down with the girls to decide on a name for him and we have all decided that his name will be Alexander Waite. (“Alex” for short as we have already been calling him that here!!) John wanted to honor his Grampy’s middle name, and we also liked Alexander because it means “brave warrior” or “defender of men” So the girls thought it was good to name him Alex so that he can be brave until John and I go to get him and bring him home!

So here’s what we know about our son so far….

His Birthdate is January 27 2010. (so he is roughly 9 months old)

Right now he weighs 16 lbs and is 26 inches tall.

He is living in the Social Welfare Institute in Hengyang city in Hunan province. Other than his bottled formula, he eats rice cereal, mashed fruit, mashed vegetables, and sometimes egg yolks. He can hold his head up while lying on his stomach, can roll over on his own and grasps at toys that are close to his hands. He can stand up with support (as seen in the pictures) His development might be a little slower than we are used to, but he will be able to catch up in no time. He is a healthy and happy little baby from what we hear, and we feel so lucky to be welcoming him into our family!!! We just can’t describe how happy we are, and we can’t wait to bring him home for Christmas! Best gift EVER! “We’re coming Alex…can’t wait to hold you forever!”

The news has arrived...we have a BABY!!

Well, with everything that has been going on with us in the past month I haven't had time to update our blog, so, here it goes. On October 20, 2010 we got a phone call! Yes, we had a proposal!!!! We rushed home from work to meet our social worker who had the file of the child we would be adopting (how amazingly exciting that was!!) Since that day we have been filling out forms, writing letters, sending our baby a care package and crossing our fingers that we would be able to go to China before Christmas to receive our child! We got the news a couple of weeks ago that we would indeed be traveling to Beijing in December. The rush was on! We've had to book flights, line up a babysitter for our girls, get our flu shots and twinrix vaccinations, get our China entry visa's, fill out more forms and do lots of baby shopping not to mention christmas shopping!!! What excitement!
So now we are quickly getting prepared for the journey of a lifetime.....Check out our next post to meet our new little family member who we are more than thrilled to introduce!!