After Christmas Twinkle and Boo had to check out some of the Christmas presents. Mom and Dad found one of my old dolls, cleaned her up, found her original dress and added one of my baby bonnets. She is all ready to play again! The panda is so cuddly. I am sure it will be one of her favorite toys. Grandma did the ceramic bear basket. It looks great in the room. She has a nice assortment of Christmas ornaments. I have to admit that I bought one for her too.

I started this process about two years ago. I was on a waiting list to apply to adopt from China for about a year. May 1st, 2005 I was told I could start my paperwork. Over the next few months I had to get letters from my employer, physician, local police department, county assessor, friends and family. I had to put together financial documents, get copies of my birth certificate, get a passport, meet with a social worker for my homestudy and get everything notarized, then certified by the state then authenticated by the Chinese Consulate. All this went into my dossier which was finally finished the first week in October. It was raining when I made my last trip to Kinkos to make copies of the dossier. I put my coat over the papers to protect them as I got into the car then I headed to the adoption agency to hand in everything. My paperwork was done. It was sent to China. Now I wait for them to approve me as a parent and then to match me with a child.