All we need now is Sophie

Well, a lot has happened since our match in February. We were told that it would take 3 months to get our LOA (letter of acceptance) from China and 3 months after that to travel to bring Sophie home. Well, two weeks ago, I received an email from our adoption agency that said things were moving faster than what they had anticipated, and we should be receiving our LOA in four to six weeks instead of three months. The good news is that we could be traveling sooner than we thought to get Sophie. The bad news is that we have shorter time to come up with the money. We will be having many fundraisers to help us get this financial part behind us for we can go get our little Sophie.

Upcoming Fundraisers:

March 25- April 8: we are selling flip flops from Flip Flop 2 Adopt

April 17 from 7pm to 9pm: we are having a fundraiser at OrangeLeaf Frozen Yogurt in Southaven off of Getwell Road by Desoto Central Schools.

April 30: at my house from 5pm to 7pm, I am having a Matilda Jane trunk show. 

Also, we are still collecting soda cans. I have a really good friend that will be having a Bunko Baby night to help us raise money. This will probably be some time in May, I will give you more information about this fundraiser at a later date. If you have any fundraising ideas, let us know, we need all the help we can get.

Enough with the money talk. Over Spring Break, we finished Sophie's room. We let David Ryan pick out his sister's paint color for her room. He picked pink. So, we painted two walls pink and the other two walls a light green. Sophie's room theme is Minnie Mouse. There are some pictures below of her room. All we need now is Sophie.

David Ryan is starting to understand more about the adoption. I think having the room all fixed up helps. He will show you Sophie's room, tell you that Sophie is in China, tell you that you have to get on an airplane to get her, and that she is crying for him.

We also recently sent Sophie a photo album of us, her grandparents, her aunts, uncles, and cousins, friends, her "home", and her Minnie Mouse room. The caregivers will show Sophie this picture album to help prepare her for the transition. 


Before Pictures ( Sophie's room was once our storage room)

After Pictures (Sophie Wei's Minnie Mouse Room)