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Josiah-5 months ago Josiah NOW! In December we visited an orphanage in Beijing to deliver Christmas Stockings and Backpacks fil...

WE have finally decided on a name... Teresa Caroline Bartlinski. She is named after two GREAT women , Mother Teresa and Nana Bartlinski.

Today we received a call from Congressman Cummings office to inform us that our paperwork has been submitted to The American Embassy in Guan...

WE have LOA!!!( Letter of Acceptance, Letter of Seeking Confirmation from Adopter) and I800 Approval (Petition to classify Convention Adopte...

Every time we adopt another child someone always asks me ," Why are you adopting from China ?" This question is really pretty eas...

We have had several friends ask us what her name will be... We are still deciding on her name , so for right now we are calling her "Ne...

I guess it might not come as a surprise to some ,but to others I'm sure it does. Yes, we are adopting again. We never imagined we woul...