Pretty Dog-gone FABULOUS!!

Got our PDF bright and early this morning!!  :)

Another step!

CABLED THIS MORNING!!! 

Official Update

Today we received two new photos of John Wesley from the orphanage after our agency sent in a request.

Definitely looking like a big boy!  (But look how tall he is compared to the door knob!) 

But wait.......

He weighs 22lbs and is 33 inches tall, has 20 teeth and his foot is 5 inches long.

No, not a big boy...........

Not a big boy at all.  

Praying we will be in China in January to bring him home!

Renaissance Festival

A couple of weeks ago we loaded up the van and headed to Charlotte early one morning to visit Josh and Melissa.  They'd been telling us about The Renaissance Festival so we decided to check it out!  What a great time!

My baby girls flying high!

Bailey on the left.  Brinley on the right.

They were very excited to meet a REAL pirate!  arrrgh!

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Love this photo of my Shay Shay. It shows her sweetness.

Jie Jie sandwich!

 My sweet ShayShay!

End of the day.....Miss Wu was tired.........and so cute!

My pretty girls!

All grown up.

.....and still just as silly as ever!

Bailey LOVES when her big brothers dance with her, toss her around and play with her!

Lots of photos ..........LOTS of fun!!!  

I800

One step closer!
Praise the Lord!  :)

Growing...

We have been waiting 8 months, 3 days to bring our baby home.  I'm so ready to travel to China.  It took 9 months to bring Brinley home and 13 months to bring Bailey home.  It's looking like we will travel in late January or some time in February to bring John Wesley home.

Some days it seems like the time is going by so slowly and then other days it seems like just recently that I first saw this sweet face. That day was March 9 of this year.

 So thankful for every photo and video we have received of him during this wait.  Each one has helped to make the wait a little easier but has also made my mama heart want to bring him home even more.

Shirts, shirts and more shirts! :)

Some of the shirts I just made that are shipping out to their new homes.  

Thank you to everyone who has ordered a shirt from BloomChildBloom.com!
Feeling very blessed! :)

Final Call for GOAT MILK SOAP!

Some friends have asked me to sell the Goat Milk Soap one more time so that they can purchase gifts for teachers and give to our fundraiser at the same time. So, due to popular demand, we are selling Goat Milk Soap one last time before we travel to China.  If you would like to purchase some just go to the page on our blog titled "Buy Goat Soap!"   Be sure to share this with friends and family, on your blog, at work....share, share, share!!! :)

P.S. I have soap still here at home from the last time we sold it.  One person emailed and said they were moving and I have not yet received that new address.  I have emailed several times. If this is your soap, please send me an email with your new address. I also have some "extras" here that must be a part of an order but I have searched my emails and Paypal log and can not find who they belong to.   Perhaps I ordered extra by mistake or duplicated an order. If you ordered soap from me months ago and have not received it please email me at sharon.millender@gmail.com. I need to send this soap out! :)

Unexpected! {But so very appreciated!}

Tracy is in China and just met her adorable son Tegan yesterday then just 5 hours later was taken to the orphanage. She not only took photos of John Wesley and told me about the video she made of him she actually took the time to upload THREE videos of our little guy!  AND she will be meeting another son Corban very soon.....and she took the time to do this for us!  What a true blessing!!!





That is Tracy's little sweetie Tegan in the green outfit sitting on the floor.


The cutie in the background wearing the multicolor shirt might be my friend Kim's son.

Blessed beyond measure

I am absolutely amazed that God is providing us with so many little glimpses into John Wesley's life.  Tracy met her son Tegan yesterday and was allowed to visit the orphanage. She met our little "stinker" and got some photos and video of him.  These are just a few of the photos she posted.  How awesome is it that she took the time to take these photos and post them so quickly!  BIG HUGS, TRACY!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!

Isn't this CUTE???

Happy Boy! :)

I can hear that sweet giggle!

Oh.....that smile and those CHEEKS!!! :)
  His friend Tegan is in the green outfit. Tegan's mom took these photos for us! Thank you, Tracy!!! 

So sweet! You can see he is wearing the same yellow/blue shirt he had on in the last photos under his Missouri shirt.