We spoke with Jenna via web cam last night. It went great!! She is sooooooo cute! We showed her the Christmas tree and she wanted to see her stocking - too cute! She wants to go fishing with Erick and Kyle - it's neat - she learned the word fishing just to ask about going.
She is looking at toys in windows - oh boy! what are we in for?
Erick wrote a simple little song for her and sang it to her last night, which went over really well. She wanted to talk to everyone again and told Ricky and Lydia that she wanted to play with them. We told her we'd be meeting her in 10 days!
Our travel preparation is going well. My friend Beth came over the other night and helped me do some deep cleaning - thanks Beth:) We have everything just about ready - even got our shots. Yuk!
We leave in 7 days!!!!!!!!!!!! It is starting to seem real now since it is only a week away. While we are gone, we will try to post here each night to update everyone. We will take lots of pictures!
It's incredible - in a week and a half, we will meet our daughter face to face. There is no way to describe that feeling! She is such a blessing from God :)

We talked to Jenna Wednesday evening over web cam. She is getting more excited than nervous now and has been telling people about her family. She got to meet Grammy, too. I held up one of the shirts I had gotten her and she really liked it. She loves her room and seems to be doing well with all of the upcoming changes in her life. One change that has already taken place that she likes is the fact that she no longer is in school there. One of the activities we plan to do is go to the theme park in Taipei together, which should be a lot of fun!
Well, we only have 12 days til take-off and we can't wait! Flight day seems so far away right now, but I know it will be here before we know it!
It is almost here!!!!!

This is our 1st Christmas picture with Jenna in it (virtually). lol. It was taken on our church property, which is very pretty. The next family picture we take will have the real Jenna in it :)
We will be talking to her again this evening. She has been told that the adoption is final, so we will be talking via web cam every Wednesday evening for the next 3 Wednesdays - then it's off to Taiwan to get her. Yes! We feel like it is so close, yet so far away. They (people who have gone before us) say that it gets here before you know it and that all the waiting seems like nothing. I guess that's true. Soon I'll be able to say for sure :O)
Enjoy your day and have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and Christmas Season!

We spoke with Jenna via live web cam this evening. She is excited and nervous about coming to America. She is happy with our family and is excited about getting to celebrate Christmas. When we go to Taiwan, she wants to go to the fair with us and take us to the "rocky beach." We really enjoyed talking with her and will be seeing her face-to-face in exactly one month from today!
She is just so cute! I can't wait to have her home with us!

Exciting news!!! Our adoption was finalized on Nov. 8. We got "the call" yesterday on Nov. 9 at 5:45am. We were so excited and had to wake up a few family members with our good news. We will be leaving for Taiwan Dec. 8 and will pick up Jenna on Dec. 11. This has been a really long wait, but we are so excited and grateful to have her home for Christmas!
We have less than a month to wait!!!!!!