Happy Birthday, Boys!- Post 2

We had a little celebration of our own for the boys.  Zachary made them a delicious cake.  It isn't a birthday without presents so they got a few presents too.  I made the toddler blankets.  It was my first attempt.  The stitching is uneven and crooked but they are still cute.  I hope the boys will like them.

Happy Birthday,Boys!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Caleb and Jacob! No their names have not been definitely decided yet.  I am just testing them out to see how we like them.

Since it is 10:30 p.m.  in China the boys most likely are in bed for the night.  I hope they were treated special today and received the cakes and trucks we sent.  Hoping to open an email to a few pictures in the next couple of days.

Last year the boys were still on the shared list and many advocates were trying to find them a home.  One advocate sent them a birthday cake and received pictures of them.  I am posting a few below.

                                                           

                                                             

                                   The boys on their 2nd Birthday

Today We Are....

Dossier to Agency

No, we are not DTC yet but we are getting there.  Our dossier left via fedex to make its long trek to our agency in California.  It will be there tomorrow.  Dossiers from our agency are sent to China on Friday.   Praying I didn't make any mistakes and everything looks good so we can be DTC on February 1.

January Gift Exchange

I am loving this gift exchange!  Here are the gifts the boys and I received this month.  The toys and cups will be great to put in their backpacks for the trip home.  I especially love the t-shirt!

Names

Caleb and Jacob?

Oliver and Hudson?

Hudson and Harrison?

Elliot and Oliver?

? and ?

Documents Mailed to Courier

Let's start with some photos.  This were from July.  Aren't they adorable?  Sure wish we could decide on names for them.  If we go with Oliver and Hudson, the top photo is Oliver and the bottom photo is Hudson.  Just not sure that is what we want to name them.  We always have a difficult time with names.  

Our 4 documents were mailed to the courier in Washington D.C. today.  Friday she will drop them off at the U.S. Department of State for their official seal, middle of next week she will pick them up and take them to the Chinese Embassy.  We were able to expedite the Chinese Embassy so it should just take 24 hours there.  End of next week, beginning of the next week they should be headed back to us.  Goal is to have them to our china coordinator by January 31 which would allow us to be DTC(dossier to china) on February 1.